New fish ideas?

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  1. ZC42

    ZC42 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Ok, so right now in my 46 gallon I have...
    2 occ. clowns
    2 zebra barred dartfish
    1 scissor tailed dartfish

    In a few weeks, as long as all my levels stay as they are right now (all good) I'm going to add some more fish. I have some questions though...

    Is a snowflake eel going to (1) fit in my tank even a adult size? (2) is it peaceful, or will it eat my fishes?

    I was also looking at a leopard wrasse, but on live aquaria it says they're expert only. Why is this?

    Thanks!
     
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  2. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    snowflake will eat those guys for sure!

    read evolves wrasse thread, but a lot of wrasse are considered expert only for 2 reasons i believe, 1 they will jump, so ya need a cover and 2 most need fed a variety of foods 3 times a day which is a lot to take on!
    http://www.3reef.com/forums/tropical-fish/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses-122261.html

    look into the dwarf angels or some blennies!
     
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  3. eelgirl

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    Snowflake will most defiantly give you problems is steer clear of that for now. Sorry
     
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    ZC42 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Thanks! I've read your thread and evolveds. Sorry about the tilefish(?). I want this to be a lower matinence, peaceful tank. What about. A pikeblenny?
     
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  5. 1.0reef

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    Snowflake eels are "comb tooth" eels, they eat crustations and if there're very hungry very small fish. I'd go with something small.
     
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  6. cosmo

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    hmm not sure what cya mean by the tilefish!lol sorry, they're cool, just never had one!

    I do like that pike blenny, pretty cool fish!

    Ask evolved on his thread what wrasses would work best for ya! I know ya want peaceful, but ya may wanna a little action in there to look at!
     
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    he was talking about my snowflake eel killing the tilefish I had. But actually u should look at tilefish they are peaceful and very pretty
     
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    cosmo Giant Squid

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    ok, makes sense. I almost got an awesome tilefish the other day, but the LFS is HORRIBLE, all their fish are ich infested and always dead ones just floating around.

    Reminds me, need to email their headquarters
     
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    Ouch that stinks. That happend to one of our lfs. ich infestation and all their coral bleached. Come to find out people had been sabotatoging their tanks.
     
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  10. cosmo

    cosmo Giant Squid

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    yeah all 3 of my LFS blow, 1 has aiptasie covering there tanks and they think its pretty, the other is just unethical and shady, and the new chain has awesome fish if ya like ICH covered ones:(

    thats horrible to hear someone would sabotage a LFS and its critters. boo
     
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