minimum size tank- aggressive fish

Mappelbaum37 · 11/22/2008, 04:44 PM

For this wish list of fish, What would be the minimum size tank to hold these fish.

porcupine puffer
eel (snowflake)
Picasso Trigger
dwarf Lion
Imperator angel
Tang (undecided)

I basically know all the equipment I would need. The only thing I need to read up on is sumps and how they work.

This thread is just to find out some facts for the future. My 75g reef is close to the end, and I want to start another tank, this time aggressive.

Thank you

MileHighFish · 11/22/2008, 04:45 PM

180 would work.

Mappelbaum37 · 11/22/2008, 04:50 PM

sounds good. Would corals be able to survive in that type of tank? Its only inverts that cant be added with those fish, if im correct?

crvz · 11/22/2008, 07:44 PM

Is the puffer safe with corals? I know the angel is at risk of nipping just about any coral (and even clam) you could think of.

returnofsid · 11/22/2008, 08:00 PM

The Imperator would be the deciding factor. I'd recommend at least a 180 if not larger.

Mappelbaum37 · 11/23/2008, 05:50 PM

sounds good. Thanks for the help

E.intheC · 11/23/2008, 06:12 PM

Certain individual puffers will be ok with corals and certain ones won't. It depends on each personality....

In my old tank, I used to have a Blue Spot Puffer (awesome fish by the way) that would only bother/pick at a certain larger zoanthid colony, but left everything else alone. .. In my opinion, Eels aren't good to keep with corals because they get big and can/do knock things down..

nick063 · 11/23/2008, 08:55 PM

I would be careful with the trigger and inverts like crabs they usually eat them up

fishfanashley · 12/04/2008, 08:10 PM

ya the trigger will munch on crabs

calvertbill · 12/04/2008, 09:18 PM

Less than the Pacific, more than the Arctic?

11/22/2008, 04:44 PM	#1
Mappelbaum37 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 886	minimum size tank- aggressive fish For this wish list of fish, What would be the minimum size tank to hold these fish. porcupine puffer eel (snowflake) Picasso Trigger dwarf Lion Imperator angel Tang (undecided) I basically know all the equipment I would need. The only thing I need to read up on is sumps and how they work. This thread is just to find out some facts for the future. My 75g reef is close to the end, and I want to start another tank, this time aggressive. Thank you __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 75 gallon reef

11/22/2008, 04:45 PM	#2
MileHighFish Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: NM. Posts: 1,722	180 would work. __________________ See "Red House" for pics!! I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later. Mitch Hedberg Current Tank Info: Reef tank, 100 gal Lee Mar polished.. 60 sump.. 800 watts mh 20k radium..Ran on "Taiwan HQI Ballast" 330 watt VHO.. 48 watt compacts (dawn/dusk).. sps/lps tank..

11/22/2008, 04:50 PM	#3
Mappelbaum37 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 886	sounds good. Would corals be able to survive in that type of tank? Its only inverts that cant be added with those fish, if im correct? __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 75 gallon reef

11/22/2008, 07:44 PM	#4
crvz Team RC Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: houstonia Posts: 7,989	Is the puffer safe with corals? I know the angel is at risk of nipping just about any coral (and even clam) you could think of. __________________ -Chris- You don't win friends with salad. "Look! They're trying to learn for free!" ... "Use your phony guns as clubs!" Current Tank Info: rectangluar? wet?

11/23/2008, 05:50 PM	#6
Mappelbaum37 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New York Posts: 886	sounds good. Thanks for the help __________________ Matt Current Tank Info: 75 gallon reef

11/22/2008, 08:00 PM	#5
returnofsid Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 3,852	The Imperator would be the deciding factor. I'd recommend at least a 180 if not larger.

11/23/2008, 06:12 PM	#7
E.intheC Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Long Island NY Posts: 5,373	Certain individual puffers will be ok with corals and certain ones won't. It depends on each personality.... In my old tank, I used to have a Blue Spot Puffer (awesome fish by the way) that would only bother/pick at a certain larger zoanthid colony, but left everything else alone. .. In my opinion, Eels aren't good to keep with corals because they get big and can/do knock things down.. __________________ -Eric

11/23/2008, 08:55 PM	#8
nick063 Registered Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ocala, Florida Posts: 246	I would be careful with the trigger and inverts like crabs they usually eat them up

12/04/2008, 08:10 PM	#9
fishfanashley Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 112	trigger ya the trigger will munch on crabs

12/04/2008, 09:18 PM	#10
calvertbill Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Calvert County, Md. Posts: 122	Less than the Pacific, more than the Arctic? __________________ 90 FOWLR & a few 'shrooms 450/625 Reef with 3 Blue Hippos 4-6", 1 Yellow Tang 4", 1 Scopas 4", 1 Mata Tang 12", 2 1" Black Ocellaris, 1 Sailfin 5", 1 Purple Tang 3" Current Tank Info: 55, 90, 450/625, 14 Nano