What fish next?

[Gagonzalez]

I have a small 28g Nano Mixed Reef and would like to add some new fish to the mix. I currently have a Royal Gramma and a Longnose Hawk.

What fish would be good additions to add with those 2 in there?

I was thinking maybe a clown and ???

Thanks for your help?

 

[CoralNerd]

Yeah clown would be perfect. Maybe Canary blenny.

 

[Genera]

Maybe Canary blenny.

+1, or any other blenny from Meiacanthus

 

[brett559]

Some ideas:
Clown pair
Six-line wrasse (Hey, some people really like them! Very active, parasite control)
Midas blenny
Purple or helfrichi firefish

 

[CoralNerd]

Some ideas:
Clown pair
Six-line wrasse (Hey, some people really like them! Very active, parasite control)
Midas blenny
Purple or helfrichi firefish

I would say no to the firefish with his current fish.

 

[Gagonzalez]

Had a pair of clowns but they became dominant and started to attack everything in the tank so had to get rid of them. If I get clowns, I will get only one. No more mated pairs.

Also had a 6-line and he was also super aggressive so he's out.

Had a firefish but he was always hiding and eventually died. I believe he was afraid of the hawk and the 6-line nipped at him too.

So I think maybe a clown and a blenny would probably work out well.

Thanks for the advice everyone.

 

[bat21]

You can also consider a possum wrasse and one of the many goby options.

 

[brett559]

I would say no to the firefish with his current fish.

Just curious about the firefish, why not with those fish?

 

[Gagonzalez]

A Firefish is too timid with a hawk in the tank. When I had the firefish, it was fine for a while while it was the biggest fish in the tank. Once my hawk started to grow and grew larger than the firefish, the firefish started to hide more often until it finally stopped eating and was hiding almost 24/7.

I think with a larger tank, it may be less of a problem.

 

[Spartanman22]

I'm partial to angels so I'd say go for a cherub or flameback. The chalk basslets are really cool little guys too. I just added one and he's awesome. He definitely recognizes me as the feeder because he swims right to the top everyone I come over to the tank. The new captive bred ORA white spotted pygmy file fish are intriguing as well