looking for suggestions on a fish.......

[Naperville Reef]

i have a 20L with lots of flow. it is an all SPS tank with a Mag 5 return, two MJ1200 in each corner and a MiniJet 400 on the bottom. the tank is BB.

any suggestions on a suitable fish?

 

[BreadmanMike]

I always like to keep a 6 line wrasse. They will eat some coral pests and are one of the most colorful (small) fish you can get. Another small favorite of mine is a Starkii damsel. I've never had an aggression problem with either of mine.

I would also suggest a longnose hawk or flame hawk if you're not keeping shrimp.

 

[glassbox-design]

I'd start off with a trio of green chromis. sixlines are great little fish too.

e+f

 

[paininthewrasse]

I agree w/ everyone. Get the 6 line they are great little fish.

 

[jmcmahon66]

If a 6 line is too "average" for you, a 4 line is also nice. Similar behavior but nicer colors in my opinion. Also eats pests as well.

 

[Sullyman]

How is your tank covered?

 

[Naperville Reef]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8607275#post8607275 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sullyman
How is your tank covered?

it's not. however previously i had a 6 line and he never jumped.

how about a Banggai Cardinal?

 

[BreadmanMike]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8607392#post8607392 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Naperville Reef
it's not. however previously i had a 6 line and he never jumped.

how about a Banggai Cardinal?

My 6 lines have never jumped either.... not saying they won't, but all fish jump.

Try to get a captive bred Banggai Cardinal. The wild ones are very difficult to keep. Here's an interesting thread on them.

 

[Sk8r]

Yellow watchman goby: colorful and very in-your-face when he settles in. Good sand-sifter, for his 3" size.

 

[BreadmanMike]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8607800#post8607800 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sk8r
Yellow watchman goby: colorful and very in-your-face when he settles in. Good sand-sifter, for his 3" size.

His tank is BB...

I do have a blue and red spot watchman in my BB 120 though....

 

[ppurcell]

I have a fourline green wrasse which seems to be getting more aggressive by the day. I put a YWG in the tank with it and it was a non-stop battle for 4 hours that the goby lost. Probably won't affect you with a BB tank though.

I had been considering a chalk bass and/or a purple firefish. Not sure if they are compatible with a 4/6 line, but they are interesting fish and would probably look great in your tank.

Other interesting small/medium fish:

spotted hawk (great fish, will watch you as much as you watch it)
marine betta (likes to hide, but one of my favorites)
clown goby
dottyback
pipefish
blennys
royal gramma

 

[Pufferpunk]

at 6", I think the marine betta gets a bit too large for a 20g tank. Beautiful fish--considering one for my 90! Pipefish need to be fed live food daily.

 

[Sullyman]

Black cap Basslet?
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...vnum=10&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=ISO-8859-1&sa=N

 

[ppurcell]

I had a marine betta for almost 5 years and it never made it to 5". It isn't what you would call an active fish anyway.

 

[Pufferpunk]

How big was the tank?

 

[Naperville Reef]

i would love to get a firefish but from everything that i have read they are known jumpers and my tank is not covered. i would also like to get a bangaai cardinal but i am not sure if it could handle the flow in my tank.

so i think i am going to go with a blue reef chromis and a black cap basslet.

thanks fo all the suggestions......