Stocking Suggestions Please

[Shotcaller]

Hi everyone - I need stocking suggestions!!! Tank has been up and running for 2 months now and everything is going well. 24 gallon Fluval M60, 20 pounds of liverock.

Black Blenny has been in the tank for about 3 weeks now along with 4 astrea snails, 2 zebra trochus snails, 1 nassarius snail, and a blue legged hermit that hitchhiked in on something. Tons of amphipods and copepods on the tank walls. I also have a bit of caulerpa in the tank (I know the arguments for and against this, and I have had it in past tanks. I plan to keep it in check as much as possible, I do like how it looks in the tank though).

Anyway - it is time to add some new tank inhabitants and I am open to suggestions. I am thinking about a shrimp/goby pair, maybe an oscellaris pair, something else small and hardy with bright colors. Help! Thanks!

 

[OrionN]

24 gal, you will not have much room for may fish. 2 or 3 max

Hector or Rainford Goby
One of the fire fish
Randal shrimp goby with shrimp

or a Griessingei goby

 

[brett559]

Clown pair
6-line wrasse
Midas blenny
Flame or longnose hawkfish

Those would probably work (probably not all of them, though....)

 

[OrionN]

IMO, 6 line wrasse is the meanest fish that ever live. Don't put him in your tank or you will be sorry.
I used to have a 450 gal tank, in it among other fishes are a mandarin pair and six-line pair. they were fine with each other for about 1 year or so then 1 day the 6 line pair attack and peck out the eyes if my female Mandarin. Very quick coordinated precised attack that only take a few seconds, I saw the whole thing, two hits once form each wrasse is all that was needed. They completely ignored her once they peck her eyes out. They are calculated premeditated murderers. I tried not to attribute human characteristics on my fishes but I don't know what to call this other than premeditated calculated murder.
My mandarin starved, I trapped the six-lines pair out and send them back to LFS for free. Now 6 lines wrasse enter my tank over my dead body.

 

[bat21]

I just added a yellow clown goby to my display. He was in quarantine for 6 weeks and was just a regular yellow color. But when I put him in the display with the real lighting, wow what a difference. He is neon yellow. And even though he's the smallest of all my fish, his addition has added so much color it's amazing. I would definitely put one at the top of my list if I was starting a small tank like yours.

 

[donut0079]

A yellow assessor is great in a tank that size. A pink streak or possum wrasse would also be something a little different.


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[Nina51]

just an fyi, hawkfish are NOT shrimp-safe.

 

[brett559]

They completely ignored her once they peck her eyes out.

:eek1:

 

[brett559]

just an fyi, hawkfish are NOT shrimp-safe.

Def true. Very fun fish, though. But it would eliminate the shrimp/goby pair option.

 

[Nina51]

yup. i have 2 in my 75g. they paired up immediately and are never very far from each other. really fun to watch!