50 gallon tank

[cam_raptor97]

Having trouble picking some fish for my 50 gallon tank. Have 2 clowns and a boxer shrimp in it right now. Girlfriend wants a pacific blue tang but i keep telling her that the tank is to small. any idea on good looking fish i could put in there so i dont have to hear her say how boring the tank looks. also ideas for a star fish? thanks

[Original Fin]

Is it a reef tank, or do you plant add corals down the road? If so, this narrows the choices considerably.


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[cam_raptor97]

Have three pieces of live rock right now with live sand. May add a bubble anemone for the clowns but that will probably be it

[Original Fin]

A 50 is too small for tangs, but as long as you never intend to go reef, check these ones out:

- dwarf angels like the coral beauty, or bi-color.
-some of the smaller butterfly's
-foxface/rabbitfish
-smaller wrasses

Some nice reef safe fish:

-Bangaii or spotted cardinals
-purple firefish
-blennies
-gobies



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[Reefing Madness]

A 50 is too small for tangs, but as long as you never intend to go reef, check these ones out:

- dwarf angels like the coral beauty, or bi-color.
-some of the smaller butterfly's
-foxface/rabbitfish
-smaller wrasses

Some nice reef safe fish:

-Bangaii or spotted cardinals
-purple firefish
-blennies
-gobies




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I agree with OF.

[cam_raptor97]

Ya i have been looking at the coral beauty. what about a starfish. i like the blue linckia but have read up on them and they dont seem to have a high success rate.

[Original Fin]

Starfish, anemones and most other invertebrates are going to be iffy with a lot of those non-reef fish I mentioned...in many cases, they'll pick at them till the stress does them in.


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[Reefing Madness]

Starfish, anemones and most other invertebrates are going to be iffy with a lot of those non-reef fish I mentioned...in many cases, they'll pick at them till the stress does them in.


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I might add, that they don't like being picked at, at all.

[cam_raptor97]

I think i am going to go with a auriga butterfly for now. then wait awhile before maybe adding a dwarf bi color angel. do you see any problems happening between my coral banded shrimp and the butterfly?

[Original Fin]

I have a bi color angel and a CBS that do fine with eachother... Butterflies, I'm not experienced with, but from what I remember reading, many of them will try to eat smaller shrimp, so is the Auriga one of those, and is the CBS big enough not to be a target? Not sure, but the word iffy comes to mind again. You'll find a lot of that in this hobby. Some will say they had luck, while others may not.

You might try re-posting that specific question in the fish only forum and wait for a response from Lee.


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