Need some red in my tank - What should I get?

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I am looking to add some red to my tank. I am either looking a soft coral or a fish to add to my tank to give it some red.

Here is what I have so far:

1 - Coral Beauty (Angelfish)
5 - Blue Green Chromis
1 - Ghost Blenny
3 - Pajama Cardinal

Lots of hermits (red and blue leg), snails. 2 - emerald crabs.

Corals:

frogspawn
hammer head
zoos
mushrooms (Blue and possibly red, but the red disappeared and I can't find it.)
Green star Polyp
Pink Star Polyp
Will be getting some Pulsing Xenia this weekend

Setup:

62 Gal
2-175 MH
2-110 VHO Actinic
1-36" Moonlight
5-10 gal Wet/Dry
2-Jebo powerheads (w/ rotating attachment bought seperate)
2 rios for moving water through dead spots
75# LR (Guessing???)
2-3" LS
Jebo Skimmer (Upgrading to Proclear this weekend)

I have a setup for SPS, but really don't feel comfortable with SPS yet . . .

Any suggestions?

It seems like when I was in fresh water, red was easy to find and blue and green were hard to find. Not that I am in saltwater, it seems red is hard to find and blue and green are easy to find.

I am considering a mated pair of Maroon Clowns, but my book says they are the most agressive of the species??? (They are classifeid under the Damsel species???? )

TIA,

Aaron
 
Personally, I'd avoid the Maroon Clowns, in fact, I'd avoid most clowns any more aggressive than Percula/Ocellaris... I had a mated female Clarkii tear a chunk of flesh out of my forearm...

For the red, since you have Frogspawn I assume you're comfortable with LPS... How 'bout a red Lobo Brain? I think I saw some in the For Sale forum earlier today too... Here's mine:

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What are ya breeding over there Serk? Pirahana Clowns??? :lol: lmao Thanks for the input. I like the looks of that. I think it would fit in really well. Any special needs? Phyto spot feeding? Soft current? Less light? More light?

TY again

A
 
I know what you mean! I had so much trouble finding red for my tank...
I know you were looking for fish & corals, but just to give you another idea if you are interested. There are some beautiful red non-invasive macros, like the red grape kelp, red branch, and red feather kelp. Very pretty, even in a reef. Lol, I've even had some people ask "what type of coral is that?" when referring to the red branch macro.
 
Just about any species of clown will get highly aggressive/territorial once it's mated... (Part of the reason my clowns and anemones live in their own tank in my system now! :) )

Got this from a site selling 'em in reference to the Lobo Brains:

Red Lobo Brain Coral will do well under a variety of lighting and water movement conditions, so it can be placed almost anywhere within your tank. It is not aggressive, and does not expand much, so it can be placed relatively close to other non-aggressive corals. As with most Large-Polyp Stony Corals, it will benefit from being target fed about every month.


Mine (Which I found out has made the rounds, started off in Marc's tank years ago, then went to Kwl1763's, and came to mine when he moved to Atlanta) sits high in the tank, under bright MH lighting, out of any hard current. I've never target fed it, ever, but when I tend to generally feed my tank rather heavily, so I'm sure it gets some Mysis/Brine/Cyclopeeze, etc pretty regularly...
 
a flame hawk might do the trick but they may pick other fish b/c they are one of the more aggressive hawkfish. A blood red fire shrimp would also add red but I don't know how good they are about staying in the open when the tank lights are on.
 
I am getting some squareback anthias, I wanted some red coloring in my tank too.. Males are red and females are more oranger. They are cool one male per tank though, and I going to put three or four females with him. They school together like chromis...Or if you dont want fish get a cleaner shrimp they are pretty deep red and white
 
How about a Flasher or Fairy Wrasse of some sorts? They usually offer up plenty of red, as well as a variety of other colors.

Coral-wise, I might lean towards some Sun Polyps. They're mostly orange, but with a hint of red and yellow; a definite eye-catcher.
 
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