Tiny Shoaling Fish

[k4ndyk1ng]

ok so im getting a 4 ft reef soon and i want some tiny shoaling fish to make it appear bigger than it is.
they have to be able to:
survive to flow of an sps reef
wont get eaten by yellow/kole tang
wont get eaten by a mini maxi anemone
wont get eaten by clownfish
thanks in advance

 

[ScottB]

Blue-Green Chromis. Peaceful, hardy, attractive, shoaling and about $2-$5 each.

 

[randomfishguy85]

red dot cardinals, or threadfin cardinals

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

Blue-Green Chromis. Peaceful, hardy, attractive, shoaling and about $2-$5 each.

thanks for the quick reply, anything but chromis?

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

red dot cardinals, or threadfin cardinals

nice one but anything smaller?

 

[ScottB]

Bartlett's Anthias. Peaceful, not-quite hardy, very attractive, shoaling and about $50-$60 each.

 

[scionreefing]

Cardinals chromis anthias and dartfish do fine.

Raffle grabber

 

[joetbs]

not going to be easy to find but Tryssogobius colini would be really cool. for a similar effect you could do some Masked Coryphopterus gobies.

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

thanks for all your suggestions

 

[davocean]

I saw these at Ecoxotics showroom and thought they were pretty cool for very small shoaling fish.
I think they are threadfin's.

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

I saw these at Ecoxotics showroom and thought they were pretty cool for very small shoaling fish.
I think they are threadfin's.

wow nice, how to you get the pictures so big on the thread? thanks

 

[davocean]

^^ I use photobucket, sizes for you.

 

[k4ndyk1ng]

^^ I use photobucket, sizes for you.

Ok thanks I'm a Noob lol

 

[nanoreefer1000]

I saw these at Ecoxotics showroom and thought they were pretty cool for very small shoaling fish.
I think they are threadfin's.

Look like Red-Spot cardinals, I've heard they are hard to keep alive, and need to be feed a lot of small feedings.

 

[dixiedog]

not going to be easy to find but Tryssogobius colini would be really cool. for a similar effect you could do some Masked Coryphopterus gobies.

My experience with masked gobys is that, like many fish, you need a male/female pair or one will bully the other to death in very short order. For such a small fish, my masked is pretty unpleasant, and I wish he were gone.

Definitely not a shoaler IME.