What fishes can i put in a 30 gallon tank ?

What fishes can i put in a 30 gallon tank and which i must avoid ?
filtration : only skimmer and internal mechanical filtration

can i put tangs or angels or butterflies in small sizes (juveniles) ???

 

no tangs, no large angels and no butterflies. many dwarf angels will fit as well as clowns, cardinals, anthias, wrasses, blennies, gobies you name it.

 

http://www.3reef.com/forums/new-hob...terflies-angels-whom-i-start-next-134005.html

 

+1 to above.

Follow Corailline's link for more fish ideas.

 

Hi Minajaguar

as stated a few times previously Tangs and Butterflys are not suitable in a 30 gallon tank
they will get ich, you will lose some, you will then have to start half a dozen threads about ich, and how to get rid of it
check out the nano section on Live aquaria
Nano Fish

above you should see a number of fish species deemed suitable for a 30 gallon set up

hopefully you will stay with this thread and follow the sound advise that will appear on it

we are a patient group of people in general
but we do start to lose that patience, when faced with repeated threads resulting from poor desicion making, which is especially frustrating, when the advise needed in order to make good desicions was already provided

Steve

 

ya, what he said

 

NO tangs in a 30g... yea, i know from first hand experience. Not only did it pass away from a hole in the head, but people here on 3reef also gave me a hard time. Right now, I have to give away the one tang once it gets too big to where he's unhappy. I had a 30 g, id go with a Clown, maybe a fancy pair? and a fire fish! just make sure to have a mesh top or glass top... mine committed suicide, even with the glass top. there was just a 1 inch gap... and he found it. Good luck, and I pray your 30g experience isn't like mine ;D

 

It already has been, unfortunately.

 

Thank you ,, short best discuss answer

 

It is definately consensus from everyone who has had tangs or even knows about tangs, that they do require 100g - 150g + in size.

I like you had tangs in my first stocking list. I have a 55g tank and I wanted blue and yellow tangs and about 15 other fish lol.

Over time, and by reading many threads and learning as much as I can, I have learned that you cannot have very many fish in a tank, and they must be of appropriate size to stop stress related disease.

I now in a 55g have two reef chromis, two oscellaris clowns, and a flame angel. You could look into similar fish, or like others have said, maybe a fire fish and some gobies. Even though you have a smaller tank, there is still a huge variety of amazing fish that you can choose from, just not those larger "typical saltwater" fish.

As you learn more you will appreciate fish that maybe arent as popular as other such as tangs and you will find they all have their own personalities and querks.

What Steve was trying to get at, is alot people fall into the same trap when starting aquariums and go for the big, eye catching fish like tangs, that are not sustainable in a smaller aquarium and is trying to save you the heart ache of them dying and you being out of pocket.

I got the same advice from steve when I first started out and I AM VERY HAPPY with the outcome of his advice and I am sure it has prevented a huge catastrophe in my set up. The guys and girls are extremely knowledgable here and most have been doing this for more than 20 years, which is longer than I have been alive..... so I would not be discouraged by their advice, but use it as a means of shaping your tank so it can be as successful as possible.

Good luck with your first salt water adventure

Ryan.