[Blackjacktang]

I am majerly strugoling to find the next fish for my tank. I need some help to find the next fish for my tank. Here is some info. My tank is Eclipes 30 gallon marine fish tank. 2 common clowns, 1 chocalite chip star, 3 hermit crabs , and 2 LIVE ROCK. ( I capitolized it beacoause everyone think it is a reef tank but it only has 2 live rock). pleas reply A.S.A.P.

[msbdiving]

Welcome to RB. I saw your post in another thread. I would echo Taras1 in wanting to know how long the tank has been set up. I learned the hard way at first of trying to rush things. You might want to get your water quality issue dealt with first before proceeding. If a RO/DI unit is too much, get some water from a store that does the RO thing or from your lfs if you trust them. As far as the fish goes, I was always partial to the six-line wrasse. I love mine, it looks so cool. Doesn't sit still long enough for a pick though.

[Blackjacktang]

My tank is 1 month out of cycoling

[glampka]

What kind of tank are you planning on having - FOWLR or reef? If reef, you need more LR - 1 to 2 lbs/gal - add the rock before getting any more fish. If you're only keeping fish, there are a number of fish you could get depending on what you like - royal gramma, chromis, gobies, firefish, dwarf angels.

[Blackjacktang]

I am planning on having a fish only tank and add 1 rock per month so it will eventrolly become a reef tank.

[Blackjacktang]

can some one please give me more info.

[Kevin W]

why dont you go to liveaquaria.com and look at there marine fish section and you might find the fish your looking for

[carmanimports]

ya i think any fish u like is a good fish as long as it dont eat the others and kevin is right go to liveaquaria

[Blackjacktang]

Thank you but i have been there. ive been to:

Saltwaterfish.com (My favorite because free shpping)
Liveaquaria.com
Reefcentral.com
Reefbuilders.com
Fisheducation.com
Google.com

[Fishhead Junkie]

i have a 29 gallon bio-cube and i would recommend a pygmy angel. its always swimming around looking for food. a scarlet hawkfish is another good idea. you'll laugh your ass off when you sit next to it and he just stares back at you with those googly eyes. a scooter blenny is a good one or an orange spotted goby. i have so many fish in mine i can hardly remember sometimes. there's always a blue hippo tang but eventually you are gonna have to either trade it in for something else or move it to a bigger tank once it gets too big. i also recommend getting a couple cleaner shrimp. its a trip watching them set up shop and all the fish come over to get cleaned periodically. especially the hippo tang.

steve

[kolokefalo]

Midas Blenny ftw here. Great looking fish and will keep the algae off the glass like a champ. Suppliment his diet with a good spirulina flake and the body becomes almost pitch black.

[200g+guy]

any kind of gobys hawk fish damsels small tanks cow fish smaller snowflake eels cardinals small butterfly fish pygmy angels emporer angle but will need to move him when he gets to big there any kind of shrimp

[Six-line Wrasse]

1. No matter what size tank you're using you need more live rock. If you don't have a sump you need more live rock in your display tank. 2 pieces of live rock probably is not filtrating your water enough to maintain a healthy nitrogen cycle in your tank.

2. Scooter blennies have no place in a 30 gal. tank unless you can successfully feed them mysis shrimp. If you can not it will slowly starve because of it's voracious appetite for copepods which a 30 gal. tank cannot fulfill. Tangs are never welcome in a 30 gal. A tang (besides maybe a yellow tang) should be stored in tanks no smaller than 75 gals. To do otherwise is a cruel and inhumane.

3. Although I know little about starfish I would imagine the chocolate chip starfish will parish as well if you do not put in more live rock. Because it's natural prey (corals) are not present it will eat micro organisms and algae. I doubt two pieces of live rock are capable of replenishing enough algae each day for the chocolate chip starfish to graze.

4. Six-line wrasses are a good candidate as soon as you fish your live rock issues. They're personable, curious and always flashing colors about the tank. Four-lined wrasses are very much similar in their personalities, however, they're green instead of primarily red/blue.