Fish stocking ideas for my 120g

New_Tank_Guy · 04/25/2006, 10:31 PM

Well my cycle has been complete for over a week. I put in my cleaning crew last week. Keep track of my water readings over the week and no change.

I added one small yellow tang today. Now I need some ideas for what else to stock.

The wife wants a hippo tang, so I will be adding one in about 4-5 days. What else could I stock in this tank? Ideas please...

White Tiger · 04/25/2006, 11:01 PM

Live rock

New_Tank_Guy · 04/25/2006, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by White Tiger
Live rock

"sigh"

colettem · 04/26/2006, 01:33 AM

Depends a lot on whether you want to keep corals or not. There are lots of really beautiful fish that aren't considered "reef safe" as they nip at or eat corals (eg butterfly fish, angel fish). The other fish that are common in community tanks are clown fish, royal grammas, green chromis, bangai cardinals, fire fish, gobies (this is a wish list for my reef tank!). In fact, the world is your oyster. What fish have you kept in the past in your three years of experience?

Patchy · 04/26/2006, 06:20 AM

harem of flasher wrasse'
harem of dottybacks
pink skunk clowns
some of my favorite fishes ideas^
i would make a list of what you want before adding more. you dont want to add fish in the wrong order this can be wrost than putting wrong fish together...if that makes sense

New_Tank_Guy · 04/26/2006, 07:53 AM

Not looking to do corals just FOWLR. My old tank was a 40g so I only kept a clown pair, and a small angel.

White Tiger · 04/26/2006, 07:46 PM

Live rock is basically rocks that contain hundreds of organisms to help out with your water chemistry. They are taken directly out of the ocean.

Jerry W · 04/26/2006, 11:44 PM

Being such a new system, I'd be cautious about adding too much too soon. Not knowing the dimensions of the tank, I'm not sure the hippo tang is a good choice. My 120 is a 5 ft tank and I won't keep a tang simply due to their spacial needs, but that's me. I think having two surgeon fish is going to push it. The pair of clowns and the angel will be nice. I agree with a wrasse of some sort, as well as the royal gramma, goby and firefish. I think having the yellow tang in first might give you some problems down the road with other additions of the same size.
Personally, I like to have one or two medium sized "centerpiece fish", with several small specimens to give the tank movement and interest.

New_Tank_Guy · 04/27/2006, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by White Tiger
Live rock is basically rocks that contain hundreds of organisms to help out with your water chemistry. They are taken directly out of the ocean.

I gave the "sigh" because if you look at my tank details you will see I have 115 lbs of live rock in the tank already. Thats what I used to cycle my tank.

Now as the hippo tang goes. I have read it should be fine in my 120g. I believe the mods have a Quick link showing tanks sizes for tangs. Also I am not worried about my yellow tang. I just need to move the rock work around when I add something new.

Thanks for all the suggestions...

04/25/2006, 10:31 PM	#1
New_Tank_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 73	Fish stocking ideas for my 120g Well my cycle has been complete for over a week. I put in my cleaning crew last week. Keep track of my water readings over the week and no change. I added one small yellow tang today. Now I need some ideas for what else to stock. The wife wants a hippo tang, so I will be adding one in about 4-5 days. What else could I stock in this tank? Ideas please...

04/26/2006, 11:44 PM	#8
Jerry W Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: PA. Posts: 2,873	Being such a new system, I'd be cautious about adding too much too soon. Not knowing the dimensions of the tank, I'm not sure the hippo tang is a good choice. My 120 is a 5 ft tank and I won't keep a tang simply due to their spacial needs, but that's me. I think having two surgeon fish is going to push it. The pair of clowns and the angel will be nice. I agree with a wrasse of some sort, as well as the royal gramma, goby and firefish. I think having the yellow tang in first might give you some problems down the road with other additions of the same size. Personally, I like to have one or two medium sized "centerpiece fish", with several small specimens to give the tank movement and interest. __________________ Americans sleep peacefully in their beds at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. Current Tank Info: 37 gal; pair of mocha clowns, ywg and tiger pistol shrimp

04/25/2006, 11:01 PM	#2
White Tiger Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 348	Live rock

04/26/2006, 01:33 AM	#4
colettem Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 191	Depends a lot on whether you want to keep corals or not. There are lots of really beautiful fish that aren't considered "reef safe" as they nip at or eat corals (eg butterfly fish, angel fish). The other fish that are common in community tanks are clown fish, royal grammas, green chromis, bangai cardinals, fire fish, gobies (this is a wish list for my reef tank!). In fact, the world is your oyster. What fish have you kept in the past in your three years of experience?

04/26/2006, 06:20 AM	#5
Patchy Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Sydney Posts: 340	harem of flasher wrasse' harem of dottybacks pink skunk clowns some of my favorite fishes ideas^ i would make a list of what you want before adding more. you dont want to add fish in the wrong order this can be wrost than putting wrong fish together...if that makes sense

04/26/2006, 07:53 AM	#6
New_Tank_Guy Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 73	Not looking to do corals just FOWLR. My old tank was a 40g so I only kept a clown pair, and a small angel.

04/26/2006, 07:46 PM	#7
White Tiger Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 348	Live rock is basically rocks that contain hundreds of organisms to help out with your water chemistry. They are taken directly out of the ocean.