90g stock list?

sappho · 03/18/2017, 11:58 PM

I plan to upgrade from a 55g to a 90g in a few months when I move. I currently have:
Dogface Puffer (6in)
Engineer Goby (juvenile)
2 fighting conch
2 turbo snails

I want to get:
Yellow Coris Wrasse
Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse
Flame Hawkfish

I'm not concerned about my puffer eating anyone because she had several small tankmates before my tank crashed that she never bothered. I also have an algae scrubber maturing ATM so I'm not terribly concerned about bioload. Thoughts?

Nick_Northern · 03/19/2017, 05:29 AM

don't dogface puffers require larger tanks than a 90g? Unless you have a succession of upgrades planned it might be worth addressing that first. I have never kept one but I know they get big and LA states a 150g minimum.

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Cliving1 · 03/19/2017, 06:21 AM

Agreed. Rehome the puffer. Everything else is fine.

nereefpat · 03/19/2017, 10:53 AM

Fishbase lists the puffer at an eventual 13", so I agree that it won't work long term. A good replacement would be a valentini puffer, or something similar.

The rest is fine, as long as the yellow coris wrasse is Halichoeres chrysus.

Lots of room left still for: clowns, dwarf angels, blennies, gobies, etc. Let us know.

sappho · 03/19/2017, 01:03 PM

Sorry, forgot to add, Ill be moving again in a couple years or so and I intend to upgrade again when that happens. I know this sounds excessive but I am transferring universities and I am concerned about finding an apartment that will let to me. I'd love to go up to 150g but I can't see any landlord being cool with that, renter's insurance or no renter's insurance. Also after I graduate I intend to move far far away and I can't imagine how I'd manage to move such a beast hundreds of miles.

BigBlueTang · 03/19/2017, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sappho

Sorry, forgot to add, Ill be moving again in a couple years or so and I intend to upgrade again when that happens. I know this sounds excessive but I am transferring universities and I am concerned about finding an apartment that will let to me. I'd love to go up to 150g but I can't see any landlord being cool with that, renter's insurance or no renter's insurance. Also after I graduate I intend to move far far away and I can't imagine how I'd manage to move such a beast hundreds of miles.

Get fish for the tank you have, not the tank you plan to have. Even from the time I bought my tank, it took me 14 months to setup and have running. Life gets in the way. Rehome the puffer, it still needs a bigger tank than a 150.

scooter31707 · 03/21/2017, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigBlueTang

Get fish for the tank you have, not the tank you plan to have. Even from the time I bought my tank, it took me 14 months to setup and have running. Life gets in the way. Rehome the puffer, it still needs a bigger tank than a 150.

Indeed. Took the words right out of my mouth!

03/18/2017, 11:58 PM	#1
sappho Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 42	90g stock list? I plan to upgrade from a 55g to a 90g in a few months when I move. I currently have: Dogface Puffer (6in) Engineer Goby (juvenile) 2 fighting conch 2 turbo snails I want to get: Yellow Coris Wrasse Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse Flame Hawkfish I'm not concerned about my puffer eating anyone because she had several small tankmates before my tank crashed that she never bothered. I also have an algae scrubber maturing ATM so I'm not terribly concerned about bioload. Thoughts?

03/19/2017, 10:53 AM	#4
nereefpat Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 3,190	Fishbase lists the puffer at an eventual 13", so I agree that it won't work long term. A good replacement would be a valentini puffer, or something similar. The rest is fine, as long as the yellow coris wrasse is Halichoeres chrysus. Lots of room left still for: clowns, dwarf angels, blennies, gobies, etc. Let us know. __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers

03/19/2017, 05:29 AM	#2
Nick_Northern Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Redditch, United Kingdom Posts: 261	don't dogface puffers require larger tanks than a 90g? Unless you have a succession of upgrades planned it might be worth addressing that first. I have never kept one but I know they get big and LA states a 150g minimum. Sent from my F5121 using Tapatalk

03/19/2017, 06:21 AM	#3
Cliving1 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 1,923	Agreed. Rehome the puffer. Everything else is fine.

03/19/2017, 01:03 PM	#5
sappho Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 42	Sorry, forgot to add, Ill be moving again in a couple years or so and I intend to upgrade again when that happens. I know this sounds excessive but I am transferring universities and I am concerned about finding an apartment that will let to me. I'd love to go up to 150g but I can't see any landlord being cool with that, renter's insurance or no renter's insurance. Also after I graduate I intend to move far far away and I can't imagine how I'd manage to move such a beast hundreds of miles.