My Next Fishie....what will it be?

[smallblock]

Morish Idol very impressive fish in person. Maples seems to be doing great quite a personallity too, he plucks the snails off the glass lol

 

[crewdawg1981]

Arent those supposed to be incredibly difficult to keep? Or is that unless they are eating pellets at the store? I DEFINITELY want one of those in the 180... that or a small school (3) of the Heni Diph... also very cool.

 

[gnashty]

Smallblock;558155 wrote: Morish Idol very impressive fish in person. Maples seems to be doing great quite a personallity too, he plucks the snails off the glass lol

I had one a long long time ago - lasted about 4 weeks

 

[cr500_af]

Crewdawg1981;558157 wrote: Arent those supposed to be incredibly difficult to keep? Or is that unless they are eating pellets at the store? I DEFINITELY want one of those in the 180... that or a small school (3) of the Heni Diph... also very cool.

Idols have a couple of issues... number one is getting one to eat (partly because of their natural diet, partly because their thin mouth is prone to damage in shipping/collection).

After they are eating, the challenge is to meet their nutritional needs. Since they eat sponges in the wild, my personal opinion is that an angel preparation would be a good since it contains sponges typically.

There is some anecdotal evidence of Idols living longer with New Life Spectrum pellets, where they sometimes die "mysteriously" (presumably due to nutritional deficiencies).

 

[gnashty]

atreyu917;558734 wrote: My vote is a trio of Lyretail Anthias. If I had a larger tank...hands down that would be what I'd get.
But as far as on your list...yes everyone has them, but I really love my Regal. She is sooooo full of personality and I can sometimes get her to eat out of my hand Had her since she was an inch long, and shes about 3.5 now

I saw a trio of lyretail yesterday at Creation....I thought about it but they were a little too big (i like to watch em grow) so I opted for a new clam instead...they had at least 3 trio's in stock though.

i also thought about chromis - they are inexpensive and not shabby lookin

 

[weaglereefer]

gnashty;558836 wrote: i also thought about chromis - they are inexpensive and not shabby lookin

Yeah, but no matter how many you have, in the end, there can be only one!

 

[gnashty]

au01st;558908 wrote: Yeah, but no matter how many you have, in the end, there can be only one!

gotchya....:doh:

 

[corigan]

I know they aren't hugely popular, but I like bangaii cards. I think a nice little school of those would be cool in a big tank, and you can get them tank raised too.

 

[crewdawg1981]

I think most that buy a small school of Bangaii end up with only one or two... But cool lookin fish. Same goes for the PJ cards.

 

[smoothie]

gnashty;558836 wrote: I saw a trio of lyretail yesterday at Creation....I thought about it but they were a little too big (i like to watch em grow) so I opted for a new clam instead...they had at least 3 trio's in stock though.

i also thought about chromis - they are inexpensive and not shabby lookin

Look into some Bartlett's

 

[grouper therapy]

Sargassum trigger, Magnificent foxface, Yellow tang

 

[gnashty]

grouper therapy;559345 wrote: Sargassum trigger, Magnificent foxface, Yellow tang

Love that trigger - really want one

had the foxface and had to rehome from eating corals
had the yellow tang and had to rehome because he was a bad boy

 

[gnashty]

atreyu917;559386 wrote: What about a Christmas wrasse???? One of my absolute favorites.

one of my favs too -

 

[cr500_af]

Corigan;558970 wrote: I know they aren't hugely popular, but I like bangaii cards. I think a nice little school of those would be cool in a big tank, and you can get them tank raised too.

Crewdawg1981;558974 wrote: I think most that buy a small school of Bangaii end up with only one or two... But cool lookin fish. Same goes for the PJ cards.

I like my Bangaii, but never knew how much more active they were in groups until I saw Simon's tank (he has about 8 or 10). They were FAR more active in his tank than my one (who kind of hangs out and doesn't swim much).

 

[enderg60]

tried a group of firefish twice. Did a group of 4 the first time, ended up with none. Tried 6 the next time, ended up with one.

Chromis work good, I got 35 to start and have settled down with 14 left. Not bad for chromis.

I would do more tangs, groups of anthias, or groups of fairy wrasses, watanabie angles, or lyretail angles are nice and reef safe, group of royal gramas(got 3 myself), engineer gobys are fun and cheap...there is lots of stuff

 

[gnashty]

EnderG60;559451 wrote: tried a group of firefish twice. Did a group of 4 the first time, ended up with none. Tried 6 the next time, ended up with one.

Chromis work good, I got 35 to start and have settled down with 14 left. Not bad for chromis. wrasses, watanabie angles, or lyretail angles are nice and reef safe, group of royal gramas(got 3 myself), engineer gobys are fun and cheap...there is lots of stuff

I like the idea of another tang.....which one would be the least "disruptive" to the tank mates? I am going to do some anthias too..how about a Flame Angel.....reef safe?

 

[weaglereefer]

School of Helfrichi Firefish

Or a Gem Tang

 

[crewdawg1981]

I've had 2 flames and 3 cherubs... all of em nipped

 

[gnashty]

ahh - cancel the Flame then, I really like angels too..

Jeff - you gonna loan me some $$ to get the school of Helfrichi's goin? Cheapest ive found is $99 each

 

[cr500_af]

gnashty;559829 wrote: ahh - cancel the Flame then, I really like angels too..

If it helps (though I know it probably doesn't) my flame angel has been in my tank for about a year and a half, and has never bothered corals.
Still, though, I'd be hesitant to roll those dice again.