Need Stocking thoughts for 75gal

So Im getting rid of my clam nipper foxface. I need some ideas for replacement and additional stock. I dont want anything reef safe with caution. Reef safe only, unless the reason its with caution is because the fish likes to eat ornamental shrimp or feather dusters as I have none.

My current stock:

Flame hawkfish
Rainfordi (court jester) goby
Yellow Coris Wrasse
Blue Chromis
Royal Gramma

This is mostly an lps/sps tank except for some ricordea mushrooms. I have a bubble tip nem, rock flower nem, and a maxima . Id like something active and not shy that is an active swimmer near the front. Lots of options if you take the reef safe with caution risk, which I dont.

 

I love flame Hawkfish, but they may go after a small fish like a jester goby. Very rare, but slightly possible.
Love the jester gobies as well as the yasha gobies
Coris wrasses are nice for keeping pests off your corals. Can be a tad aggressive to other fish though.
Chromis, you will start with 5 or 6, end up with 1. They suck!
Royal grammas are nice.

 

Thanks for the thoughts. Those are the fish I currently have Craig. I'm wondering what peoples thoughts are for a replacement for my One Spot Foxface, as he turned out to have a taste for my clams mantle. I want 2-3 more fish total, but I would like some kind of active and confident centerpiece fish that is absolutely reef safe and not an a$$****.

 

Oh sorry I misread it

How about a trio of Lamarcks Angels?

I love Yasha gobies

If you really want to spend some money, a Tinkeri Butterfly

 

I would like Leopard wrasse, but don't have sand in the bottom of the tank

 

Ah leopard wrasse. Now there's a challenge. I'd consider it but from what I gather they hide much of the time with the occassional specimen being more personable.

 

I like the idea of a Lamarcks angel but I think my tank is too small. LA says they get to be 9 inches.

 

Wow, I never knew they got that big. I had a trio for about a year, and they were still 2-3 inches the entire time I had them.





Leopard wrasses are awesome. The hardest thing is acclimation to captivity. They have a 90%+ death rate during that time.


If you do it, live brine shrimp, black worms, etc. And they do better in twos or threes

 

For Fish I have

2 Yellow Tangs
4 Green Chromis
2 Black Clowns
2 Pink skunk clowns
1 Vlamingii tang-my favorite
1 spot fox face
1-2lined rabid fish
1 sailfin tang
1 lawnmower blenny

Sure that I will have to eventually get a bigger tank, this is all in my 150.

 

Maybe I will try the leopard wrasse. I saw a female blue star one at Seascapes a couple months ago here in town. Not sure if it sold or died. This will be my crazy choice if I don't get something more stable.

 

How about a male and female spotbreast angelfish

 

Same problem as the Lamarck angels probably. Think they get too big for a 4 foot tank.

 

Kole tang

 

Kole tang is a great fish , a starry Blenny ............. A copperband that eats frozen there a project fish thou. Flame angel or coral beauty

 

Well I got the new fish to replace the foxface. I didn't want an actual kole tang as they are a bit shy, so I compromised and got a Two Spot bristletooth tang, or blue eye tang. He isn't afraid at all and ate herbivore pellets and nori so far. I haven't had a chance to get a pic yet but this is almost exactly what he looks like. He is a juvenile still, almost adult so the spots aren't quite as pronounced as in this photo. Seems to be doing well in quarantine and appears ick free. I'll probably put him in the main tank next week and I'll get a picture then.

 

Good choice.

 

Oh and thanks for all the suggestions. Kole tang suggestions got me thinking about bristletooth varieties and was lucky enough to find one right away. I still like the thought about the 2-3 leopard wrasses but I think I'll focus my energy on keeping parameters stable for my lps and sps for now.

 

FWIW.... leopard wrasse are considered for experts. Good luck with the new Bristletooth! :0)

 

I dig the tang..... And sponge is correct, the leopard wrasse are expert.....because they only eat pods unless you get lucky which is really lucky . A 75 gal tank just does not produce enough pods to keep it for the long hall