Looking for new fish advise

by **nicholas542** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:16 am

Since my Yellow Tang died I have decieded no large fish again. I am going to purchase about 3-4 new smaller fish for the 40 gallon reef. This is what I have and would just like some impute on some colorful fish to add.

Current residents:

1 Blue Barred Sleeper Goby
3 Yellow Tailed Damsels
1 Talbot's Damsel
1 Ocellaris Clown
1 Black Saddleback Clown
1 Lawnmower Blennie
1 Royal Gramma

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 3:22 am

go to liveaquaria.com and check out the anthias they have

by **nicholas542** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:23 pm

Just picked up a Magenta Dottyback ( Strawberry Pseudo ) cool looking fish should add some nice color to the reef. Still need suggestions on 3 more fish though.

by **blueshoes2208** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:58 pm

how big is your filter?

by **singapore** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 7:25 pm

neon pseudochromis are real pretty. i have one and he lights up the tank. wrasse are also cool.

by **Snowboss4492** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:35 pm

your getting pretty loaded there ........make sure you have 3-4 times the tanks capacity in filtration and a good skimmer .......................

by **saltwaterpimp** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:52 pm

i agree.with boss,.the damseles are going to kick some ass with any new addition also..

by **singapore** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 9:56 pm

true story. didnt think about the damsels. they are mean little bastards.

by **fihsboy** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 10:58 pm

I bought a few damsels a couple black ones and a blue one .......and lets just say they werent mean. They (dissapeared) in less than 24 hours. My clowns beat the hell out of them and played with them like they were toys. After they killed them they picked them apart and ate what they could. Everything else was up to the clean up crew. EVERYTHING was gone of the damsels after 24 hours of purchasing them. except the nitrates of course. :(

by **nicholas542** » Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:41 am

I use a Marineland Penguin 200 Bio-wheel rated for a 50 gallon tank, and a Seaclone 150 Protein Skimmer rated for 100+ gallon tanks. For Bio filtration I have about 2 lbs. of live Fiji rock per gallon. Theres 30 lbs. of Florida crushed coral, and 30 lbs. of fine sugar sand. I have about 4.5 inchs of substrate on the bottom. The Yellow Tail Damsels are sissies my two clowns have already put them into check along time ago their pretty tame to other fish now. I'll be getting the large hang on refugium from MarineDepot.com here pretty soon. And when the refugium come's i'm getting the overflow box for MarineDepot.com, and installing a 30 gallon sump.

Looking for new fish advise

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