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jc
Sun, 5th Aug 2007, 05:48 PM
I have been thinking about kicking out all of the tiny fish in my tank and making room for some larger fish. I don't have any cleaning crew so I thought maybe I could go with some coral safe predator type fish. This is my fish list right now:
getting the boot,
fire fish
coral beauty angel
2 bangaii cardinal
Purple Pseudochromis
3 green chromis
Lawnmower Blenny
Yellow coris wrasse
ocellaris clown
yellow tail damsel

Staying,
blue hippo tang
Yellow Tang
niger trigger
purple tang

What fish do you recommend? Right now I can only think of lion fish and a Harlequin tusk. What about other wrasses?
snakeman1979
Sun, 5th Aug 2007, 06:02 PM
green dragon wrasse
caferacermike
Sun, 5th Aug 2007, 09:01 PM
green dragon wrasse

Beautiful but a rock mover... Could lead to larger problems.

Eels are actually quite sedate and add a touch of mystery to a tank.
jc
Sun, 5th Aug 2007, 09:31 PM
I can't have an eel because I don't have a lid on my tank. Unless there is a way to keep him in. I saw a tank canopy that had some eggcrate in the back so the eel could not fall out. Would there be a way to keep a small snowflake inside?
jake
Sun, 5th Aug 2007, 09:41 PM
Are you selling the firefish?? Is it a purple or red firefish?? Thanks
ismvel
Sun, 5th Aug 2007, 09:56 PM
I can't have an eel because I don't have a lid on my tank. Unless there is a way to keep him in. I saw a tank canopy that had some eggcrate in the back so the eel could not fall out. Would there be a way to keep a small snowflake inside?
Eggcrates do work. You just need to make sure you secure the eggcrate so it can't be pushed upon easily. I have seen folks lay something fairly heavy on them to keep it from moving, I have seen others get clamps from somewhere to make sure they are secured.

I had asked the same question (reefsafe eels) and I was told the best bets were snowflake, the banded eel, and zebra eels. Just make sure if yo uneed to cut around piping and such that you make it a tight cut so the eel cannot slide it's way out. I have seen many eels (normally in display tanks at the LFS) hanging around the returns near the top, but I believe it is due to lack of rock to hide in...