Fish addition to 180g tank

jharding08 · 10/13/2016, 05:49 PM

I recently moved and upgraded from a 120 to a 180 gallon tank.

I still have the same fish and am looking to add more livestock.

Current roster:
-Dejardini Sailfin Tang (Large)
-Yellow Eye Kole Tang (Medium)
-Flame Angel
-Leopard Wrasse
-Blue Chromis x2
-Mandarin Dragonet
-Black and white Ocellaris Clownfish x2

I'd love another tang to have larger fish and more movement.

Havent had much luck with anthias. Never had an ich prone fish

All suggestions will be appreciated

FirstContact · 10/13/2016, 07:15 PM

How about a large angel?

jharding08 · 10/13/2016, 07:19 PM

It's a mixed reef. Will it eat all my LPS/SPS/other fish?

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McPuff · 10/14/2016, 06:02 AM

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It's a mixed reef. Will it eat all my LPS/SPS/other fish?

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You could try to add a juvenile. It probably won't pick at your corals when it's young... but that could change. Or it may never. Really just luck of the draw. In my experience, that's your best process to get one that won't pick. You'll also be safer with larger colonies as they can handle a pick or two here and there. Frags will obviously not tolerate much picking at all.

Sapelo · 10/14/2016, 07:11 AM

Wrasses! More wrasses!

scooter31707 · 10/14/2016, 08:38 AM

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Wrasses! More wrasses!

I agree. I have a feeling that big Sailfin is not going tolerate another tang, let alone any new additions.

jharding08 · 10/14/2016, 08:42 AM

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I agree. I have a feeling that big Sailfin is not going tolerate another tang, let alone any new additions.

I had added a clown tang to my 120 while the sailfin was there but got rid of him because the clown tang was aggressive to the sailfin and foxface. The sailfin has been nothing but a gentleman to the yellow eye kole since it's intro. Tangs will always be a unique situation.

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jharding08 · 10/14/2016, 09:21 AM

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Wrasses! More wrasses!

How do wrasses get along with each other and other established tank mates?

nereefpat · 10/14/2016, 09:23 AM

Many dwarf angels will be less likely to eat corals then the full-size Holocanthus/Pomacanthus species. Genicanthus angels almost definitely won't give your corals trouble.

How about a foxfaces? Lo, onespot, or magnificent would all do well in a 180.

jharding08 · 10/14/2016, 09:32 AM

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Many dwarf angels will be less likely to eat corals then the full-size Holocanthus/Pomacanthus species. Genicanthus angels almost definitely won't give your corals trouble.

How about a foxfaces? Lo, onespot, or magnificent would all do well in a 180.

Definitely considering a foxface, had a Lo and it looked like it got beat up one day when I came back from work. I'm into the magnificent, but are they considered bullies?

nereefpat · 10/14/2016, 09:37 AM

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I'm into the magnificent, but are they considered bullies?

I have not kept one personally. I would expect it to have the same disposition as its close cousins.

McPuff · 10/17/2016, 08:14 AM

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Definitely considering a foxface, had a Lo and it looked like it got beat up one day when I came back from work. I'm into the magnificent, but are they considered bullies?

I had no issues with mine, nor have I heard of them being bullies from anyone else. As for the wrasses, those already established can certainly bully new additions. My ruby head went after a solar for a while after I added it (along with a melanurus... which never got bothered). Luckily, the solar was a hearty little guy and ended up fine. I think an acclimation box would help quite a bit.

Bent · 10/17/2016, 08:32 AM

I have a one spot foxface in a 75 with a Kole tang and they get along great.

10/13/2016, 05:49 PM	#1
jharding08 BlueWorldAquatics.com Join Date: May 2012 Location: Murrieta, CA Posts: 657	Fish addition to 180g tank I recently moved and upgraded from a 120 to a 180 gallon tank. I still have the same fish and am looking to add more livestock. Current roster: -Dejardini Sailfin Tang (Large) -Yellow Eye Kole Tang (Medium) -Flame Angel -Leopard Wrasse -Blue Chromis x2 -Mandarin Dragonet -Black and white Ocellaris Clownfish x2 I'd love another tang to have larger fish and more movement. Havent had much luck with anthias. Never had an ich prone fish All suggestions will be appreciated __________________ Stats: 180 g Mixed SPS/LPS reef tank, 30 gallon sump, live rock, GFO\Carbon, AquaMaxx AM250 in-sump skimmer, felt filter socks, cleaning crew

10/13/2016, 07:15 PM	#2
FirstContact Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenn Dale, MD Posts: 1,613	How about a large angel? __________________ No man is an island entire of itself; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. John Donne Current Tank Info: 120g Reef 100g Rubbermaid Sump, 20g Refugium; previous tank: 46g Drilled; Self Plumbed, Birds Nest, Anchor, Xenia, Zoas, Yuma Yuma Ricordea, Chalice, Mushrooms, Brain, Acan, Anenome Plate; Clams, Other Inverts, Fish, Live Rock

10/13/2016, 07:19 PM	#3
jharding08 BlueWorldAquatics.com Join Date: May 2012 Location: Murrieta, CA Posts: 657	It's a mixed reef. Will it eat all my LPS/SPS/other fish? Sent from my SM-G900V using Tapatalk __________________ Stats: 180 g Mixed SPS/LPS reef tank, 30 gallon sump, live rock, GFO\Carbon, AquaMaxx AM250 in-sump skimmer, felt filter socks, cleaning crew

10/14/2016, 07:11 AM	#5
Sapelo Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: North Georgia Posts: 869	Wrasses! More wrasses! __________________ "When the last individual of a race of living beings breathes no more, another heaven and another earth must pass before such a one can be again." William Beebe Current Tank Info: 300 gallon DD, sps, Radion G3 Pros, etc. Too many fish and not enough coral...

10/14/2016, 09:23 AM	#9
nereefpat Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 3,190	Many dwarf angels will be less likely to eat corals then the full-size Holocanthus/Pomacanthus species. Genicanthus angels almost definitely won't give your corals trouble. How about a foxfaces? Lo, onespot, or magnificent would all do well in a 180. __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers

10/17/2016, 08:32 AM	#13
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	I have a one spot foxface in a 75 with a Kole tang and they get along great. __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump