What can I add to my tank?

fishguy777 · Jul 3, 2023

It’s a 90 gallon, with not too many rocks, no sand, and filtration rated for 400 gallons.

I have:
Threadfin snapper 6”
Blue throat trigger 5”
Marine beta 4”
Zebra eel 30”

I’m trying to add colorful, oddball, semi aggressive or peaceful fish to my tank. Such as, lyretail hog, harlequin tusk, a small coral cat shark, Quoyi parrotfish, ribbon eel, squirrel fish etc. any other recommendations, or things I should know about these? I will only be adding another 2-4 depending on what they are

And before the fish police chime in, yes I know that some of these fish will outgrow my tank, and I have plans for all of them.

Thanks!

UkiahTheTurtle · Jul 3, 2023

Don’t add any sharks to a tank of that size coral cat sharks need at least 300 gallons of water volume and still larger would be better. As for a suggestion I think a pair of maroon clowns would be cool

HankstankXXL750 · Jul 3, 2023

Quoyi parrot fish not a good idea. I got one and it was in QT eating good and everything no apparent disease fat and happy and next thing I knew it was dead. Got to reading and it seems to be a common occurrence for them.

Fish only you might check out a medium angelfish. Lots of cool colors.

littlefoxx · Jul 3, 2023

fishguy777 said:
It’s a 90 gallon, with not too many rocks, no sand, and filtration rated for 400 gallons.

I have:
Threadfin snapper 6”
Blue throat trigger 5”
Marine beta 4”
Zebra eel 30”

I’m trying to add colorful, oddball, semi aggressive or peaceful fish to my tank. Such as, lyretail hog, harlequin tusk, a small coral cat shark, Quoyi parrotfish, ribbon eel, squirrel fish etc. any other recommendations, or things I should know about these? I will only be adding another 2-4 depending on what they are

And before the fish police chime in, yes I know that some of these fish will outgrow my tank, and I have plans for all of them.

Thanks!

Thought about an angel? Semi aggressive and all are super colorful, dwarfs and large alike!

fishguy777 · Jul 3, 2023

littlefoxx said:
Thought about an angel? Semi aggressive and all are super colorful, dwarfs and large alike!

Have had a few angels, all of them have taken over the tank, and were huge bullies. Definitely a cool fish though!

Slocke · Jul 3, 2023

The fish I think is by far the funnest and most interesting in the hobby are the wrasse of the genus Novaculichthys. The dragon and sea grass wrasse. They are just so incredibly fun and odd. The dragon is too big for that size tank but the sea grass isn’t.

littlefoxx · Jul 3, 2023

fishguy777 said:
Have had a few angels, all of them have taken over the tank, and were huge bullies. Definitely a cool fish though!

Fair, they are bold! Thought about anthias then? This is my lyertail male and one of the 4 females in his harem

Slocke · Jul 3, 2023

fishguy777 said:
It’s a 90 gallon, with not too many rocks, no sand, and filtration rated for 400 gallons.

I have:
Threadfin snapper 6”
Blue throat trigger 5”
Marine beta 4”
Zebra eel 30”

I’m trying to add colorful, oddball, semi aggressive or peaceful fish to my tank. Such as, lyretail hog, harlequin tusk, a small coral cat shark, Quoyi parrotfish, ribbon eel, squirrel fish etc. any other recommendations, or things I should know about these? I will only be adding another 2-4 depending on what they are

And before the fish police chime in, yes I know that some of these fish will outgrow my tank, and I have plans for all of them.

Thanks!

I’ll also say that lyretail hogs are very hard to find nowadays. Coral cat is too big as someone else said. Quoyi parrotfish have very low long term survival rates. Ribbon eels have very low short term survival rates.

Other cool suggestions are snake eels though they are also difficult like ribbons. Engineer gobies. Dwarf lionfish, the fuzzy is very cool IMO. Waspfish. Soapfish.

fishguy777 · Jul 3, 2023

littlefoxx said:
Fair, they are bold! Thought about anthias then? This is my lyertail male and one of the 4 females in his harem

I haven’t, but I’m afraid that my snapper will eat them, he has eaten a chromis before, and from what I’ve read, they are about the same size, and temperament

fishguy777 · Jul 3, 2023

Slocke said:
I’ll also say that lyretail hogs are very hard to find nowadays. Coral cat is too big as someone else said. Quoyi parrotfish have very low long term survival rates. Ribbon eels have very low short term survival rates.

Other cool suggestions are snake eels though they are also difficult like ribbons. Engineer gobies. Dwarf lionfish, the fuzzy is very cool IMO. Waspfish. Soapfish.

Aren’t snake eels really active? And get pretty big?

Slocke · Jul 3, 2023

fishguy777 said:
Aren’t snake eels really active? And get pretty big?

They get long but not big and they are sometimes very active but usually very not. I have two and have an article published on here if you want to know more.

fishguy777 · Jul 3, 2023

Slocke said:
The fish I think is by far the funnest and most interesting in the hobby are the wrasse of the genus Novaculichthys. The dragon and sea grass wrasse. They are just so incredibly fun and odd. The dragon is too big for that size tank but the sea grass isn’t.

Definitely! but don’t they need sand?

Slocke · Jul 3, 2023

fishguy777 said:
Definitely! but don’t they need sand?

Shoot
Just saw that. You can add a basin of sand but that may ruin your aesthetic. Fine one last suggestion. A searobin.

fishguy777 · Jul 3, 2023

Slocke said:
They get long but not big and they are sometimes very active but usually very not. I have two and

Slocke said:
Shoot
Just saw that. You can add a basin of sand but that may ruin your aesthetic. Fine one last suggestion. A searobin.

Think that’s what I’m gonna add, that’s probably the most odd fish I’ve seen

Thanks for the help!

littlefoxx · Jul 4, 2023

fishguy777 said:
I haven’t, but I’m afraid that my snapper will eat them, he has eaten a chromis before, and from what I’ve read, they are about the same size, and temperament

Huh is the snapper big?