Fish combos that work well: FYI

[Sk8r]

105 gallon wedge tank, heavy rockwork: 1 chromis, 1 tailspot blenny, 1 royal gramma, 1 yellow watchman, pair of ocellaris clowns. Active and peaceful, with various crabs and snails.

I invite anyone else who's got a peaceful!!!! and successful combo of fishes to list their tank size/shape and any unusual features, plus a list of fish that do their thing peacefully and healthily together, to help new folk make some good selections.

[Tastee]

I have a 65g with plenty of rock and a mix of LPS and Softies. My fish all get on very well. An Occellaris clown pair, Yellow Tang, Lawnmower Blennie, Orchid Dottyback and Sixline Wrasse. Main inverts are a Coral Banded Shrimp, Hermit crab, Sand sifting starfish and a mix of snails.




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[neiltus]

I have a 70g mixed. fed 2x day pretty heavy.

Potter's Angel 6 yrs old
Yellow Eye Kole
2 Eng Gobies
6 line
Diamond Goby
Lawnmower Blenny that keeps me from buying mushrooms.

I would love to add 3 chromes or a clown. Those fish don't really do anything other than add load. and the tang angel and 6line all cruise the column and don't wanna disrupt that. All eat flake except blenny. Dunno how man narcissus or troch snails r in there. Few crabs in sump to take care of the crap down there.

If I get a clown will prob do another cube somewhere.

[zheka757]

successfull!? will see, but it works for me for now.
400 galon tank, 96x30x30
achillies tang 7''
hippo tang 7''
3 yellow tangs 3-4''
2 purple tangs 3-4''
2 chromis
2 anthias
royal gramma
6 line W.
3 fire shrimps
2 cleaner shrimps
am sure im forgetting something else
had this combination for 6 month now, no issue

[billdogg]

My 120 DT has been up since August of 2013. Some of the LR and livestock were transferred over from a 60 cube that was running quite well for 22 years.

My current fish list is as follows:

Pair of Blue Star Leopard Wrasses - probably my favorite fish in 30+ years of marine aquaria. They spend their days cruising the reef looking for whatever pests they can find, and like clockwork, 5 minutes before lights out they bury themselves in the sand until morning. The females are one of the most visually stunning fish out there.

Pair of Lyretail Anthias Very pretty fish that hang out in the reef. Unlike most others of the Anthias line, the lyretails do very well being fed, at most, once a day. There is, however, plenty of things for them to find in the tank

Tomini Tang. One of the smaller of the tangs, I find it to be a perfect fit in my system.

African Flameback Angel. One of the smallest, but also one of the mightiest fishes in the sea. Very colorful and does not bother anyone once he has decided to accept them.

Pair of True Percula clowns. After years of having zero success I have finally gotten a pair and they are model citizens.

Black sailfin blennie. IMHO, no tank is complete without a blennie. Tons of personality and will always be looking at you before you can find him.

A skunk cleaner shrimp.

What I don't have but plan to add once this whole COVID thing calms down a bit:

A yellow watchman goby. Mine died of old age late last year. It was at least 10 years old then, probably older. Another fish that no tank should be without.


CUC:
1 red legged hermit, a few snails of a couple varieties, and my algae bulldozer, a common rock boring urchin that came in as a very small hitchhiker over 20 years ago. When I first noticed it, it was about the size of a #2 pencil eraser. Having been hard at work all these years, it's now nearly softball sized. It hides during the day, preferring to work the night shift. It's always easy to see where it's been - it leaves a trail of scoured rock in it's wake.

[Sk8r]

Just a note: put in the more quarrelsome fish last, and if you have erred in estimating that, do some rock-rearranging, to force a reestimation of territories; and if that doesn't work, pull out the offender to qt for a week, let things settle in the display, and then restore the offender to the tank, as a latecomer. If that doesn't work, that's going to be a problem. Many fish stores will accept a fish being returned if in good shape.

[monkeysee1]

Two Lyre Tail Anthias
Two Ocellaris clowns (one orange and white, the other black and white) - little punks...
One Pakistani Butterfly
One Scopas Tang
One Coral Beauty
One Black Cap Basslett
One Aiptasia Eating File fish.
One Striped Blenny
.....Several Hermit Crabs, two Sea Urchins, Blood Red Fire Shrimp, Skunk Cleaner Shrimp, Several snails (including a couple of Mexican Turbo Grazers).
....to my utter amazement, my Pakistani butterfly leaves these inverts alone......

.......all get alone fine - except sometimes when either of my clowns acts up the Tang or the Butterfly will give them the business.......