Centerpiece Fish

[Bifferwine]

Yep the tuskfish may eat small fish also...

[Nedim]

I think I've decided against the hippo tang. I don't want to stress it out in a tank thats too small.

[LConte17]

what are u lookin for. Color? style? etc

[Nedim]

Pretty much color and elegance. I'm thinking about the black and white heniochus, but I dont think theyre reef safe.

[LConte17]

no theyre not reef safe. Most Butterfly fish are either not reef safe or you can add them with Caution to reef environment. plus many of them are qouted as needing more gallons then ur tank size provides.

check out the Copperband Butterflyfish, needs 50 gallon min, but they have a tendance to be a high carelevel fish due to their shy nature. but they are considered one of the better butterflies for a reef environment.

maybe look in to a Mystery Wrasse, even though you gotta monitor them with some inverts. they are easy to care for, have vibrant color Mystery Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus ocellatus)

besides that i dunno what other ones i could suggest to you cause most teh fish i and im sure many others would consider centerpiece fishes, many sites say 70gal min. like i stated before ive been told and seen peoples tanks who got them as babies, and that limited them on stress, cause basically the fish grew to their environment. my drs office has a hippo tang in a 46g bowfront with a 2 clownfish and 2 gobies, and Helfrichi firefish. and some inverts and coral

[Nedim]

Hmm. I'm gonna have to do more research.


Thanks

[LConte17]

check this site out
Blue Hippo Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)

they state hippo tangs need 40g min for the ones u purchase small, if u check the medium or the show hippo tang they state u need more gallons. it says medium needs min of 90, and show which is large needs 150

yet many sites state 75gallons. the fish will grow regardless, but what ive learned from taking my selected oceanography and marine biology classes they have a tendance to adapt to there surroundings. meaning growth, eating habbits, etc.

i found this one a site " Generally it is best to keep one tang per aquarium. If attempting to keep more a 75 gallon aquarium or larger aquarium is recommended as well as introducing tangs from different genus at the same time"

if im being honest with you, i think if u purchase it as a tiny fish 1/2 to 1" i think ull be fine, anything bigger i would not even recomenend it just cause i wouldnt want u to purchase it and stress the fish to death. but i think if u get it as a baby your success rate in your tank greatly increases, cause a baby tang is more likely to adapt to your tank

[jhnrb]

The Blue Hippo is an ich magnet. so if you decide to do one you will need cleaner shrimp, some cleaner gobies or wrasse, and a uv sterilizer. Last one I had I got size of a quarter, and was 5 1/2 inches when I tore down my system. good luck. keep us posted.

[Nedim]

Well whats your take on a Niger Trigger? What if I introduce it while its small?

[Nu2Reefs]

Nigers get really big also. Some 18"-19". Not recommended by most in less than 100 gal. But I have seen some sights say they can be kept in 60 gal. I think your 45 is still to small.