Personally I’d skip the tangs and just get the Foxface. Definitely don’t get the powder brown tang. Definitely will not work in that size tank. Also make sure to qt them or get them qt’d as they are the most common disease vector.
Yellow is easier. Diamond needs "dirty" sand as they only eat tiny critters in the sand.
Good though you need a lid for the first.
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I'd skip the melanarus and get 2 flashers or fairies or one of both. Melanurus are more aggressive then most Halichoeres wrasse.
May eat your corals but are worth the rick IMO
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It will have to be your last pick as they are aggressive.
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I prefer diversity to the risk as I think a healthy tank is diverse.
No problem. I enjoy the puzzle!
I don't know about the triggers, but my issue would be the melanarus wrasse and the mandarins, unless the mandarins eat frozen the melanarus/coris wrasse will steal all its food
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The pistol might be eaten by the trigger
Definitely a last fish. They are very entertaining fish but are still fairly aggressive and can out compete other fish for food.
Consider biota ones. They do sell mated pairs.
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Good but consider a tilefish too. They look similar but tiles are far more interactive if more difficult.
Good but if you want a pair you may consider a pair of leopards or tamarin wrasse. Also consider fairy wrasse. You could get two similar species and they will display more.
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Again might go after your pistol shrimp and goby but good otherwise
I don’t do tangs but obviously add late and QT. Acantharus tangs like the Atlantic blue are especially ich magnets.
They get big but better than a tang imo.
If I were to do a pair themed tank I’d skip the tangs and maybe the triggers and do similar species of wrasse. Pairs of gobies. A pair of engineer gobies maybe. Genicanthus angelfish etc.
First a melanarus wrasse and other Halichoeres wrasse eat larger inverts then the copepods a mandarin would eat. I currently have 10 wrasse and have had a pair of mandarins with them for two years now. All are fat.
Interesting. I had a green coris wrasse (halichoeres) and a melanarus wrasse and they would dig through the sand to find copepods to eat, they would even go for the not visible ones when i dosed the tank with them a few times.
Good so long as you have a lid but may be bullied by the tang as they are very shy.
They sometimes attack gobies so be very careful if you want both.
Read this:
www.reef2reef.com
Basically all will work but if you want one that eats algae then look into the Salarias genus. AKA lawnmower, starry, etc
Wrasse like long tanks so you are limited to possum (Wetmorella), pink streak (Pseudocheilinops attaenia), and lined (pseudocheilinus) wrasse. However the last genus can be very aggressive so i suggest a possum or pink streak wrasse.
Basslet,
They will eat larger ones but (with the exception of the larger mandarins like the scooters) the inverts the two fish go after are of a different size and thus competition is minimal.
www.reef2reef.com
Some great points thanks.Good so long as you have a lid but may be bullied by the tang as they are very shy.
They sometimes attack gobies so be very careful if you want both.
Read this:
Sand Sifting Gobies: True vs False… what’s the difference?
Sand Sifting Gobies: True vs False… what’s the difference? by @i cant think One thing I find interesting is how people label many gobies under the term “Sand sifting” now I absolutely adore gobies. For those of you who have seen my build...
Basically all will work but if you want one that eats algae then look into the Salarias genus. AKA lawnmower, starry, etc
Wrasse like long tanks so you are limited to possum (Wetmorella), pink streak (Pseudocheilinops attaenia), and lined (pseudocheilinus) wrasse. However the last genus can be very aggressive so i suggest a possum or pink streak wrasse.
Basslet,
Cardinal
Pygmy waspfish are fun if more difficult
A different type of blenny
Interesting, i was just following live aquaria and its other naming.They will eat larger ones but (with the exception of the larger mandarins like the scooters) the inverts the two fish go after are of a different size and thus competition is minimal.
And yes the jade wrasse, Halichoeres chloropterus is not a coris wrasse though it is also not usually reef safe due to it being far larger then most Halichoeres.
Not Coris wrasse! This is becoming my biggest pet peeve...
This is Halichoeres chrysus. A small, reef safe, and very peaceful wrasse known for being beautiful, eating pests, and as a good community member. Credit @JoJosReef This is Halichoeres chloropterus. A larger and more aggressive wrasse but still fairly reef safe and good for bigger tanks and...
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Need a colder tank and a very deep sand bed. A goldhead can do better in warmer tanks but still need the sand. I’d do a goby instead.
Can be difficult. Read this and get a not sand sifting goby:
www.reef2reef.com
Can eat shrimp and attack gobies. The long nose is the most peaceful.
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Either let you tank age or get captive bred like from biota
Maybe consider a small wrasse like a radiant or a blue flasher. Otherwise just read my comments above.
