New list of reef fish

[ruslicus]

Now I am working on unlimited budget well I want to do my best. interesting about cardinals didn't know. Is the angel reef safe? I heard they are picking on SPS.

[chevyjaxon]

Cardinals arent really swimmers, Angels are reefsafe with caution. the caution part meaning luck of the draw, each fish has a personality all there own so you may or may not get a reef safe angel. pretty sure foxfaces are coral eaters or nippers at the very least, correct me if im wrong. look forward to seeing you progress.

[albert_dao]

Originally Posted by chevyjaxon

Cardinals arent really swimmers, Angels are reefsafe with caution. the caution part meaning luck of the draw, each fish has a personality all there own so you may or may not get a reef safe angel. pretty sure foxfaces are coral eaters or nippers at the very least, correct me if im wrong. look forward to seeing you progress.

Foxfaces are like Angels, you get the one out of 50 that's a stupid outlier.

[ruslicus]

Originally Posted by chevyjaxon

Cardinals arent really swimmers, Angels are reefsafe with caution. the caution part meaning luck of the draw, each fish has a personality all there own so you may or may not get a reef safe angel. pretty sure foxfaces are coral eaters or nippers at the very least, correct me if im wrong. look forward to seeing you progress.

This why I am looking for anthias or chromis. I want the school but swimming school.
So I guess I will exclude the foxface from my list since it is not reef safe . But some websites list them as reef safe
I need to decide what show fish I need to get. I really like tangs, and was thinking a powder tang to get 2"-3" one and keep couple of years and change it

[albert_dao]

Look up Geniacanthus. They're less like angels and more like overgrown anthias.

If you have a good budget, check these out:

• schooling* fish - small group of one of the nicer fairy/flasher wrasses (Lubbocks, Flame, Lineatus, McKosker's, etc), group of Royal Grammas (you have to buy these small and on the SAME DAY that they land, Royal Grammas change sex fast in captivity without a social hierarchy)

• cool little benthic fish - Ember blenny, Blue Spotted Jawfish, Dwarf Golden Moray, Mandarinfish, Yasha Haze Goby w/ Randall's Pistol Shrimp pair.

• showpiece fish - Geniacanthus wantanabei, Chaetodon declivis, Chaetodon mitratus, Marine betta, Starki Damsel, Candycane Hogfish.

[ruslicus]

Originally Posted by albert_dao

Look up Geniacanthus. They're less like angels and more like overgrown anthias.

If you have a good budget, check these out:

• schooling* fish - small group of one of the nicer fairy/flasher wrasses (Lubbocks, Flame, Lineatus, McKosker's, etc), group of Royal Grammas (you have to buy these small and on the SAME DAY that they land, Royal Grammas change sex fast in captivity without a social hierarchy)

• cool little benthic fish - Ember blenny, Blue Spotted Jawfish, Dwarf Golden Moray, Mandarinfish, Yasha Haze Goby w/ Randall's Pistol Shrimp pair.

• showpiece fish - Geniacanthus wantanabei, Chaetodon declivis, Chaetodon mitratus, Marine betta, Starki Damsel, Candycane Hogfish.

Thank you Albert. I will have to look in all of these type of fishes and mostly to find one who sells them One more thing I forgot to mention I have barebottom tank so no gobies

[SoloSK71]

Isn't the marine betta a carnivore and will eat smaller fish as well as some invertebrates?

Charles

[chevyjaxon]

fairy wrasses are good, anemone and clown is neat too!

[fishoholic]

A 65g is way to small for any tang or rabbitfish (even a small one) so scrap that idea. Pick one type of clownfish and stick with that as different types will fight and try to kill each other.

There are lots of nice colourful fairy wrasses that you could look into. If you're willing to take a risk with your coral a dwarf angelfish can be a beautiful addition. Tail spot blenny's are awesome fish and once they settle into your tank they are often out in the open were you can see them.

Anthias can get pretty big and are fairly tricky/finicky fish. Ideally you want 5-7 females to one male or just keep only one anthia. Also most people think of them as fairly peaceful fish but in reality most anthias are really mean/aggressive towards other fish. My 2" tiara anthia has gone after my 3-4" yellow tang, and he killed a fairy wrasse.

If you want schooling fish I'd stick to chromis or cardinals.

[albert_dao]

Chromis... don't... school.

(in reef tanks).