Add an Azure Damsel (Half blue) to a biocube with two clowns?

[nph]

I need your advice. I have 2 clowns in a 30 Gallon Nanon cube and would really like to add one more fish. My two clowns have been there for 10 months. Before that they had company from a Royal Gramma but he died of Ich. (Clowns never got it) That was actually when they were really small in a 12 G tank that I later migrated to the 29 G and then sold my 12G.

I dont want to have too much bio load. Basically besides some snails I just want to add one more fish and preferably a blue one. From what I read the Azure Damsel it is one of the less aggressive Damsel but would it work with two clowns (regular false clown, a male and a female) in a 30G Biocube?

My fear is that it would hurt my two existing clowns but I also really like the look of the Azue Damsel. If that one is a bad idea would there be another better fish (Damsel or other blue fish)? Some LFS has said that they would recommend Allens Damsel as the least aggressive one, dont know how correct that is.

In the LFS that had 2 Azure Damsel I notioced they seemed much more docil than the other damsels in the tank next to them who kept chasing each other. They were blu and Wellow tail damsels.
There were other fish with the two azure damsels but they seemed to content withjust swimming around.


Really appreciate your advice.

 

[D-Nak]

I personally wouldn't add any damsels since most are very mean. If you find them, blue reef chromis are nice (don't get them mixed up with green chromis, which are the common ones) and only fight amongst themselves.

 

[nipit8]

how about a six-line wrasse---I have a 30g with 2 maroons and 1 leopard wrasse---the look cool together--and all three are doing great for 2 years now

 

[jt_milstead]

Remember clowns and Damsels are in the same family. That probably wouldn't work out to well in such a confined space.

 

[FTDelta]

how about a six-line wrasse---I have a 30g with 2 maroons and 1 leopard wrasse---the look cool together--and all three are doing great for 2 years now

Six Line Wrasse are bullies.

 

[HillbillyYoda]

I just got through flushing a damsel for harassing my new clowns. It wasn't in the tank 5 minutes and it kept charging them. Gotta do what ya gotta do....

 

[phender]

You may be taking a chance, but in my experience azure damsels are one the most peaceful damsels. I had one for quite a while and it never showed any aggression to my clowns or any other fish in the tank.
I have a very highly respected LFS owner in my area that recommends them as being a very docile damsel as well.