Need help!!!!

okay i am setting up a 57 rimless reef tank and i don't know what fish to stock it with.please help!

 

I would stick to clowns, cardinals, a blenny, It's not a huge tank so fish that need room to swim like Tangs, would likely cause problems with other fish. May even stay stressed. Are you going for a fish only or fish/coral?

 

Sorry just noticed it's a reef tank

 

thats what i was thinking and i want to have mainly coral and a couple fish

 

Makes it a lot easier to keep Nitrates down ! I just noticed an area this week that waste was building on my live rock. Power heads weren't cleaning it off. Be sure to blow off excess waste build up ! My corals are much happier now.

 

just found out i have enough space to do a 75 gallon tank so should i still put the same fish in or do i have enough space for tangs?

 

You might be able to do a yellow tang, but tangs usually need 120 gallons plus. Mainly they need the room to swim side-to-side.

 

i was hoping for a baby chevron tang but i wasn't sure if it would fit

 

Without over crowding you probably could and then as it out grows the tank upgrade to a bigger tank. I would count on loving the fish and not wanting to part with it even if the the fish is getting too big ! That's the trouble with this hobby, you do get attached !!!

 

a chevron tang is gonna need a 180 or so. try a kole tang
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Kole Yellow Eye Tang
a dwarf angel
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Flame Angelfish
a reef safe wrasse
2 false clowns
and a blenny/goby/hawkfish

Just read up on each to make sure they're cool with the corals and inverts ya want to keep.