Any fish recommendations?

[DetectiveTofu]

Hey all,

the specs of my tank (35 gallons) should be displayed at the bottom of this post. I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations as to other inhabitants I could add. I plan on getting a Royal Gramma next week.

cheers,
RF

 

[bookfish]

maybe

maybe

I actually think grammas can be a little too territorial and nippy to keep w/ firefish in that size tank. In any case, try and get the smallest gramma you can. I've always liked gobies and I might consider a yasha/shrimp combo if you have a sandbed or put a box with sand in the tank.

 

[DetectiveTofu]

I thought royal grammas were peaceful with fish making it an ideal community fish?

 

[bookfish]

In most marine communities, yes.
However the firefish tend to be shy and easily bullied.
In fact I would go so far as to say that firefish are not good candidates for most mixed fish community tanks.

 

[650-IS350]

typical flasher wrasses are nice especially if you get them in groups..

 

[juaninsac]

Ditto what Jim said. Firefish are shy and will hide and refuse to feed if bullied.

2 or 3 zebra darfish (Ptereleotris zebra) would be a cool addition. The shrimp/goby combo is a great idea, and firefish will sometimes opportunistically share the burrow with the goby (very cool to see)... Likewise, 2 or 3 chalk bass (Serranus tortugarum) would be a peaceful addition.

You can see a lot more fish for smaller tanks http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44760]here[/url].

 

[juaninsac]

Ditto what Jim said. Firefish are shy and will hide and refuse to feed if bullied.

2 or 3 zebra darfish (Ptereleotris zebra) would be a cool addition. The shrimp/goby combo is a great idea, and firefish will sometimes opportunistically share the burrow with the goby (very cool to see)... Likewise, 2 or 3 chalk bass (Serranus tortugarum) would be a peaceful addition.

You can see a lot more fish for smaller tanks http://reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44760]here[/url].