New Addition

just got done cycling my 125 gallon and just can't make up my mind on what to add i have some fish in mind but i don't have a clue of what kind of corals i want i have a star polyp and some feather dusters and a couple mushrooms that i took from my friend because he went to collage and a cleaner goby and some damsels snails and hermits too.

i want to get a brown tang and a hippo tang and a yellow tang
i had a purple tang in an old 55 but i sold him back to my lfs for more than i paid couldn't say no to that offer

i also want to get a fire and skunk cleaner shrimp and a ricordea
possibly some sexy shrimp later

more snails and hermits

i also want a clown and anemone any ideas on what type? any really what do you think i should get

 

i think a yellow stripe maroon is cool, or the exotic looking percula are pretty in right now True Percula Clownfish - Wild from Bali (Amphiprion percula)
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as far as anemones go a rose bta is always nice if you have the dough. or a green carpet Green Carpet Anemone

 

Maroons are very pretty, they get big though and a little mean. As far as corals, start with some of the easier ones like Xenia, Kenya Tree, any mushrooms, then maybe some Toadstools, and Hammers or Torch, Frogspawn, Brains. Just research em out a little, lots of awsome stuff out there.

I dont know if I would add those three tangs to that tank, the brown getting 8 inches, the yellow getting 7-8 inches, the blue hippo can get upto 12", I just think that would be too much unless you have a 200 gal setup, but I could be wrong, I know tangs are nasty and create a lot of detrious material. Just something to think about.

As far as clowns go there a lots and lots of different clowns from 15bucks to hundreds of dollars, I have the simple false perculas and love em, there are black and white ones that I like, Maroons are awsome too, just add them toward the end so they dont get to territorial.

BTW dont add an anemone too soon. They need very stable water parameters and can be a little difficult to keep.

Hope that helps some

 

I would steer clear of carpets they will eat anything that gets close to them

 

definitely add the skunk cleaner shrimp, I just added one and love him. He is very cool to watch and has a purpose in the aquarium

 

Anemones are very difficult and should be attempted by aquarists with mature tanks and been in the hobby for a few years, in my opinion!
You may want to consider one of the beautiful Flasher and Fairy Wrasses!!!

 

i have a blue hippo. very pretty fish and acts like dorie on finding nemo. it is very amusing. also had a maroon clowm and it didnt leave anything alone, always digging and moving rock. those two were inseperatable.

 

what other corals do you think would be good choices?

 

As for corals that would be less demanding and more hardy, many of the LPS's make a fine addition.
Bubble
Hammer
Frogspawn
plate
fox
Pavona
Porites
Pocillopora
Brain corals
many species of soft corals and gorgonians
Make sure to do some research on the corals before you buy!!! same with anything you add to your tank to be knowledgeable as to husbandry, compatability issues and whether or not your tank can support the coral you plan on purchasing!