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Windsorguy77

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I'm getting close to my max stocking level, but still have yet to find that 'centerpiece' fish that is the star of the tank. I have a standard 75gallon 48x18 and I am currently stocking this list for fish...

2x Yellow Tail Damsel (Chrysiptera parasema)
1x Sixline Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia)
2x Ocellaris Clown (Amphiprion ocellaris)
1x Striped Blenny (Meiacanthus grammistes)
1x Yellow Watchman Goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus)
1x Flame Hawkfish (Neocirrhitus armatus)
1x Royal Gramma Basslet (Gramma loreto)
1x Common Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)

I've had a Copperbanded Butterfly, but unfortunately could not get it to eat and it died after three weeks. Was thinking of getting a powder brown tang, but told they were even harder to keep and probably wouldn't do good in a 75 anyways. So I am leaving up to the infinite wisdom that resides in MFK and hope someone will point me in a direction that I haven't thought of yet.
 
I would say either a Scopas Tang, Convict Tang, or Kole Tang. I suggest these because I think "centerpiece" fish should be active and out alot. Another cool tang that may work is the Mimic Eibli Tang. A fish I have been contemplating is the Indigo Hamlet, but I am scared for my smaller fish and shrimp.

Is this a reef tank or a FO/FOWLR? If it isn't a reef then the options are obviously going to much larger.
 
I see a couple issues.

My main one is the basslet and the six line.

I tried this combo once in a 75g, and I thought that the six line killed the basslet immediately. About three months later he poked his head out from behind the skimmer powerhead to grab some mysis.

Eventually the six line jumped (this was after years of captivity, so I assume that the stress of the other fish was just too much for him) and then the basslet started coming out. Not a good combo.

Cleaner wrasses can be just as hard to get eating as your copperbanded.

I would go with a scopas, a yellow, or another small tang as was recommended above.
 
Tang would be my suggestion as well... Active swimmers and will be a crowd pleaser
 
Only problem is that a 75g is pretty small.

A 90g is my minimum recommendation for any tang tank, that being said, I have broken my own rule on numerous occasions. :D
 
FLESHY;4988984; said:
Only problem is that a 75g is pretty small.

A 90g is my minimum recommendation for any tang tank, that being said, I have broken my own rule on numerous occasions. :D
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Haha, same here right now. I just make sure to stick to the smaller species and give them swimming room and lots of holes in the rocks.

Just dont go over to reefcentral asking these kinda things.
 
Yea, I have kept a couple of the smaller tangs in my 75g, and raised up my blue tang that is now in the 125g in there.

I think that I had a couple premature deaths that were slightly related to small tank size, but...it is do able.

Helps if your rock work is really open with lots of swim throughs and good current.
 
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