Time to buy MY first fish!

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  1. jhawkor

    jhawkor Millepora

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    So I recently got an established 75 gallon tank with 20 gallon sump/fuge from a guy on Craigslist. It came with a purple pseudochromis he's doing really well and he is constantly hunting for pods. I have been testing the water and everything looks good. 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 5 nitrates, and 8.0 ph. I have been adding buffer to get the ph up a bit. So now I'm going to buy my first fish:cheesy:. I was thinking of getting a foxface or a yellow tang. Which one would typically be more hardy, and are these OK choices?

    Thanks,
    Landon
     
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  2. Agent Jones

    Agent Jones Flamingo Tongue

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    Yellow tang FTW!!!
     
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  3. jhawkor

    jhawkor Millepora

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    Do you have one? Are they fairly hardy? I don't want to fail on my first fish.
     
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  4. cdeboard

    cdeboard Montipora Digitata

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    Yellow tang... :)
     
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  5. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    Yellow tangs IME are a hardy fish, with lots of personality
    not a ich prone as other tangs IME and do a decent job tidying up the tank (always browsing)


    fox faces are nice enough dont get me wrong, but out of the 2 choices given Yellow tang would be my choice

    Steve
     
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  6. jhawkor

    jhawkor Millepora

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    Alright cool, I guese I'll go wih the yellow tang then.
     
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  7. steve wright

    steve wright Super Moderator

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    Yes IMO

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    pics or it didn't happen!!!
     
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  9. Agent Jones

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    yes i have had a fellow tang before. they are very hardy and you can grow you own food for them.
     
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  10. Peredhil

    Peredhil Giant Squid

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    Yellow tangs are generally recommended for 90gallong + here on 3reef

    Though I have no experience with one

    Foxface isn't the hardiest and I normally see those added successfully on older tanks. With your, essentially, only a tank move I'd say how 'old' your tank is would be debatable. How long was it setup before you got it?

    Just my 2 cents.

    I love my wrasse.
     
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