Blue fish suggestion

[Death Shrimp99]

I am looking for some suggestions for a fish that is mostly blue. It has to be safe with my corals and other inhabitants and appropriate for my tank in general. I have a 65 gallon mixed reef with the following inhabitants:
Flame Angelfish, False Percula Clownfish, Longnose Hawkfish, Coral Banded Shrimp, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Kenya Tree Coral, Trumpet Coral, Green Star Polyps.
Also, it has no not be prone to jumping as my tank has an open top.

I am looking for something interesting and a little out of the ordinary. So far I have been thinking about the Chalk Bass. Does anyone have experience with them?

 

[snorvich]

Blue Assessor

 

[falconut]

What about a Blue Reef Chromis? They are peaceful and blue, but maybe not too different looking.

 

[sevendigitcake]

how about one of the blue fairy wrasses.

 

[BangkokMatt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15077023#post15077023 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by snorvich
Blue Assessor

+1

 

[bj32482]

+2 on the Assessor

 

[rwhitmore1987]

The blue reef chromis would be a great idea, but they can reach 5". I wouldnt get them unless they were in a group or 5 or so in a tank of least 125 gallons. If I wasn't upgrading my tank size, I would settle for turquoise and get 4 green chromis, and make sure you watch your angel, clowns, and hawkfish for aggression. Also, another blue fish I saw on DFS Divers Den was a Blue Flavivertex Psuedochromis, which is royal blue with a yellow stripe on the back. It's now $70. They say it may eat ornamental shrimp, but the CB shrimp should be able to hold its own, and it may eat only tiny shrimp. This fish would also be reef safe.

 

[snorvich]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15077269#post15077269 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sevendigitcake
how about one of the blue fairy wrasses.

The blue fairy wrasses tend to lose their coloration absent a female.

 

[falconut]

rwhitmore1987 - The Blue Reef Chromis do fine singly. The one I had was about 1-1/2" and did great, until a power outage killed him. IMO they look alot nicer than the typical green chromis.

 

[Death Shrimp99]

Yeah I love the Blue Assessor but I thought I read somewhere that they are jumpers. Is this true?

 

[Urchinhead]

One more vote for the blue chromis. They are the most docile of the damsels I have run into and the deepest blue. They do fine singularly or in odd numbered groupings. The only down side is they are poor shippers and tend to have a high mortality rate. They get up to about 4" or so but that does take time.

 

[falconut]

I didn't realize the blue reef chromis were poor shippers. I see them pretty often at my LFS. I always thought they were hardy like the green chromis.

 

[tewkes]

I had this same delima and ended up getting a group of alleni damsels. They are one of the most docile damsels available. They get along great with all my fish and don't fight with eachother. I have 3 in a 150 though.

 

[KyleP]

Beat me to it. I second the Alleni damsels. I have one, and he is very docile to the other fish. And a beautiful deep neon blue.

 

[Grassroots]

Any of the damsels in the Pomacentrus family which includes the Princess Damselfish and Caerulean Damselfish. These damsels are considered the most peaceful group and many of them are blue or mainly blue. They can be kept in small groups

 

[Urchinhead]

Do keep in mind that we are talking about Damselfish here, including the Chromis, which means a potentially very territorial fish so be prepared for the corresponding aggression that comes with that...

Falconut-

Yep. I believe it has to do with the method of capture, cyanide. That may have changed but its been my experience that they do not do well overall. They are taken from Florida(?) and the Caribbean as I recall so if you are closer rather than farther then you may have better success with them. Out here in California they tend to have a one in three survival rate.

 

[Death Shrimp99]

Does anyone know if Assessors are jumpers?

 

[hlem]

can blue Chromis be kept with the green ones? mix green and blue?

 

[rachenbrazil]

if your rockwork is plenty assessor will not jump... they will keep close to rock... if rockwork is poor, may be nervous and jumpy...

Alleni are fine...

another fish would be flavivertex pseudocromis with yellow and bright blue color ...

 

[rort]

+1 for the blue chromis suggestion!

Just looked up the assessor and looks pretty sweet!