Open water column fish?

[jrockssvt]

I have a 15 gallon tank with a 5 gallon sump and I am currently stocking a 8" green LTA with a 3" true perc hosting it. I am thinking of adding a jawfish and also a fish that would be considered a fish that swims in the water column. What is a good small fish that is reef safe and stays in the water column more often than the rock work? I was thinking a cardinal but maby they might get to big for a 15g.

PS the tank is a 20g regular with the back 5g being the sump.


thanks

 

[cwoods8]

could go with a bangaii or pajama......

 

[tangers]

bangaii would be good, but what about a psuedo/dottyback? you might try an orchid dottyback.

 

[kkyyllee]

jaw fish are very shy, it might be hard to feed if you have active fish in there, jsut a thought.

i would say bangaii cardinal though

 

[falconut]

My Bangaii is out in the water all the time. But when I walk over to the tank, all my fish swim out in the open.

 

[happyclam]

Maybe a blue green chromis? I know they stay out in the open, but since their so active, I wonder if your aquarium might be abit small?

 

[Macimage]

Any one of the small flasher or fairy wrasses would be pretty:

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/

or a basslet:

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/basslets/

Joyce

 

[Phoenix19]

My firefish goby stays in the open all the time.

 

[happyclam]

Don't put a jawfish in your tank, as it will most likely get eaten by your anemone.

 

[Slakker]

Pair up your clownfish and call it quits on fish. A nano is not the place to experiment with overstocking, and with an 8" anemone you're pretty close already.

The anemone shouldn't be in such a small tank to begin with...adding more than one additional fish is going to kill your water quality, which could kill your anemone.

 

[OceanDweller]

Agree with the wrasse or adding some cool inverts/gobies

 

[petoonia]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12698513#post12698513 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
Pair up your clownfish and call it quits on fish. A nano is not the place to experiment with overstocking, and with an 8" anemone you're pretty close already.

The anemone shouldn't be in such a small tank to begin with...adding more than one additional fish is going to kill your water quality, which could kill your anemone.

I agree with this!! You have to be really careful about your water quality with an anemone in the tank. The anemone is going to out grow the tank eventually, I would consider upgrading your tank to at least a 30 gallon. I would just get a mate for your clown, and leave it at that.

 

[OceanDweller]

A small GBTA that splits often might not be a bad bet depending on the light and flow.

 

[Chibils]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12717730#post12717730 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by OceanDweller
A small GBTA that splits often might not be a bad bet depending on the light and flow.

A splitting anemone is not a happy anemone.

 

[OceanDweller]

I disagree though most books specialists say a splitting anenome is not a happy anenome, I think that they are not happing when splitting, and by splitting often I mean like every 6-10 months. You can coerce an anemone into splitting often by overfeeding etc. I have a green bubble tip that has been cloned more than 25 times and none of the clones has ever exceded 8" to my knowledge.

 

[GSMguy]

i feed my BTA daily small chunks and it is well over 8 inches, Brad i find in this hobby there is always an acceptation to the rule

 

[Paul B]

I would go with a firefish

 

[RokleM]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12698513#post12698513 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Slakker
Pair up your clownfish and call it quits on fish. A nano is not the place to experiment with overstocking, and with an 8" anemone you're pretty close already.

The anemone shouldn't be in such a small tank to begin with...adding more than one additional fish is going to kill your water quality, which could kill your anemone.

:thumbsup: agreed. If you do get another clown in the future (and you're going to want to I'm sure), a 15 gallon is going to be a rough place for any other fish... and that's if you didn't take into consideration the big anemone. My orange ocellaris own about 1/2-3/4 of my 58. My black ocellaris own about a good 2x2x2 section in my 180, and that's with a 5" tang, 5" leopard wrasse, smaller leopard wrasse, fairy wrasses, etc. I'd give anything in a 15 gallon with them a day... maybe.