Yellow Tang
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Yellow tang would work... probably be the last fish, and you might be able to squeeze in a small fairy wrasse and end it there.
What are you looking for? there are many attractive centropyge other than flames such as coral beautys, eibls angels, rusty angels, that are usually so so with reef safeness (maybe a pick here and there) but coral beautys arent that bad usually.
What are you looking for? there are many attractive centropyge other than flames such as coral beautys, eibls angels, rusty angels, that are usually so so with reef safeness (maybe a pick here and there) but coral beautys arent that bad usually.
*SUNSMILE* speaking of yellow tangs.....seeing as the question was opened....,
I have a 100 gal. tank with 2 chromis, 1 ocellaris, 1 royal gramma, a 6-line wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 kole tang and 1 copperband butterfly.
I have a few easy corals and an anemone that has split 2 times! (thank goodness the clown finally figured it out just last month and enjoys all of them!) The tank has been up for 19 months; I also have 2 bloodshrimp, 2 dancing shrimp and a blue starfish, and assorted bristle/serpent starfish, hermitcrabs and snails.
Everything seems in perfect balance right now: nothing has died for quite a long while.
Even though I would hate to upset the balance, I long for a few more fish.
How would a yellow tang add to the mix? The 2 tangs shapes are different and therefore, being added last, the yellow should adjust easily~according to my fave fish store~however, their summmer has been terribly slow and I'm afraid they are desperate to make any sale!
The last fish I'd like would be a flame angel. If you all agree on these 2 guys, I would like to get them in at the same time rather than individually~what do you think?
This is a great site; I just discovered you, not really being on the computer that much (killing time now waiting for a fax to come thru before I leave the office for the day).
Thanks in advance for any advice you fellow fishermen have to offer~!
I have a 100 gal. tank with 2 chromis, 1 ocellaris, 1 royal gramma, a 6-line wrasse, 1 firefish, 1 kole tang and 1 copperband butterfly.
I have a few easy corals and an anemone that has split 2 times! (thank goodness the clown finally figured it out just last month and enjoys all of them!) The tank has been up for 19 months; I also have 2 bloodshrimp, 2 dancing shrimp and a blue starfish, and assorted bristle/serpent starfish, hermitcrabs and snails.
Everything seems in perfect balance right now: nothing has died for quite a long while.
Even though I would hate to upset the balance, I long for a few more fish.
How would a yellow tang add to the mix? The 2 tangs shapes are different and therefore, being added last, the yellow should adjust easily~according to my fave fish store~however, their summmer has been terribly slow and I'm afraid they are desperate to make any sale!
The last fish I'd like would be a flame angel. If you all agree on these 2 guys, I would like to get them in at the same time rather than individually~what do you think?
This is a great site; I just discovered you, not really being on the computer that much (killing time now waiting for a fax to come thru before I leave the office for the day).
Thanks in advance for any advice you fellow fishermen have to offer~!
I would Love a Hippo but worry about HLLE; what are the chances of Hippos getting ich and such? Are they more susceptible than other tangs?
Also, would it be wise to add a hippo and a flame angel at the same time? I think these would be my last fish for the tank. Unless anyone can give me some better ideas?.... *SUPERSMIL *thumbsups
BluBlueILoveBlue~!
Also, would it be wise to add a hippo and a flame angel at the same time? I think these would be my last fish for the tank. Unless anyone can give me some better ideas?....
*SUPERSMIL *thumbsups BluBlueILoveBlue~!
thanks Wayne~
if tangs are no good (can't stand the thought of 6 long weeks of QT: besides, I read that hippos would be better off & less stressed going straight in without QT, but why chance it!)
~ what would you all suggest as my final fish? I am definitely going to get a flame angel, but would like... just...one...more...fish......*twirlysmi
if tangs are no good (can't stand the thought of 6 long weeks of QT: besides, I read that hippos would be better off & less stressed going straight in without QT, but why chance it!)
~ what would you all suggest as my final fish? I am definitely going to get a flame angel, but would like... just...one...more...fish......*twirlysmi
You can't stand the thought of 6 weeks QT ....? Well time flies pretty fast, but lets put it this way, most wild fish have ich at a subcriticaøl level. If ich gets established in your tank, you can either pull everything out for copper and hypo fir 6 to 8 weeks, or leave it and hope for the best , as there is no effective reefsafe cure. In that case you will certainly lose the kole, the copperband and the angel, if not the lot.
Do you want to gamble? Sure you can take the pain of losing?
Do you want to gamble? Sure you can take the pain of losing?
nononono~wayne, you totally misunderstood me: I said that I read that hippos would be better off without QT, "but why chance it?" That meant that I wouldn't get any tang, so "then what would you guys suggest as my final fish", -- if I'm planning 10 fish for my 100 gal., I have 8 now and will definitely want to get a flame angel as one of the last fish.
Sorry about that...*PEACE!*
aresgod: I like bartlett anthias , is that the same thing as a basslet?..would it pick a fight with my gramma?
By the way, I read that bit about not QT'ing in WetWebMedia (Bob Fenner), who I was told to understand as 'The Sage of Fish'...here's the quote:
Introduction/Acclimation
This is one of those species that are better off not being purposely quarantined; put another way, IMO (in my opinion), the stress induced via isolation and re-moving Paracanthurus is generally more harmful than the risk of introduction of some contagion. I would run newcomers through a preventative bath/dip of pH adjusted freshwater and promptly place them in the main/display unit.
Sorry about that...*PEACE!*
aresgod: I like bartlett anthias , is that the same thing as a basslet?..would it pick a fight with my gramma?
By the way, I read that bit about not QT'ing in WetWebMedia (Bob Fenner), who I was told to understand as 'The Sage of Fish'...here's the quote:
Introduction/Acclimation
This is one of those species that are better off not being purposely quarantined; put another way, IMO (in my opinion), the stress induced via isolation and re-moving Paracanthurus is generally more harmful than the risk of introduction of some contagion. I would run newcomers through a preventative bath/dip of pH adjusted freshwater and promptly place them in the main/display unit.
An anthias isn't the same thing as a basslet. Anthias are related to wrasses, but are much harder to keep and generally need to be fed around 5x a day. Your gramma is a type of basslet and will fight with other basslets (and pseudochromis too, I think).
If you like angels, maybe see what other people think about adding a flame and another type of dwarf angel (at the same time). It should be a big enough tank for them to coexist, but I'm not positive.
If you like angels, maybe see what other people think about adding a flame and another type of dwarf angel (at the same time). It should be a big enough tank for them to coexist, but I'm not positive.
Sorry, my bad. I tihnk you'll find Bob has changed his tune, but you can always read around and see what Anthony Calfo, Steve Pro and other current/former members of the crew have to say. I can't see why hippos should be especially hard to QT - I've qt'ed other small tangs for the full 6 to 8 no bother, and I would have thought hippos to be easier to maintain in QT as they aren't specific herbivores and are easier to feed.