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Kevingsp

Kevingsp

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I'm looking for a new tank mate for my 46g mixed tank....i have a coral beauty angel, damsel, and a pair of maroon clowns with candy apple zoanthids, ricorda florid, and Duncan polyps.....I'm soon placing a green bubble tip anemone for my clowns...I'd really like to know which fish i could easily introduce to my tank..
 
Maroon clowns and many damsels can be quite aggressive. I think it will be a bit challenging. If you're keeping the fish you have, maybe try a 6line wrasse. They're generally considered tough customers. If I were you, I'd try to rehome the clowns and damsel and you'd have a lot more options. Good luck.
 
My friend had good luck introducing a lawn mower blenny with his maroons. The have character and the clowns may not view it as a threat since they are more bottom dwellers, scooting around on the lower sandbed and rocks. A goby of some kind might work too. Good luck.
 
I've heard that my damsel can be aggressive toward new fish, which i do believe because he has struck at my hand on many occasion.....my clowns don't show any aggression though, I'm really looking for something that has really good color and can really grow in my 46g bf
 
If your maroon clowns aren't aggressive now, it's only a matter of time. I've never seen a larger, meaner species of clownfish. Honestly, a full grown pair will outgrow your tank. I agree with small alien. If you don't want to rehome anyone, the sixline is a good aggressive option.
 
Ok....I'd rather re home my damsel then my clowns...so my best is the six line wrasse thank y'all for the info
 
Thank you all for the info, I've re homed my damsel and was able to successfully introduce a sail fin tang he looks great in my tank....
 
Sadly your tank is way too small for a sailfin :/ tangs need tons of swimming space, lots of food, are disease susceptible, and most get very large.
 
Rea17 said:
If your maroon clowns aren't aggressive now, it's only a matter of time. I've never seen a larger, meaner species of clownfish. Honestly, a full grown pair will outgrow your tank. I agree with small alien. If you don't want to rehome anyone, the sixline is a good aggressive option.
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They won't outgrow a 46 gallon tank, they'll look big for how small the tank is. Clowns are pretty spot specific, typically not leaving the area they lay their eggs (once they start spawning, that is). Since bubble tips are a natural host anemone for maroon clowns, the clowns should settle right in where the anemone likes. I know several breeders that have thriving pairs of maroon clowns in 20g tanks, some even in with another pair of fish like dottybacks or something that won't lay eggs on a pot or tile.
 
Ambition said:
They won't outgrow a 46 gallon tank, they'll look big for how small the tank is. Clowns are pretty spot specific, typically not leaving the area they lay their eggs (once they start spawning, that is). Since bubble tips are a natural host anemone for maroon clowns, the clowns should settle right in where the anemone likes. I know several breeders that have thriving pairs of maroon clowns in 20g tanks, some even in with another pair of fish like dottybacks or something that won't lay eggs on a pot or tile.
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I'll stand corrected on the maroons, but I really do think that much aggression in such a small tank will affect tankmates.

The sailfin has no place in a 46g.
 
Man that would have been the last fish I would have ever thought about for a 46. The sailfin needs at least a 75 and most folks would probably recommend a 100 gal +.
 
Ambition said:
They won't outgrow a 46 gallon tank, they'll look big for how small the tank is. Clowns are pretty spot specific, typically not leaving the area they lay their eggs (once they start spawning, that is). Since bubble tips are a natural host anemone for maroon clowns, the clowns should settle right in where the anemone likes. I know several breeders that have thriving pairs of maroon clowns in 20g tanks, some even in with another pair of fish like dottybacks or something that won't lay eggs on a pot or tile.
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Good advice.

I think maroons are much more territorial than aggressive. My pair has only claimed about 20 gals in a 240 gal tank. But, when introduced as some of the first fish, they can easily claim all of a tank as theirs. When you introduce a new fish, put the clowns in the QT the new fish was in for a couple of weeks. This will force them to re-establish their territory. If you put the right anemone in during the clowns time-out, they might head right to it. Usually, not always, works.
 
Kevingsp said:
Thank you all for the info, I've re homed my damsel and was able to successfully introduce a sail fin tang he looks great in my tank....
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Do you know how big that fish gets? That's a fairly key attribute to consider when adding a fish.:uhoh3:
 
MisterP said:
Man that would have been the last fish I would have ever thought about for a 46. The sailfin needs at least a 75 and most folks would probably recommend a 100 gal +.
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Not even close! Salfin tangs get huge! One of the largest (if not largest) zebrasoma tangs! As an adult, they'd need an 8ft tank easily.

Hopefully the OP rehomes the fish. I think a psuedochromis would be best for a tank that size with aggressive tankmates.
 
All the fish i have are under 3" in length so for now I'm in good shape. However Im in the process of starting a larger 75g tank I've about bought all i need for it....it's taking a lot of time and money as you all know....
 
If I'm correct the tang at its largest size will only get 15" in size with my tang being a juvenile it has pleasantly of room till my new tank is set up and bio filter is established
 
It's not just the size of the fish, but the amount of swimming space required for tangs, especially the length of the aquarium.
 
A 75g is way to small for a salfin tang. Even small 3" tangs need a lot of swimming space to be happy. I'd look into a ctenochaetus genus tang, they'll fit into a 75g a lot better.
 
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