Starter Fish

[monsterM]

Hi guys,

Im half way through my cycle now. My ammonia is at 0 and my nitrite has peaked. Im just waiting for it to fall. As I wait, I started to think what type of fish I wanted to add to my tank. I have a 55 gal tank I have a few coral skeletons and a large conch shell as my display. I have 2 clowns keeping the cycle going and a hermit w/ anemone. Some fish I were interested in include: Yellow tang
Flame angel
Heniochus black and white butterfly fish
Orange sea star
blue leg hermits (for diatoms)

So far from my research they are all compatible, but if any one has had a problem with any of these fish it would be nice to know. Is there a particular order in which I should introduce each fish into the aquarium? As for mail order fish I was looking into buying from two places live aquaria and saltwaterfish.com. I would like to know how they rate. I would like to hear good and bad experiences if any to make up my mind.

Thanks,
Mo

[RayPollett]

Hi guys,

Im half way through my cycle now. My ammonia is at 0 and my nitrite has peaked. Im just waiting for it to fall. As I wait, I started to think what type of fish I wanted to add to my tank. I have a 55 gal tank I have a few coral skeletons and a large conch shell as my display. I have 2 clowns keeping the cycle going and a hermit w/ anemone. Some fish I were interested in include: Yellow tang - Most consider a 75 gallon as the smallest tank for any tang.
Flame angel - Good fish for a 55 gallon Would not buy this one mail order - some are still caught with cyno, so I'd want to see it first.
Heniochus black and white butterfly fish - Not good for anything less than 6 feet in my opinion. All Heniochus I can think of grow to atleast 7 inches and need swimming room.
Orange sea star - not sure what you are talking about as there a a lot of orange starfish. The serpents are fine - as to the others - some are fine some are not.
blue leg hermits (for diatoms) - I use them in my tanks, but some people do not like them
So far from my research they are all compatible, but if any one has had a problem with any of these fish it would be nice to know. Is there a particular order in which I should introduce each fish into the aquarium? As for mail order fish I was looking into buying from two places live aquaria and saltwaterfish.com. I would like to know how they rate. I would like to hear good and bad experiences if any to make up my mind. Never used either of them so I can not help here.
Thanks,
Mo

Ray