I currently have a 150g tank with a snowflake eel, male bird wrasse, naso tang, niger triggerfish, and and areolate/red hind grouper. I have looked online and mostly everything said that these could be kept with corals, so I was wondering if I could start a reef tank. I would only do this if my water params are perfect (I know hard to get with these large waste producers) but if I could do that, could I start a reef? Also, what other fish would you reccomend for me to get? Could I keep a volitan lionfish and a harlequin tusk?
I was wondering.....
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Your tank when all of these fish are fully grown is going to be dangerously overstocked.
The Naso will need a bigger tank eventually, so you might as well swap him out, and add the last two fish on your list. (Sooner or later, some of those fish are going to need to go back to the LFS.)
That being said, you can grow corals in this tank. The only thing that makes it hard is that they will eat your clean up crew...which can make it harder for corals to grow.
I would suggest doing a macro algae/soft coral tank. (Maybe some LPS too) these guys can take more nitrogenous wastes in the tank (in fact some would recommend that you have them) and are pretty durable when it comes to things that do pick.
GL!
The Naso will need a bigger tank eventually, so you might as well swap him out, and add the last two fish on your list. (Sooner or later, some of those fish are going to need to go back to the LFS.)
That being said, you can grow corals in this tank. The only thing that makes it hard is that they will eat your clean up crew...which can make it harder for corals to grow.
I would suggest doing a macro algae/soft coral tank. (Maybe some LPS too) these guys can take more nitrogenous wastes in the tank (in fact some would recommend that you have them) and are pretty durable when it comes to things that do pick.
GL!
What fish am I going to need to return? I know the naso will eventually get to big, but im hoping I can keep him for as long as possible. For my tank to be ok, which fish can I and cannot keep? Will the grouper get too large? I know the eel trigger and wrasse are fine but not sure about the other two. I know the lion and the tusk would be fine too but if I did not get the lion and the tusk and just kept the original five would the tank be ok when they are full grown?
I know that I felt bad about my tusk in my 125g.
He wasnt even half grown when I felt that way. (Almost 4")
Red hinds mainly stay under 20" from what I know...but some can get up to 30" (internet research)
I would say this was awkwardly large for this tank.
Everything else should be okay...Naso needs to go...tusk could stay for a long time...maybe forever if you didnt feel bad about keeping an 8" fish that is that active in there. That is a personal call.
He wasnt even half grown when I felt that way. (Almost 4")
Red hinds mainly stay under 20" from what I know...but some can get up to 30" (internet research)
I would say this was awkwardly large for this tank.
Everything else should be okay...Naso needs to go...tusk could stay for a long time...maybe forever if you didnt feel bad about keeping an 8" fish that is that active in there. That is a personal call.
So if I just stayed with the fish I have and just added the corals then I should be fine if the red hind doesnt get too big and the naso doesnt. If they do ill find bigger homes for them.
Nasos are known to die in 180's for no reason. They blame this on not enough tank space.
Fish requires at least 8' of swimming length if you are of that school of thought...minimum.
Fish requires at least 8' of swimming length if you are of that school of thought...minimum.