Marine 26G Flatback Hexagon Stocking List

[Sneakers36]

I'm excited to be planning my first saltwater aquarium and was hoping some of you experts might give me some feedback on my stocking list. Could I get away with these four fish in a FOWLR only 26G Flatback Hexagon?

Saddleback Clown
True Percula Clown
Atlantic Pygmy Angelfish
Rolland's Damselfish

Could I add three green chromis or would that be pushing my luck? What if I subtracted the damselfish? Would that allow me the space for 3 Chromis, or perhaps 2 each of green & Black/White chromis?

OR

From a slightly different angle, what sized tank would I need to support the list above, plus three green and three black and white chromis? That's ten fish total and about 30" of fish at adult size.

Thank you in advance for the feedback! I want to do this right, have a colorful aquarium with all the fish thriving.

 

[whiteshark]

It's pushing it for a couple reasons. Bioload being one. You are already pushing it. Reason two is that in that small a tank there will probably be aggression between the chromis and they will whittle themselves down to one anyway. The third being that the other fish you listed are quite aggressive and chromis outside of their own kind are very peaceful fish and would have trouble competing with the other, far more aggressive damsels.

 

[Sneakers36]

Thank you White Shark, think I will skip the aggressive Damselfish, just get one clown, the Pygmy Angel, one green chromi, one black and white chromi... that should cut down on the inner species and cross-species aggression, not stress the bioload any more than it already is.

 

[whiteshark]

For what it's worth, I consider clowns to be pretty aggressive damsels as well. The Pygmy Angel might get extra aggressive in that small a tank too. It would be kind of a crapshoot as to how the chromis would fair against those two aggressive fish. The black an white chromis may be OK, but the green chromis is a very peaceful fish.

 

[ReefKeep66]

For what it's worth, I consider clowns to be pretty aggressive damsels as well. The Pygmy Angel might get extra aggressive in that small a tank too. It would be kind of a crapshoot as to how the chromis would fair against those two aggressive fish. The black an white chromis may be OK, but the green chromis is a very peaceful fish.

Ive found clowns to pretty aggressive in the right situation. As far as schooling damsels, I think a 26g might be too small to successfully keep a small school. Damsels can be devils :hammer: