What would you stock a 200g tank with?

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Flake

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I was looking around on liveaquaria and reading a few books on marine fish an i'm stumped. So many of the fish I like are either not reef safe, or to be added with caution. I'm not sure if I want to continue with a reef tank or make it a FOWLR tank. They both have benefits, but I can't decide. There's so many options.

Here's the list of fish i'm interested in.
Emperor angel, lamark's angel, lemonpeel angel, royal gramma, kaudern's cardinal, blue green chromis, ocellaris clowns, black and white ocellaris clowns, purple firefish, green mandarin, one spot foxface, blue dot jawfish, hippo tang, sailfin tang, niger triggerfish, porcupine puffer, longfin bannerfish, garden eels, zebra moray (live aquaria said they were good community fish but I don't know about that), pipefish or tassle filefish.

I'd like a peaceful community, but there's so many beautiful fish available. These are the few i've found that I quite like and would like to have some of.

You have 200 gallons to fill AA! What would you do with it?
 
Ok so straying far from the randomness...

Well i would definitely get a trigger. They are beautiful fish, not in my opinion though. And your tank can definitely hold one. Also, i would say get a nice school of chromis. Like 5 or 6. Its always nice to watch some schooling fish. I would also go for a tang. 200g is pretty big.. so there isnt much of a limit on what fish you can get. Oh! Another nice fish, one that stratmaster just got is the Emperor Angel. That fish is amazing! As for corals, i do hope you go with tons of zoas. If you have lots of LR it would be awesome to see collonies of wonderfully colored zoas. That would be awesome.
 
That's the problem, i;'m not limited. I like the niger triggerfish, but it eats corals. I like corals but some of the fish I like eat it. Im torn on just having a FOWLR tank and all the fish I like, or a reef tank and having to be careful.
 
Well there are TONS of fish out there that are compatible with reefs. Also, some amazing fish are semi-compatible with reefs and you could always monitor them with your tank. And if they dont do so well, bring them back. But it depends.. If your buying online or at a lfs.
 
My lfs is usually pretty good about getting in anything I want, if I bring it back they could always sell it. I'm just worried since most of the angels, the foxface, the bannerfish are all coral munchers
 
any of the surgon family (tangs, any round fish lol) will graze par say on the coral but they never eat it... ive had coral in my tank with a tang.. and they leave it alone =/


Saltwaterfish.com

Check them out.. they have what specimen will eat reef.. and which are reef safe.
 
The emporer angel and lemon peel are at risk of eating the coral. Supposedly the lamark angel is reef safe. I `ve just decided that I`m not having any angels in my tank.
 
oh oh oh.....I would choose some of these things....depending on what else you would like to put in. I have been making lists and dreaming for myself :D....

An australian reverse prism favia Australian reverse prism brain image by Dano999 on Photobucket

Blue ricordia
http://gatewayaquatics.com/catalog/images/DSC05458.JPG

Pink Yuma/ Rainbow coloured Yuma/ Green Stripe Mushrooms
http://www.aquacon.com/images/MushroomPinkYuma.jpg
http://www.aquacon.com/images/MushroomYumaRainbow.jpg
http://miami-reef.com/images/live_corals/mushrooms/striped_green_metallic_mushroom.jpg

a bajillion daisy polyps of course

and ....for fishies

Supermale Australlian Lineatus Fairy Wrasse
http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/categories/product/p-89159-Lineatus-Fairy-Male.jpg

African Exquisite Fairy Wrasse
http://www.aquacon.com/images/WrasseExquisite.jpg

Golden Phomboid Fairy Wrasse
http://www.aquacon.com/images/RhomboidWrasse3.jpg

Japanese Borbonius Anthias :)
http://www.aquacon.com/images/AnthiasBorbonius4.jpg
 
That is one of those pickles of questions. There are fish like Emperor Angels that are just so absolutely amazing that it makes you consider avoiding corals for the sake of such an interesting fish. If it were me though I would push it (I think my first thread shows my willingness to do so). I would combine lots and lots of big, beautiful, interesting fish with lots and lots of different varieties of corals.
 
just realized that you said you wanted a lemonpeel. lol the first time that i saw a lemonpeel was in a magazine. i thought it looked like a cross between lemon and an ape lol, because it only showed the head. but i like them now that i have seen a full picture!
 
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