Stocking a 41 Gallon reef tank

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[Nano]

Id get a few fish off that list. Tangs, copperband.
Tangs as you know need big tanks even when young, its stressful on them to be cramped. Copperbands or butterfly fish alike, are notoriously difficult to keep as their dietary needs are tricky to maintain. You hear of a lot of copperbands dieing from lack of food ie anemone. Your tanks small as is mine, so a center piece fish can be tricky to decide on right now I have a six line wrasse which I really like, I had a dwarf cherub angel but recently lost him during my tank move. He was my center piece. There are lots of wrasse types for your size that would be beautiful, as well as beneficial pest control like my six line, who eats up large amphipods and other pests. Just my 2 cents.


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[Aquattro]

Maroon clowns get big and as a pair, really mean. Clowns in general can be aggressive, so careful there. Tangs and Butterflies are probably not a great choice, although a small yellow or kole might work for a year or so. Anthias, probably not unless you got smaller species, some of which are expensive and tougher to keep. Dwarf angels would be good choices, and as mentioned, a lot of wrasses would fit in nicely.

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

Maroon clowns get big and as a pair, really mean. Clowns in general can be aggressive, so careful there. Tangs and Butterflies are probably not a great choice, although a small yellow or kole might work for a year or so. Anthias, probably not unless you got smaller species, some of which are expensive and tougher to keep. Dwarf angels would be good choices, and as mentioned, a lot of wrasses would fit in nicely.

Are any of the clowns I listed less-aggressive?

I really like the maroons, and think its cool how big they do get! Are they just going to be a PITA for me while working on the tank? or will they harrass other fish in the tank too?

And how about a single instead of a pair? Less aggressive?

Is it possible to have a yellow tang, lemonpeel angel, 2-3 bangaii cardinals with a pair of clowns? + maybe a couple small fish?

[Nano]

That's a really heavy stock list for a 41g especially since its sumpless. If it had a sump of equal or even half the volume, you might have better luck, but since you don't I would keep the stock a little less.

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Fair enough. Hmm.. Would a clownfish do better singly, or the Bangaii?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by redearslider

Fair enough. Hmm.. Would a clownfish do better singly, or the Bangaii?

either is fine, clowns (smaller ones) would generally be ok unless they started breeding. Then they might get a bit nippy. Bangaii can be nice to have breed too, and I think less nippy