Large Fish Suggestion?

[newbie20]

Just set up a 150 gallon and got six fish from the guy I bought the rock from, including a large yellow tang (5-6"), two dottybacks, clown, coral beauty, and chromis. I've since added several snails and hermits, as well as two stars for the cuc.

Once the system is proven, we'd like to add another large fish to balance out the tang. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Brian

 

[hiimsean]

you plan on having corals? if not i'd go for a butterfly fish. i like saddlebacks best

 

[koifour]

How about Blue Throat Trigger?

 

[newbie20]

Sorry, didn't specify that I'm hoping for something reef safe. If that's not possible, then plan be is to keep my big tank a FOWLR, but make my QT a reef.

Edit: Plan "B"

 

[winkkle]

u cant really keep a qt as a reef just fyi. Either hyposalinity or most medicines, escepically copper will kill inverts and corals.

Edit: If your not going reef safe id get a large wrasse, banana or lunar, somthing that gets large and very colorful

 

[stacy22]

bpatterson617;809780 wrote: You could go with an additional tang....just have to make sure it does not have the same shape as the yellow or the yellow will bully it. A few that come to mind are a regal, naso or maybe a powder blue or brown.

Regal tangs and Nasos</em> need tanks much larger than the 150g the OP has.

 

[greggreenberg]

I love tangs

 

[newbie20]

Thanks guys. The previous owner lost a naso to my yellow, and most things I've read make me nervous to try and add another tang of any sort.

Also appreciate the point on the qt reef idea I threw out there. Very good points.

I might look some more into the wrasse suggestion. Do I remember correctly in seeing somewhere that they are jumpers? If so, how might I cover my tank. There's a canopy, but it's open in the back against the wall.