anpetey
New member
Hello!
So I have a 55gallon that has been up and running for a few months now, and I now finished compiling my fish stocking list. But now my dilema is which fish to add first? My choices are either the Tail spot Blenny, Coral Beauty, or a trio of Resplendent Anthias. (My complete future stocking list is: 3 Resplendent Anthias, 1 Tail spot Blenny, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 Green Manderin Dragonett (in the far future), and possibly 1 Black and White Clown)
I am leaning toward adding the anthias first mainly because I only have a 8 gallon tank as a QT and I didn't think that would be big enough for three anthias to live in for a few weeks, I figured since the only thing in my display tank is a CUC, I could "quarantine" all three anthias in the display tank for a couple months before adding any more fish (any other fish would come from the quarantine tank first). Then if anything happened I could treat any fish separately in the quarantine tank. Also It would be very hard to keep the water quality of the QT high with that many fish in small confines. My only concern is will the anthias become to aggressive to any other tank mates if added first? I have been doing some research and the Resplendent anthias seem to be the least aggressive and also one of the smaller anthias, which is my reason for choosing them. I also would prefer to add the anthias at the same time to avoid any issues with aggression or gender changing.So is adding/quarantining the three anthias first in the display tank a plausible idea, or does someone have a better idea? Like I said before, the only other inhabitants of the tank are snails and hermits.
So let me know what you think!
So I have a 55gallon that has been up and running for a few months now, and I now finished compiling my fish stocking list. But now my dilema is which fish to add first? My choices are either the Tail spot Blenny, Coral Beauty, or a trio of Resplendent Anthias. (My complete future stocking list is: 3 Resplendent Anthias, 1 Tail spot Blenny, 1 Coral Beauty, 1 Green Manderin Dragonett (in the far future), and possibly 1 Black and White Clown)
I am leaning toward adding the anthias first mainly because I only have a 8 gallon tank as a QT and I didn't think that would be big enough for three anthias to live in for a few weeks, I figured since the only thing in my display tank is a CUC, I could "quarantine" all three anthias in the display tank for a couple months before adding any more fish (any other fish would come from the quarantine tank first). Then if anything happened I could treat any fish separately in the quarantine tank. Also It would be very hard to keep the water quality of the QT high with that many fish in small confines. My only concern is will the anthias become to aggressive to any other tank mates if added first? I have been doing some research and the Resplendent anthias seem to be the least aggressive and also one of the smaller anthias, which is my reason for choosing them. I also would prefer to add the anthias at the same time to avoid any issues with aggression or gender changing.So is adding/quarantining the three anthias first in the display tank a plausible idea, or does someone have a better idea? Like I said before, the only other inhabitants of the tank are snails and hermits.
So let me know what you think!