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Old 02-28-2007, 10:57 PM
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I was looking for people's advice on where to go with adding new stock to my reef tank. I presently have the following fish:
flame angel
bicolor angle
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2 cinnamon clowns

I was wanting to look at a schooling fish, but not the anthias's. I have heard the chromis can be cool, but can also pick at the lowest on the totem pole in their own group. I have heard the bangai cardinals can be kept with one male and numerous females. I was also wanting to keep 3-4 yellowhead jawfish and a randal goby for my pistol shrimp. Also, I was looking at getting a couple of false percula clowns. Has anyone had a luck with numerous false percula clowns?

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What size tank is it, I'm guessing it's not a nano.

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The tank is a 125 gallon, with a 55 gallon sump.
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I love my Green Chromises...Chromii?! Whatever.

Are your cinnamon clowns a mated pair?
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How many chromi's do you have Drew?
No, my cinnamon clowns are mated. Actually, they won't even go on the same side of the tank. One is hosted in my frogspawn, the other one hosted in my hammer. When I first introduced them at the same time, the larger one picked on the smaller one until it went to the other side of the tank.
I have a questions about jawfish. Has anyone ever had a problem with them eating cleaner or peppermint shrimp?

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Dunno if I would mix species of clowns, cardinals are good but I think they perfer low flow a big tink with a nice big school of chromis is nice
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I would be reluctant to add any additional clown fish. I think they will get picked on.
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sorry for the hijack but i just have a quick questiopn for ya.

do ur angels get along? i have a flame and want to add a bicolor as well... i have a 75 gal. do u think my tanks too small for this?
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My dwarf angels have a definite pecking order, and our constantly after each other. I occasionally see small pieces of tail missing, but nothing major. I've had all 3 together for about 2 years now. If you are going to add another dwarf angel, I would recommend getting a bigger one, not smaller. As for your size of tank, I used to have all 3 in a 33 gallon with no problems. The only thing to watch out for is sometimes they will go after corals or clams. Mine killed 2 clams, and refuse to let my colt coral come to full extension. They have never killed a coral though.

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Has anyone on here ever kept a school of Chalk Bass's? I just saw them on J&L Aquatics website, and from what I've read so far, they seem like an excellent schooling fish.
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