Final Stocking Plan (I hope)

GoBigGuy · Oct 24, 2014

I think I have the final stocking plan for the new 180 gal and wanted to get final thoughts from all of you.

1x Kole Yellow Eye Tang
1x Purple Tang
1x Yellow Tang
1x Blue Tang
1x Powder Blue Tang
1x Schooling Bannerfish
1x Flame Angel
1x Male Lyretail Anthias (Current Fish)
2x Firefish (1 Current Fish, adding one more)
2x Purple Firefish (Current Fish)
1x Hoeven's Wrasse (Current Fish)
1x Yellow Wrasse
2x Ocellaris Clownfish (Current Fish)
1x Purple Tilefish
1x Diamond Watchman Goby (Current Fish)
1x Yellow Prawn Goby
1x Engineer Goby
1x Red Mandarin
2x Cleaner Shrimp (Current Fish)
2x Sexy Anomone Shrimp
2x Snapping Shrimp
2x Trapezia Pocillopora/Acropora Crab

SC50964 · Oct 24, 2014

Wow. Impressive list but 5 tangs in a 180 gallon can be difficult to manage. The tilefish will have a difficult time competing for food.

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newtothis · Oct 24, 2014

That's a lot of fish and money, hope your going to QT them all prior to intro to DT...

GoBigGuy · Oct 24, 2014

Updated removing one of the tangs and tilefish

1x Purple Tang
1x Yellow Tang
1x Blue Tang
1x Powder Blue Tang
1x Schooling Bannerfish
1x Flame Angel
1x Male Lyretail Anthias (Current Fish)
2x Firefish (1 Current Fish, adding one more)
2x Purple Firefish (Current Fish)
1x Hoeven's Wrasse (Current Fish)
1x Yellow Wrasse
2x Ocellaris Clownfish (Current Fish)
1x Diamond Watchman Goby (Current Fish)
1x Yellow Prawn Goby
1x Engineer Goby
1x Red Mandarin
2x Cleaner Shrimp (Current Fish)
2x Sexy Anomone Shrimp
2x Snapping Shrimp
2x Trapezia Pocillopora/Acropora Crab

Tangwich · Oct 24, 2014

aaaah, much better. lol

Tangwich · Oct 24, 2014

lol..j/k...but it's going to be interesting to see how some of these fish do with others..such as the coris wrasse trying to find a place in the sand at night where the engineer (grow huge btw) hasn't built an mta tunnel. looks like you have a lot of bottom/sand dwellers. not saying it can't be done, just saying it's going to be interesting. wish you luck though.

Zoarder · Oct 24, 2014

newtothis said:

+1 specially the blue and PBT.... They can wipe out your tank if they come down with ick and if you don't know how to deal with it.

GoBigGuy · Oct 24, 2014

Tangwich said:

Your making me second guess my pics here

I love my diamond goby and how he keeps my sand clean so wanted to get him some help with the larger tank. The engineer I like for the fact when he gets bigger he looks like an eel which I like

newtothis · Oct 24, 2014

Tangwich said:

lol..j/k...but it's going to be interesting to see how some of these fish do with others..such as the coris wrasse trying to find a place in the sand at night where the engineer (grow huge btw) hasn't built and mta tunnel. looks like you have a lot of bottom/sand dwellers. not saying it can't be done, just saying it's going to be interesting. wish you luck though.

Well done, chap...

Tangwich · Oct 24, 2014

GoBigGuy said:

I think you have good picks...just that you have 7 fish listed that are all bottom dwellers so territorial disputes might be an issue.

newtothis said:

<<high pitched english school boy accent>> Thank you kind sir.

robert_ellis · Oct 24, 2014

GoBigGuy said:

Careful with engineer.... they get so big that they can cause rock slides by moving rock around.

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Usingthejohn · Oct 24, 2014

Tangwich said:

LOL!maybe I'm really tired but that made my day

GoBigGuy · Oct 24, 2014

robert_ellis said:

One of the reasons I'm glueing my rock together

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jonmf · Oct 24, 2014

Have you considered a melanarus wrasse? I have one along with a coris that do well together..

GoBigGuy · Oct 24, 2014

So was reviewing the fish list with the wife and some last minute changes have been made.

Thoughts?

Fish List
1x Blue Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
1x Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens)
1x Purple Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum)
1x White Tail Bristletooth Tang (Ctenochaetus flavicauda)
1x Schooling Bannerfish (Heniochus diphreutes)
1x Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loricula)
1x Male Lyretail Anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis)
1x Yasha White Ray Shrimp Goby (Stonogobiops yasha)
1x Diamond Watchman Goby (Valenciennea puellaris)
1x Yellow Prawn Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
2x Firefish (Nemateleotris magnifica)
2x Purple Firefish (Nemateleotris decora)
1x Hoeven's Wrasse (Halichoeres melanurus)
1x Yellow Wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)
2x Ocellaris Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1x Red Mandarin (Synchiropus cf. splendidus)

Invert List
2x Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
10x Sexy Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis)
2x Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus sp.)
1x Snapping Shrimp, Red Banded (Alpheus randalli)
2x Trapezia Pocillopora-Acropora Crab (Trapezia sp.)

GoBigGuy · Oct 25, 2014

I think my biggest worry is the wrasses with the shrimp, anyone having luck with the combo?

GoBigGuy · Oct 25, 2014

anyone???

SC50964 · Oct 25, 2014

Thought you were gonna take out the purple tang. With the current list, you have 3 aggressive tang and 1 mild-mannered tang, which happens to be the most expensive one. If I were you, I wouldn't take that risk and make a change.

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Darrell Dalton · Oct 26, 2014

That's better, but the zebrasomas will fight. If you have a male lyretail, you should get a couple females.

RobertN · Oct 27, 2014

I agree with what Darrel says.........add a group of Lyretails. They are hermaphroditic. If a dominant male perishes, the largest female of the group will often develop into a male to take his place. I have them in a few tanks and they add a great pop of color when in a group of 5 - 7. If you get them young its not possible to determine a male and they are most likely all females. But one of them will naturally morph into the male.

Also.......as much as I love the powder blue tangs it was probably a good idea to drop it off your list. They are ICH MAGNETS and .........the one I had was a major bully in the tank. ANY other fish I added after it he would literally hunt it down and chase it. And I mean HUNT it.......that fish was on a mission to find any new fish I added and chase the hell out of it.

As for your other tangs.......I suggest adding the yellow and purple as very last additions to your tank. They also get very territorial. I have had to pull purples out of tanks just so I could add other fish. Especially toward other tangs or any other fish with similar body shape.

Just my experience and opinions.............good luck!

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