What fish should I buy for my saltwater aquarium?

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James

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Ok... I bought a 55 gallon aquarium two days ago and added some water and liverock yesterday. Of course I put aquarium saltwater.

What fish should I buy?

What coral/anemones should I buy?

And what cleaners should I buy? ( shrimp, snail, etc.)

I was thinking of buying:
- 2 tomato clownfish
- 2 blue striped damsel
- 1 blue tang

Thnx.
My light is very bright.. it looks a lot brighter than the fluorescent light.

Cancelled the blue tang and I have enough anemones and corals for the damsels to take over and for the clownfishes to hide.

Thnx...

Need more opinions pleaze.
 
Fish: Six Line Wrasse, 2 Clown's, Royal Gramma, Flame Hawk, Cardinals, Neon Gobies, Damselfish. Those are some of the many reef safe fish.

Corals: All forms of polyps, mushrooms, soft corals, candy, torch corals, hammer head corals

Make sure you have the proper lighting, Third Link.

Cleaners: 4th link
 
I would recommend choosing a different species of tang, such as a Kole tang. Regal tangs (Parancanthurus hepatus) can grow to almost 25cm/10" in length and ideally need a tank no smaller than 100 gallons.

I also have some reservations on the damsels, which are known to be quite aggressive. Instead take a look at something more peaceful such as Green chromis.

In terms of corals, this will depend on the tank's lighting so we will need some more information where this is concerned. Anemones are best avoided as they are very demanding of light, water movement and water quality and in any case most usually die within a few months.
 
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