Fish additions for 180 gallon

[kross62948]

Looking for some smaller fish to add. Here's what I currently have:

Fish:
1 Yellow Tang
1 Convict Tang
1 Blue-eyed Tang
2 Spotbreast Angels
1 Chalk Bass
1 Starry Blenny

Corals:
Yellow Fiji Leather
Candy Cane
Blastomussa
Hammer
Fungia Plate
Favia
Lobophylia
Zoas

Inverts:
Serpent Star
Bumble Bee Snails
Turbo Snails
Nassarius Snails

Possible additions?
Cleaner Wrasse
2 Fairy Wrasses
2 Flasher Wrasses
Purple/Bicolor Dottyback
2 Lamark Angels (not small fish)
Flame/Longnose Hawkfish
Another Blenny of some sort
Cleaner/Peppermint shrimp

I love the Anthias but don't want to have to feed them 3 or 4 times a day.

Not looking to add all of these...just a couple. What would you go with? Pro and cons?

[nereefpat]

I'm not sure your tangs and angel pair will play nice with the new angels. Other than that, I don't see any problems with adding any of the fishes you mentioned.

You might consider the less aggressive orchid (fridmani) dottyback over the one you listed, although in a 180 gal it will probably be fine.

[Valentini89]

Looking for some smaller fish to add. Here's what I currently have:

Fish:
1 Yellow Tang
1 Convict Tang
1 Blue-eyed Tang
2 Spotbreast Angels
1 Chalk Bass
1 Starry Blenny

Corals:
Yellow Fiji Leather
Candy Cane
Blastomussa
Hammer
Fungia Plate
Favia
Lobophylia
Zoas

Inverts:
Serpent Star
Bumble Bee Snails
Turbo Snails
Nassarius Snails

Possible additions?
Cleaner Wrasse
2 Fairy Wrasses
2 Flasher Wrasses
Purple/Bicolor Dottyback
2 Lamark Angels (not small fish)
Flame/Longnose Hawkfish
Another Blenny of some sort
Cleaner/Peppermint shrimp

I love the Anthias but don't want to have to feed them 3 or 4 times a day.

Not looking to add all of these...just a couple. What would you go with? Pro and cons?

Have you thought about a pearlscale butterfly? It gets sorta big but it's a nice looking fish.

[scooter31707]

He has corals. If it was me, I would do a Flame hawk, 2-3 fairy/flasher wrasses, a fang blenny, and I would do a Flameback Dwarf Angel.

[Valentini89]

He has corals. If it was me, I would do a Flame hawk, 2-3 fairy/flasher wrasses, a fang blenny, and I would do a Flameback Dwarf Angel.

A pearlscale butterfly is a fish

[scooter31707]

A pearlscale butterfly is a fish

Yes, it is a fish, if you did your research you will know that a Pearlscale is not reef-safe. He has a reef tank. Yes, pretty fish, but not the right recommendation in this situation.

[nereefpat]

A pearlscale butterfly is a fish

Now, who can argue with that?

[protie]

...I love the Anthias but don't want to have to feed them 3 or 4 times a day.


I am new here and new to the hobby but I have owned a Pink Square Anthias for a few months now. I feed him(and the rest of the inhabitants) once a day with frozen mysis shrimp and an auto feeder that feeds twice a day freeze dried mysis. When away for 5-6 days at a time he does just fine on the freeze dried from the auto feeder. He has never shown any signs or trouble. This is just my personal experience with an Anthias.

[Valentini89]

He has corals. If it was me, I would do a Flame hawk, 2-3 fairy/flasher wrasses, a fang blenny, and I would do a Flameback Dwarf Angel.

Sorry I misunderstood your comment. I know it's not reef safe but I don't always follow those guides. I have puffers in my tank with coral. Granted they nip at it now and then.. but the most damage they've ever done is demolished a feather duster. Thing didn't stand a chance lol.

[Kremis]

heres my stocking list in my 180 reef (standard 6 foot)

yellow clown goby
2 ocellaris clown fish
2 pyramid butterfly fish (only coral they ever ate was xenia)
blue jaw triggerfish
blue tang
desjardini sailfin tang
harlequin tusk (never touched my snails or inverts)
snowflake eel ( hasnt eaten any fish)
solar fairy wrasse
lubbocks fairy wrasse
pintail fairy wrasse
pink margin fairy wrasse
blue star leopard wrasse
tailspot blenny
green mandarin
diamond sand sifting goby
bangai cardinalfish

in my opinion i can add like maybe 1-2 more small fish like wrasses and a few more rock dwellers like blennies and gobies.

i have 6 "big" fish, the trigger, tangs, butterflies and tusk. the rest are all small except for my eel not really sure what category that is. imo your probably full on tangs but could do a few more things like pyramid butterflies or add in a REEF SAFE triggerfish like blue jaw, pink tail, red tail, or niger trigger, then add in wrasses or other smaller side fish

[kross62948]

Thanks for all the advice! A lot of good options out there.


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[JustinM]

I would go with maybe some male fairy wrasses, I would say female but kind of worried about the eel and tusk going after a small meal if they could catch them. How about the lineatus, or jordani? A male should be 3-4".