Yellow/Blue assessor compatability?

[ricde]

I have a blue assessor in my 75 now, been doing great for over a year. I recently got in on a group order from ORA for a Yellow Assessor. Does anyone have any experience with keeping these two in the same tank?

 

[Korrine]

Good question. I asked about in a 30g and it was shot down.

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I wonder if a 75 would be big enough? You have ample rock?

 

[FOSELONE]

Re: Yellow/Blue assessor compatability?

They'll be fine bro...I've had up to three of each with no problems...


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[Korrine]

You didn't say what size tank?

 

[Wolverine]

In general, yellows are a little more aggressive than blues. I've seen it work sometimes, and I've seen it fail miserably sometimes.

 

[ricde]

Thanks for the replies, I'll be picking the yellow up next weekend. I like the fact that the ORA assessors (tank bred) are about 1/2 the price of the wild caught.

As for the tank the 2 will hopefully share after QT, 75 gallon with 100 lbs of rock (lots of caves and overhangs). Tankmates... Blue assessor, green mandarin, masked shrimp goby (sans shrimp, the pistol went nuts and had to go), tailspot blenny, blue-gold blenny (they get along well) and a helfrichi FF.

It's a real passive mix so hopefully adding the aggressive yellow last will work in my favor.
Thanks again for the advice