maroon clown and a...???

[lucy.lou.glass]

Is it possible to have other fish with a maroon clown in a 58 gallon tank? And if so.. any suggestions???

 

[vickreyreef]

not another clown....my maroon nips at everyone in the tank...especially if they go anywhere near his RBTA

 

[lucy.lou.glass]

yeah i wasn't thinking of another clown. i would like some other types of fish in there. i'm just looking for some info on successful tank mates for a maroon.... if any?

 

[cbowman]

Just make sure the new fish arent the same size or color as the maroon. Gobys are fun. Jawfish you can do if you can get them food before the maroon eats it all. blennys, maybe some wrasses. I dont know if your tank is beg enough for tangs. it might be. You have lots of options, is the maroon the only fish in there right now? if it is, you might need to catch her, take her out, rearrange your rocks, add then new fish then add the maroon back in.

 

[vickreyreef]

yeah...we had almost all ours before we had maroon...we tried to add a yellow tang after the clown and it only lived 24 hours after adding...me doth think there was a murder in shanty town and the clown was always a suspect....we have a 90g reef and have
coral beauty
green mandarin
yellow watchman
fire gobies
two color blenny
a mystery fish we have never ever been able to identify that sorta has a blenny body but is purple, red and yellow and lives in the back of the tank
cardinal
maroon clown

 

[lucy.lou.glass]

well that sounds good, i'll leave the maroon in the smaller tank for a little longer and then add him in once i have the other fish already and set for a couple weeks.

thank you for the information!!!