Cool beginner fish for a 90 gallon display tank?

[Diogenes]

My wife used to have a marine 55 with a emperor 400 HOB, live rock, no skimmer, stock hood lights that came petco, a snowflake eel, a picasso trigger an anemone, and a porcupine puffer and a mandarin goby. The only loss she ever had was the anemone and I think that was probably due to the poor lighting.

Now I know this isn't reasonable, and I would never try to replicate this in my tank, but I have a 90g DT, a 30 gallon sumpfugium, and a skimmer rated for 150 gallons. Surely there are some fish I can keep in this thing besides damsels and dartfish...

 

[Ashlee]

to the last part

but dont let them get you down (fleshy you are cool )
just get the fish you want man, be reasonable tho.
i have a 90 bowfront with a snowflake. the trut his most max sizes of fish are never reached in aquaria anyways (that doesnt mean post a pic of a giant snowflake either). they just like throwing big numbers to scare you into gettin damsles

I had a 3ft snowflake, and many more fish that out grew their "max" size. Its poor care that leads to fish not reaching max size, don't fool yourself.

 

[BigO6687]

My wife used to have a marine 55 with a emperor 400 HOB, live rock, no skimmer, stock hood lights that came petco, a snowflake eel, a picasso trigger an anemone, and a porcupine puffer and a mandarin goby. The only loss she ever had was the anemone and I think that was probably due to the poor lighting.

Now I know this isn't reasonable, and I would never try to replicate this in my tank, but I have a 90g DT, a 30 gallon sumpfugium, and a skimmer rated for 150 gallons. Surely there are some fish I can keep in this thing besides damsels and dartfish...

choose fish that alone will not outgrow your tank, get them small and you can "overstock" and rehome when necessary due to aggression/water quality issues

most sw fish don't grow very fast or at least not nearly as fast as fw fish

feed like 10 times a week with silversides, squid, krill, and shrimp among other marine seafood
try to feed nori sometimes as well if your fish will accept it

other than that, my reccomendation stands, except if you are willing to get juvy's and upgrade/rehome as necessary you could have:

any trigger from the genera rhinecanthus, sufflamen, or xanthichthys

a porc. puffer (make sure you quarantine and make sure this fish is eating and has been in the store/facility for at least a week, most porcs, as well as many puffers in general come in with worms due to their natural habits of eating a lot of dead/decaying matter in the wild that can be riddled with worms, these worms can be tiny or huge, and will slowly decay at the puffer from the inside.)

eels: your choices are pretty much between snowflake, yellowhead, white-eye, zebra, and green wolf "eel" blenny

then try and pull off that leaf fish you wanted

good luck

 

[Diogenes]

choose fish that alone will not outgrow your tank, get them small and you can "overstock" and rehome when necessary due to aggression/water quality issues

most sw fish don't grow very fast or at least not nearly as fast as fw fish

feed like 10 times a week with silversides, squid, krill, and shrimp among other marine seafood
try to feed nori sometimes as well if your fish will accept it

other than that, my reccomendation stands, except if you are willing to get juvy's and upgrade/rehome as necessary you could have:

any trigger from the genera rhinecanthus, sufflamen, or xanthichthys

a porc. puffer (make sure you quarantine and make sure this fish is eating and has been in the store/facility for at least a week, most porcs, as well as many puffers in general come in with worms due to their natural habits of eating a lot of dead/decaying matter in the wild that can be riddled with worms, these worms can be tiny or huge, and will slowly decay at the puffer from the inside.)

eels: your choices are pretty much between snowflake, yellowhead, white-eye, zebra, and green wolf "eel" blenny

then try and pull off that leaf fish you wanted

good luck

beautiful. This sounds like a setup worth spending all this money on and agrees with a lot of the research I've done also. Thanks.

 

[scalesandfins]

I had a 3ft snowflake, and many more fish that out grew their "max" size. Its poor care that leads to fish not reaching max size, don't fool yourself.

yes some fish can outgrow there max sizes. but some dont ever get close. its mostly genetics not always poor care.
i have grown fish in the same tank being fed the same amount of food and they grow at diff rates.
i think sizes range enormously within certain species. and you can influence the size of your fish. that doesnt mean they are not healthy and happy.

 

[Diogenes]

I think it varies from species to species too. I read that clownfish in a colony will limit their size according to their social status. The dominant female will usually be the largest.

 

[FLESHY]

I wasnt laughing AT you...I was laughing at your commentary about just having damsels. Worst comes to worst like I said you can get rid of fish as problems arise. Most quality LFS's will take a larger show quality fish and trade you for another baby to raise up. Its the never ending fish cycle.

 

[Diogenes]

I wasnt laughing AT you...I was laughing at your commentary about just having damsels. Worst comes to worst like I said you can get rid of fish as problems arise. Most quality LFS's will take a larger show quality fish and trade you for another baby to raise up. Its the never ending fish cycle.

oh I didn't think you were ridiculing me. No offense taken. Quite the contrary. Thanks for all the help. Thanks everybody.

 

[BigO6687]

no prob.

btw i reccomend prazi pro for the deworming process

 

[FLESHY]

(fleshy you are cool )

This is all that needs to be said on the matter. Really.

Thanks scalesandfins!

I think it varies from species to species too. I read that clownfish in a colony will limit their size according to their social status. The dominant female will usually be the largest.

I think what was meant by this was:

"The largest fish in the system is usually dominant...and therefore female."

General rule of thumb when shopping around for clowns, especially when pairing. I usually buy my clowns the smallest I can get them...one at a time. Wait for the first one to grow out, and then add another one. Its somewhat of an art gauging just when to add the second fish and at what sizes as to prevent a fish homicide.