New fish ideas

So, in my 90, my Kole just died. I'm very sad, but on the flip side, there is open bioload space. I have 11 fish in there, which sounds like I'm way overstocked, but heres the list. 2 clown gobies, 1 green banded goby, 2 Ocellaris, a Royal Gramma, a sleeper goby, an algae blenny, a six line, a Yellow Tang, and a Coral Beauty. The 3 little gobies don't really even count towards bioload, and as you can see, other than the six line, tang, and CB, all of my fish just sit in a little hole all day and don't use up much bioload or oxygen. I was thinking I was going to add one or two more small gobies like a Rainford and/or a Two Spot and maybe a small school or chromis or anthias. I actually don't know too much about anthias but I liked them and i've heard they school. Anyone want to fill me in?

 

Ideas? Anyone?

 

Antias ARE schooling fish but unless you have a LARGE tank there will be many squables resulting in fatalities. Also you NEED to feed them like every two hours or they really start to decline. Same with chromis, I love chromis but I never can get more than say five to live. I start with 10, and the weakest link keeps getting bullyed until it dies and that continues until only the strongest survive. They also need to be fed at least 3 times aday. Rainfords are nice little gobies, twinspots on the otherhand can be hard to get to eat frozen or commercial foods.

Good luck and happy picking!

 

Can you keep a single anthias?

 

You bet, it would be in your best interest to get a male. Better color!

A trio male/female/female works sometimes as well.

Good luck!

 

Hm. Are they at all aggressive?

 

Oh, and, other than anthias, chromis, and I guess tangs in HUGE tanks, are there any other fish that school.

 

I was thinking considering replacing it with another tang. Does anyone have experience with powder browns? The guy at my LFS said they were highly aggressive.

 

I got 2 female ad 1 male disbar anthias and they are super colorful but I have a hard time getting food to them. It seems like I have to feed 6x a day to get 2 feedings.

 

I think I'm going to go with a school of maybe 4-5 blue green chromis and a rainsford goby. This will definitely put me at the stocking limit. IMO, this isn't overstocking for my tank due to the minimal amount of bioload my fish put off.