Stocking addition advice to clowntank

[drfu]

I have a new IM Micro 30 AIO tank that is cycling. I plan to move my pair of o clowns & hifin goby/pistol shrimp into it and am thinking of either ore or two more fish.

My clowns stay up top, goby @ the bottom so I'm thinking something mid tank that stays out vs hiding. would like something that is blue, red, purple as i have orange & yellow already. I would also like it to be something that stays out & in the middle. Must be reef safe, non aggressive to my clowns or goby/shrimp. I already have a royal gramma in another tank so i don't want another one.

Does anyone have an opinion on a green mandarin dragonet or a blue sapphire damsel? Would they fit in my tank and be happy with everyone else?

Thanks for all input

 

[santanzchild]

from everything I have seen a green mandarin in a tank that isnt very well established is a death sentence. No first hand experience though.

 

[ajespo85]

I wouldn't worry about an addition being aggressive to your clowns, it's the other way around. Your clowns are the bullies, most are. What santanzchild said is true also, unless you have a well established tank that produces pods, I wouldn't get a mandarin. A good choice would be a six line wrasse IMO. Six lines are reef safe, they won't mess with others or your inverts. They are also very beneficial at controlling some pests.

 

[drfu]

Never thought about it being new since i'm moving everything over from another tank, great point. I will have to seed this one with phyto, copepods & rotifies!

I didn't know this about clowns as they have never bothered my hifin goby, but then the goby got there first & he stays way down by his hole on guard! Now the fact that they are only 8 months old make any difference and will be moving into a new home?

I will check out the 6 line wrasse, thanks for the tip! Will amy wrasse be good or only the 6 line?

Is that a no on the damsel as well?

Keep the ideas coming, thx!