order of stocking for a new tank

mpd525 · 02/04/2007, 12:20 AM

I've got a new tank set up and running. Almost fully cycled and ready to go. I need some info on what order to put the new fish in. These are what i want.

Gold Stripe Maroon
Lemonpeel or Fire angel
Strawberry Pseudo or a Bi-color Dotty
Fire and a Cleaner Shrimp
Watchman Goby, and a Pistol shrimp
A blue damsel or another smaller blue fish(can't seem to find any others)
Evansi Anthias
Raccoon Butterfly

That's what i'm shooting for. I know some will tell me that i shouldn't do one or the other of this list that's fine. I'm not completely dead set on this list, but i want alot color, and different colors. If you notice their's about all the colors of the rainbow in their. I'm completely open to suggestions on other types, but what i really would like to know is what order to put them in the tank. Also I know that damsel's are pretty angry fish, but they have great color. I've been told the orange tails are fairly peaceful. And would i be able to put another clown of a different species with the gold stripe, i.e. a black perc.
Thanks, and please no hateful people i'm asking for help and not a lecture or smart elleck answers, theirs alot of that on herer.

james deluca · 02/04/2007, 12:37 AM

well the clown will kill theouther unless you get another perc and they become a mated pair the damsels are mean but if you do get one i would sugest that that go in some where around last alng with any outher agressiv fish like around a week or 2 so the peaceful fis have time to find thire teritory and hiding spases sorry about the spelling

mpd525 · 02/04/2007, 12:50 AM

that's what i figured about the clown's, but i'm not sure of what order to put this list in the tank. I was most likely going to put the psuedo and the damsel in very last, and let them duke it out for a couple of days, then they should be fine. but i don't know how to put everything else. obviously the goby first, then i guess the gold stripe, then the angel, anthias, butterfly, the 2 hetherns, and then the shrimp whenever. is that about right?

slinky2k5 · 02/04/2007, 02:21 AM

anthias have a low survival rate evansi seem to be one of the more delicate not for the beginer! butterflys are sometimes difficult also I would say scratch the damsels and the angels and put the maroon in last

james deluca · 02/04/2007, 02:59 AM

well put the more agressiv in last at same time
Pistol shrimp/
Fire / Cleaner Shrimp / Gold Stripe Maroon first if live rock and fully cycled

Watchman Goby, another smaller blue fish 2 after 2 weeks

Lemonpeel or Fire angel 3rd 2 weeks after 2nd if water conditions are good

then whatever else but would sugest hardy fish
if the 75 gal maby if lots of room to swim maybe a smaller type of tang

i hope that is of some ues

BTTRFLYGRL · 02/04/2007, 06:36 AM

I honestly wouldn't put a Raccoon in a 75. My Raccoon is EXTREMELY active , swims every inch of my 240. They can reach up to 10" and would be a little cramped in a 75.
Most Anthias do better in groups and its usually recommended that they be housed in a 6' tank.
Do not mix Clowns..If you go with a Maroon [Or Maroons] do not add any other type of Clowns. Also stick with 2. Anymore added will be killed by the mated pair
Go with a blue Chromis instead of a Damsel, much more peaceful

If you do get a Raccoon, it should go in first
Watchman Goby, Pistol shrimp
Chromis
Maroon Clown [if Juvenile, they become more aggressive as they age]
Dottyback
Flame Angel

mpd525 · 02/04/2007, 12:59 PM

I had a LFS store order some blue chromis, and when they came in they were huge, and almost black, they didn't look blue at all. So needless to say i did not buy them. Does anyone have any other suggetions on blue fish? Something bright. I know i can't house 2 Angels together, and if i shouldn't put the raccon in what else should i look at? Possibly a yellow tang, if i can find one small enough. And it's the opinion to leave the anthias out?

And the concensus is the shrimp, then either the maroon, or the goby, then the whatever else should go in, and the angel last.

james deluca · 02/04/2007, 01:46 PM

well a blue hippo tang could work in a 75 with good swiming space

Myka · 02/04/2007, 02:22 PM

you want to put the shrimp in first so he can build a burrow, and then put the Goby in after the borrow is made. Best to put a pop bottle or other tube over the burrow and put the Goby in that so he has no choice but to notice the burrow.

crabman · 02/04/2007, 02:32 PM

if you want some nice color blue get a Bicolor angel they are really nice looking nice blue and yellow color

mpd525 · 02/04/2007, 03:31 PM

just out of curiousity would a lemon peel and a bi-color angel fight? THier bodies are a little different shape so maybe they could get along?

james deluca · 02/04/2007, 08:25 PM

no all angels will fight unless you had a really big tank and they would still probily fight generel ruel one angel per tank

02/04/2007, 12:20 AM	#1
mpd525 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: muskogee, ok Posts: 102	order of stocking for a new tank I've got a new tank set up and running. Almost fully cycled and ready to go. I need some info on what order to put the new fish in. These are what i want. Gold Stripe Maroon Lemonpeel or Fire angel Strawberry Pseudo or a Bi-color Dotty Fire and a Cleaner Shrimp Watchman Goby, and a Pistol shrimp A blue damsel or another smaller blue fish(can't seem to find any others) Evansi Anthias Raccoon Butterfly That's what i'm shooting for. I know some will tell me that i shouldn't do one or the other of this list that's fine. I'm not completely dead set on this list, but i want alot color, and different colors. If you notice their's about all the colors of the rainbow in their. I'm completely open to suggestions on other types, but what i really would like to know is what order to put them in the tank. Also I know that damsel's are pretty angry fish, but they have great color. I've been told the orange tails are fairly peaceful. And would i be able to put another clown of a different species with the gold stripe, i.e. a black perc. Thanks, and please no hateful people i'm asking for help and not a lecture or smart elleck answers, theirs alot of that on herer.

02/04/2007, 06:36 AM	#6
BTTRFLYGRL Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: INDY Posts: 2,857	I honestly wouldn't put a Raccoon in a 75. My Raccoon is EXTREMELY active , swims every inch of my 240. They can reach up to 10" and would be a little cramped in a 75. Most Anthias do better in groups and its usually recommended that they be housed in a 6' tank. Do not mix Clowns..If you go with a Maroon [Or Maroons] do not add any other type of Clowns. Also stick with 2. Anymore added will be killed by the mated pair Go with a blue Chromis instead of a Damsel, much more peaceful If you do get a Raccoon, it should go in first Watchman Goby, Pistol shrimp Chromis Maroon Clown [if Juvenile, they become more aggressive as they age] Dottyback Flame Angel __________________ AKA Kim Hardie.. Current Tank Info: 240 gallon FOWLR, 180 gallon reef, 55 gallon for my Dwarf Lion

02/04/2007, 02:22 PM	#9
Myka Reefing since '93 Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: SK, Canada Posts: 2,436	you want to put the shrimp in first so he can build a burrow, and then put the Goby in after the borrow is made. Best to put a pop bottle or other tube over the burrow and put the Goby in that so he has no choice but to notice the burrow. __________________ ~ Mindy, SPS addict. Current Tank Info: 69 SPS (73 gal net) established July 1/15. (HBD Canada!) ATB 840, ATI 6-bulb dimmable. Fauna Marin balling lite method.

02/04/2007, 12:37 AM	#2
james deluca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: u.s. nv. Posts: 59	well the clown will kill theouther unless you get another perc and they become a mated pair the damsels are mean but if you do get one i would sugest that that go in some where around last alng with any outher agressiv fish like around a week or 2 so the peaceful fis have time to find thire teritory and hiding spases sorry about the spelling

02/04/2007, 12:50 AM	#3
mpd525 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: muskogee, ok Posts: 102	that's what i figured about the clown's, but i'm not sure of what order to put this list in the tank. I was most likely going to put the psuedo and the damsel in very last, and let them duke it out for a couple of days, then they should be fine. but i don't know how to put everything else. obviously the goby first, then i guess the gold stripe, then the angel, anthias, butterfly, the 2 hetherns, and then the shrimp whenever. is that about right?

02/04/2007, 02:21 AM	#4
slinky2k5 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 9	anthias have a low survival rate evansi seem to be one of the more delicate not for the beginer! butterflys are sometimes difficult also I would say scratch the damsels and the angels and put the maroon in last

02/04/2007, 02:59 AM	#5
james deluca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: u.s. nv. Posts: 59	well put the more agressiv in last at same time Pistol shrimp/ Fire / Cleaner Shrimp / Gold Stripe Maroon first if live rock and fully cycled Watchman Goby, another smaller blue fish 2 after 2 weeks Lemonpeel or Fire angel 3rd 2 weeks after 2nd if water conditions are good then whatever else but would sugest hardy fish if the 75 gal maby if lots of room to swim maybe a smaller type of tang i hope that is of some ues

02/04/2007, 12:59 PM	#7
mpd525 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: muskogee, ok Posts: 102	I had a LFS store order some blue chromis, and when they came in they were huge, and almost black, they didn't look blue at all. So needless to say i did not buy them. Does anyone have any other suggetions on blue fish? Something bright. I know i can't house 2 Angels together, and if i shouldn't put the raccon in what else should i look at? Possibly a yellow tang, if i can find one small enough. And it's the opinion to leave the anthias out? And the concensus is the shrimp, then either the maroon, or the goby, then the whatever else should go in, and the angel last.

02/04/2007, 01:46 PM	#8
james deluca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: u.s. nv. Posts: 59	well a blue hippo tang could work in a 75 with good swiming space

02/04/2007, 02:32 PM	#10
crabman Registered Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Sicklerville,NJ Posts: 233	if you want some nice color blue get a Bicolor angel they are really nice looking nice blue and yellow color

02/04/2007, 03:31 PM	#11
mpd525 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: muskogee, ok Posts: 102	just out of curiousity would a lemon peel and a bi-color angel fight? THier bodies are a little different shape so maybe they could get along?

02/04/2007, 08:25 PM	#12
james deluca Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: u.s. nv. Posts: 59	no all angels will fight unless you had a really big tank and they would still probily fight generel ruel one angel per tank