Fri Jun 27, 2008 3:23 pm GMT   Reply      

I have a 125 long with a marbled cat shark, foxface lo, and a blue tang. I am thinking about adding about 4 more fish in the tank. Does anybody have any suggestions? (I ordered a naso tang so I will be adding him too) Im not that big of a fan of eels either.

Sat Jun 28, 2008 6:36 am GMT   Reply      

how bout some shoal fish like chromis .......that would make your tank look full and natural and ALOT cheaper and easier to do chromis run 2-4 bucks a piece ...and you could put 10 in place of two of the big 4 you want .......

just a thought.........................Boss

Sat Jun 28, 2008 10:24 pm GMT   Reply      

thanks man, Yeah I have actually been looking at those. I like how they are kind of a schooling fish. It is hard to find some schooling wish for saltwater, but really easy to find them in freshwater. DO you know of any other schooling fish for saltwater that would be a good addition?

Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:34 am GMT   Reply      

the chromis come in 2-3 different varieties and colors............unfortunately some other schooling fish are basically food, lol and really plain looking - -i would think the chromis would be your best bet

Boss

Mon Jun 30, 2008 4:10 pm GMT   Reply      

if your going for more of a predator tank liofish would make a good choice too except you couldnt go with the chromis or other small fish..

Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:13 pm GMT   Reply      

yeah I have been looking into the lionfish. I think that they are really neat looking. I am worried about the chromis and the shark. Right now I feed my shark silver sides, which are already about 2 inches long. I wonder if the chromis stay in a pack, then the shark wont mistake them as food. Any ideas?

Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:04 pm GMT   Reply      

keeping the shark well fed could help prevent him killing the others but its no guarantee

Tue Jul 01, 2008 2:00 pm GMT   Reply      

yeah thats very true, wont know until you try it. Does anybody have any other ideas, like more tangs, puffers, anything?

Tue Jul 01, 2008 5:57 pm GMT   Reply      

triggers are cool as hell........clown trigger, volitan trigger or a niger trigger......like puffs they are pretty aggressive but very active fish so they would be cool to watch as they almost never stop swimming

Boss

Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:32 pm GMT   Reply      

yeah triggers is a good idea. I do like those a lot. Clown triggers look very unique and cool. I will have to look more into them.

Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:21 pm GMT   Reply      

would a chevron tank be alright even though I have a blue tang already?

Sat Jul 05, 2008 9:25 pm GMT   Reply      

back to your idea of schooling fish, another type of schooling fish you could try which is a little bigger than chromis are Bangaii Cardinals... i know i probably misspelled that, but yeah. my lfs has a huge tank with maybe 8-10 of them schooled. they are in there with a few puffers and triggers.

Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:01 pm GMT   Reply      

good idea ,,forgot all about them .................believe it or not clowns if you get them small enough will "semi-School" actually they kinda just hang out together more than anything ....i have 3 Percs and they are inseperable


Boss