Introducing first fish, advice please

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I am planning on going to my LFS to pick up my first fish a one spot do face for my 150g mixed reef. With this fish being a little price being around $100, does anyone have any recommendations to assure best chances of survival? Do not worry the tank has been cycled for a few months already and reading 0 ammonia.
 

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What else are you planning on putting in the tank? Foxface is a hardy fish generally, but do you have other smaller, more shy fish you plan on adding?
 

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I am planning on going to my LFS to pick up my first fish a one spot do face for my 150g mixed reef. With this fish being a little price being around $100, does anyone have any recommendations to assure best chances of survival? Do not worry the tank has been cycled for a few months already and reading 0 ammon
 

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I am planning on going to my LFS to pick up my first fish a one spot do face for my 150g mixed reef. With this fish being a little price being around $100, does anyone have any recommendations to assure best chances of survival? Do not worry the tank has been cycled for a few months already and reading 0 ammonia.
As others have said, Qt for sure. Have lots of rock work because they are very shy/skidish.
 

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Quarantine before you put in into a nice functioning display tank.

Last thing you want is to introduce a disease and then have to leave the tank fallow for 3 months.

especially chromis and anthias... :T

I lost 5 anthias in QT because or URO, and you can never get rid of that once your DT has it.
 

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If you're choosing the fish in person, make sure it looks healthy
good color, swims normally, doesn't look starved to the brink of death, etc
 

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