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EleganceMan
02/19/2011, 09:01 PM
What kind of same fish do u think u can happily have in a three hundred reef
EleganceMan
02/19/2011, 09:03 PM
Meaning like thirty chromis or three sharks or ten butterflyfish... None are good examples but what would be???
EleganceMan
02/19/2011, 09:04 PM
Sps reef btw
palmer373
02/19/2011, 09:09 PM
fairy wrasses.
EleganceMan
02/19/2011, 09:22 PM
you know i have never been much of a wrasse fan...i think the cleaner and mystery are the main ones i do like. But from what i have read they usually dont get along with with each other ....meaning wrasses in general
EleganceMan
02/19/2011, 09:26 PM
how about 30 kauderns cardinals
rnscross
02/19/2011, 09:27 PM
you could fit a fair few anthias in a tank that size
palmer373
02/19/2011, 09:27 PM
oh ok well dont fairy wrasses form shoals?

what about anthias? i know those guys stay in groups and look amazing.
wanabebell
02/19/2011, 11:20 PM
Bangaii cardinals do not do well in groups.....Only one pair per tank
Recty
02/20/2011, 12:04 AM
I'd suggest anthias as well, they are the most common fish you see on some reefs, shoals and shoals of them cover the reef. It's also cool to see a couple males interacting with large shoals of females.

This is personal opinion, but if it was me building the tank and I had the equipment to keep the water clean enough, I'd shoot for about one female anthias per 10 gallons and 1 male per 100 gallons. As far as species goes, I'd get lyretail anthias, Pseudanthias squamipinnis. They are very hardy as far as anthias are concerned, plus from my experience they are easy to train onto eating pellets which means you can put in an auto feeder and keep them fed with lots of small meals per day.
snorvich
02/20/2011, 06:07 PM
how about 30 kauderns cardinals

You would end up with 1 or two pairs from 30
snorvich
02/20/2011, 06:08 PM
oh ok well dont fairy wrasses form shoals?

what about anthias? i know those guys stay in groups and look amazing.

anthias would work. Fairy wrasses do not shoal.
palmer373
02/20/2011, 11:22 PM
Fairy wrasses do not shoal.
is it a harem they form then? 1 male and multiple females?
rssjsb
02/21/2011, 06:25 PM
is it a harem they form then? 1 male and multiple females? They do form a harem, but don't swim together.
palmer373
02/21/2011, 07:01 PM
They do form a harem, but don't swim together.

well, alrighty then :rollface: