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nobu
12-11-2011, 10:25 AM
I need a bit of help in selecting fishes for my 75 gallon Hex aquarium.

It is 2 month old, and it finished cycling about 5weeks ago.

Currently I have Green Star Polyps ,Mushroom and Zoanthus , and some Marco alage, 5 snails in tank.

Since it's odd shape tank(6X 14"X30" panels) there is not much room to swim to side to side.

I am thinking of the following fish and am welcome to any advice regarding my selection

1.1 or mated pair of Ocellaris Clownfish

2.Flame Angel or Multiclored Angelfish

3.1 ORA mandarinfish

4.3 Blue Green Reef Chromis

5.Catalina Goby or Yellow Clown Goby

In what order sholud I add the fish?

My tank has 120 lb Live rocks,165 lb Live sands.

I'd like to get coloerful fish, do you have any other good fish suggestion?

bigronbo
12-11-2011, 10:41 AM
those sound fine to me for a small swiming area

wazupjames
12-11-2011, 10:47 AM
I would throw in some sort of colorful wrasse - lubbocks, christmas, mccoskers. These are reasonably priced yet very colorful fish.

Ke0kea
12-11-2011, 11:09 AM
if you get a goby or blenny be prepared for it to always be in your tank. They are impossible to catch.....

harriscli
12-11-2011, 11:12 AM
you might want to think about a larger clean up crew. Once the fish get in there 5 snails are going to have trouble keeping up.

TheGreatAukSociety
12-11-2011, 12:45 PM
Catalina Goby is a cold water fish, if you buy that plan on having a cold water tank.

Luke
12-11-2011, 12:50 PM
i would wait on the mandarin... you need a pretty steady copepod population to keep a mandarin.. which is probably unlikely on a newer tank

tbone74
12-11-2011, 03:30 PM
i would wait on the mandarin... you need a pretty steady copepod population to keep a mandarin.. which is probably unlikely on a newer tank
+1 Those fish are pigs and will mostly only eat copepods

five O
12-11-2011, 03:30 PM
i would wait on the mandarin... you need a pretty steady copepod population to keep a mandarin.. which is probably unlikely on a newer tank
I agree 100%. It's best to wait about a year till you throw a mandarins in the tank unless your using established live rock. Most will starve with limited pods.