Must have fish in 90 Gallon?

dsustko · 02/25/2014, 09:51 PM

What are the "must have" fish in a tank? In other words, what fish fulfill a purpose in a tank to keep it balanced?
I have a 90G tank and currently have 2 clowns.

JackandJill · 02/25/2014, 09:56 PM

No fish are necessary. Although some things like tangs and blennies can help control algae.

nlgill13 · 02/25/2014, 09:58 PM

Depends, what are you planning for the tank? FOWLR, Softies, LPS, SPS, or Mixed Reef? Gobies/blennies will help keep the sand and rock work clean and are good in most tanks.

dsustko · 02/25/2014, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by nlgill13

Depends, what are you planning for the tank? FOWLR, Softies, LPS, SPS, or Mixed Reef? Gobies/blennies will help keep the sand and rock work clean and are good in most tanks.

Good point. I have 2" sand bed. Currently have frogspawn, zoos, and pulsing xenia, but once i get comfortable with the water stability will have SPS. (using 3gen radions).

Fish_King_25 · 02/25/2014, 10:16 PM

Whatever fish you like are necessary. This hobby is to give us pleasure so whatever fish you want to keep that will work in that size tank with your current bioload..there's no universal answer to that one..if you'd like a suggestion, how about a Purple Tang??

Spork3245 · 02/25/2014, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Fish_King_25

how about a Purple Tang??

Purple Tangs are recommended for 6' tanks at a minimum, he has a 4' tank.

I have a 90 gallon too, my stocking list...

2x Tank-bred Ocellaris Clowns
2x Cleaner Shrimp
3x Peppermint Shrimp (I never see them

)
1x Fairy Wrasse (Red Headed Solon)
1x One-Spot Foxface (Foxface Lo gets too large for a 90 gallon, One Spot Foxface's are a couple inches smaller)
1x Royal Gramma
1x Diamond Goby
2x Large Feather Duster
Once my pod population is high enough I plan on getting a Green Mandarin Dragonette as well

I also had a Neon Cleaner Goby, amazing fish and my absolute favorite, but he passed a couple days back... Unfortunately Neon Gobies have a very short lifespan of only 1-2 years and it was just his "time". I'm going to get a new one this weekend.

02/25/2014, 09:51 PM	#1
dsustko Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 30	Must have fish in 90 Gallon? What are the "must have" fish in a tank? In other words, what fish fulfill a purpose in a tank to keep it balanced? I have a 90G tank and currently have 2 clowns.

02/25/2014, 09:58 PM	#3
nlgill13 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Boulder,CO Posts: 1,291	Depends, what are you planning for the tank? FOWLR, Softies, LPS, SPS, or Mixed Reef? Gobies/blennies will help keep the sand and rock work clean and are good in most tanks. __________________ 90G DT w/ 30G sump, 2 Apollo SolarBlast Dimmable LEDs, 160 Reef Octopus Extreme, Neptune Apex, Mag 7, MP10 & MP40

02/25/2014, 10:16 PM	#5
Fish_King_25 Reef Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 826	Whatever fish you like are necessary. This hobby is to give us pleasure so whatever fish you want to keep that will work in that size tank with your current bioload..there's no universal answer to that one..if you'd like a suggestion, how about a Purple Tang?? __________________ ~Kenny~ 29g mixed reef lps, sps, and softies, 10g sump/fuge, cadlights pls-100 skimmer, LifeReef overflow with Mag 7 return pump, Tunze ATO, 2 Koralias, 4x24w T5HO ATIs w/ moonlight LEDs Current Tank Info: Green Chromis, Yellow Clown Goby, Green Mandarin, Diamond Goby, Percula Clown, and CUC

02/25/2014, 09:56 PM	#2
JackandJill Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 249	No fish are necessary. Although some things like tangs and blennies can help control algae.