Fish For Simple Setup

[jeffopentax]

Considering switching my daughter's cichlid tank to salt. It's a 55g, and would like to go sumpless with a hydor slim skim. Will just be fish with maybe a few lps and/or zoas. What are some hardy, no fuss fish i should consider?


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[theyangman]

damsels. They are nice and colorful too. But becareful on the numbers, they can be aggressive little bastards.

 

[TORX]

Damsels, clowns, firefish, a goby, orange shoulder tang...you know, the basics

 

[jeffopentax]

I'm so used to seeing or hearing about a fish, then checking what it requires. I'm going backwards this time!


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[heath]

How old is your daughter, maybe she would like some nemo's and maybe some babies too..

 

[jeffopentax]

How old is your daughter, maybe she would like some nemo's and maybe some babies too..

She's 4, loves clowns. Got upset when i traded away my mated pair. Clown and nem would be must haves.


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[heath]

another good fish (imho) is the pj cardinal, she can laugh that he stays in his pj's..

 

[barebottomcouple]

+1 on the pj's royal gramma maybe a cleaner wrasse nice active swimmer

 

[jeffopentax]

I'm making a list of all these suggestions. Is there a reason nobody has mentioned chromis?


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[heath]

chromis are nice, I think they do better in schools, I have 10..

 

[barebottomcouple]

I have one blue green chromis 5 years now and he awesome on his own. I think would be great addition.

 

[jeffopentax]

Funny, I was thinking 5 or 6


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[yveterinarian]

I love my chromis and my pj cardinals. They have survived well and are easy to maintain. My firefish jumped out the day after I got them. They jumped up 3 inches to get through eggcrate and landed on the floor. Unfortunately I didn't find them until the next day.

 

[jeffopentax]

Just picked up hydor slim skim. Anybody running one of these? According to user reviews, I'll either love it or hate it.

 

[jeffopentax]

Was talking to my daughter about switching her tank over to salt. She's pretty excited about getting a "nemo". Being 4, of course she has to make things difficult and wants to choose what colour sand to use. Is there any sand that isn't white/tan/black that can be used? Haven't had much luck finding anything on the net.

 

[Jewel]

Orange Shoulder Tang? You'd be hard pressed to keep it in a 120 LOL Damsels are nice, I'd put a yellow Tang in a 55 infact when I started out in this hobby, I had a 55 with all sorts of Algea problems, You know the onset of a learning curve. Some one suggested a Yellow Tang and boy did that fish do a number on all that Algea.

 

[jeffopentax]

Orange Shoulder Tang? You'd be hard pressed to keep it in a 120 LOL Damsels are nice, I'd put a yellow Tang in a 55 infact when I started out in this hobby, I had a 55 with all sorts of Algea problems, You know the onset of a learning curve. Some one suggested a Yellow Tang and boy did that fish do a number on all that Algea.

Yellow tangs have a reputation of being a$$holes too. Would like this to be a violence free tank.

 

[EricTMah]

Yellow tangs have a reputation of being a$$holes too. Would like this to be a violence free tank.

Add him last and you shouldn't have an issue

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[TORX]

My orange shoulder tang statement was a k joke. I would never put any tang in a 55.

 

[Jewel]

My orange shoulder tang statement was a k joke. I would never put any tang in a 55.

I know buddy, just giving you the gears