What fish should I get next?

[AquaDan]

I'm trying to decide what fish to add to my 125 gallon. I have two small clowns, two yellow watchman gobies and a skunk cleaner shrimp. I'd like to get something easy to keep and reef safe. I kinda like the chalk basslet but I'd like to hear some suggestions on what would be a nice addition.


Thanks everyone!

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

A nice wrasse is always a good thing , or how about a royal grama , or pistol shrimp gobi combo ?

 

[Waleedwale1]

I would get a melanurus wrasse.

 

[cmantis]

Here is what I like from easy to hard: school of bengaii cardinals (get tank bred as they are hurting in the wild) --> Trio+ of lyertail anthias.

Just thinking out loud Im sure others would disagree.

 

[thirty6]

Wrasse or one of reef safe angels. I have an orange sided wrasse that I really like, , Mel. Wrasse are great looking fish and easy to keep as well. Pest eater as well. The cardinals are cool too, kind of suspend themselves in water

 

[jjkim]

+1 on melanurus wrasse
Great beginner wrasse i have a pair

 

[duke62]

A 120 you need a bigger fish to put in there. Yellow tang,hippo tang, I would skip on the melanaurus especially if you want more wrasses in the future. Purple tang would be sweet. And of course some sweet wrasses especially if you want to keep acros

 

[skene]

chaoti wrasse
achilles tang
chevron tang
crosshatch triggers
Borbonius anthias
Purple Queen anthias
Blue spotted jawfish

Might as well go all out...

 

[AquaDan]

A nice wrasse is always a good thing , or how about a royal grama , or pistol shrimp gobi combo ?

Would the pistol get along with my cleaner shrimp?

 

[AquaDan]

I would get a melanurus wrasse.

Thanks Waleed, I'll check them out.

 

[AquaDan]

Here is what I like from easy to hard: school of bengaii cardinals (get tank bred as they are hurting in the wild) --> Trio+ of lyertail anthias.

Just thinking out loud Im sure others would disagree.

I really like the anthias but I wanna get some more experience under my belt before I get some.

 

[AquaDan]

Wrasse or one of reef safe angels. I have an orange sided wrasse that I really like, , Mel. Wrasse are great looking fish and easy to keep as well. Pest eater as well. The cardinals are cool too, kind of suspend themselves in water

Thanks Joe. I think I'm gonna look into a wrasse. Does anyone have experience with the chalk basslet??

 

[AquaDan]

A 120 you need a bigger fish to put in there. Yellow tang,hippo tang, I would skip on the melanaurus especially if you want more wrasses in the future. Purple tang would be sweet. And of course some sweet wrasses especially if you want to keep acros

Duke I really like the hippo but I thought they needed to be in a bigger tank??

 

[thirty6]

Do you have a 6' 125? Hippo be ok, bigger is always better but if smaller sized hippo. It'll have plenty of swimming room. Domboski selling pair of angels. I may add a pair to the one I have. Just little nervous how the one I have will do

 

[mheaven]

Chalk bass is a great fish, I had two in my tank. They have great character and are always out, they never hide.

 

[AquaDan]

Do you have a 6' 125? Hippo be ok, bigger is always better but if smaller sized hippo. It'll have plenty of swimming room. Domboski selling pair of angels. I may add a pair to the one I have. Just little nervous how the one I have will do

Yeah its a 6 foot tank, 125 gallons. I suppose I could go with a small hippo but sooner or later it would outgrow the tank, right? I'm already planning an upgrade though lol.

 

[AquaDan]

Chalk bass is a great fish, I had two in my tank. They have great character and are always out, they never hide.

They look like a cool fish. Do they swim back and forth? I like my clowns but they always seem to hang out on one side of the tank except during feeding.

 

[AquaDan]

Chalk bass is a great fish, I had two in my tank. They have great character and are always out, they never hide.

Can you get tank bred chalks??

 

[thirty6]

check live aquaria for tank bred ch bass, not sure i have seen then anywhere. yes the hippo would outgrow tank at some point, but would take good amount of time. I only pu a hippo because my kids wanted one, i tried two sailfin tangs, both died in qt havent tried again.

 

[basiab]

Chalk bass is a great fish, I had two in my tank. They have great character and are always out, they never hide.

+1
They are peaceful bass so as long as you put them in the same time you can put in more than one.