semi-aggressive fish together

[bjolly]

can I stock these together?

-ocellaris clown
-orchid dottyback
-yellowtail damsel
-randall's shrimp goby

I know the damsel may get aggressive - was trying to combine it with fish that can also be semi-aggressive and hold its own with it.

 

[dzfish17]

It depends alot on the size of tank. If all these are going in a 29g tank you probably will have problems... if they are going in a 55g it will be fine. The yellowtail is one of the least aggressive of the damsels.

 

[Monkeyfish]

I'd be concerned about the shrimp goby. Passive and "nervous."

 

[treylane]

I had a very similar stocklist in a 29g and it worked fine. I had a C. hemicyanea (which are more mellow) instead of the yellowtail, and a YWG. Randall's gobies are pretty fragile IME.

 

[cougaran]

Lots of live rock will help, so that fish can stake out their own spot and also a place for them to hide when they feel threatened..

 

[snorvich]

It depends alot on the size of tank. If all these are going in a 29g tank you probably will have problems... if they are going in a 55g it will be fine. The yellowtail is one of the least aggressive of the damsels.

I would concur.