Fish Ideas

[dmatt56]

Hello everyone,

I'm feeling the itch to add a new fish to my aquarium. I have a 54 Gal corner tank with fish, inverts, and soft corals. The fish I currently have are as follows:

2 clowns
3 chromis
1 bangaii cardinal
1 green mandarin
1 flame angel

What would be a good new addition? I'm thinking a yellow assessor or a couple gobies (watchman or clown, or firefish).

Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

Matt

[serval]

Someone else might chime in too, but given your current setup I think you are light on the substrate dwellers (except for the mandarin). An interesting addition would be a shrimp goby (like your watchman idea) plus a partner shrimp. I have two of these pairs (different species of gobies) in a 55gal and they are sure fun to watch. No conflicts between the shrimp (which are both Randall's pistols) so far.

[CarmieJo]

If your mandarin, like most, does not eat prepared food I would not put anything in there that would compete with it for pods.

[PhotoJohn]

if you have corals on your sand bed avoid the pistol shrimp, they will move and bury those corals. Also if your system has been running long I would stir parts of your sand bed before water changes for a few weeks(just sections of the tank at a time) otherwise the shrimp will dig it all up at once.

a group of fire fish is fun, a pair of cleaner gobies that will eat prepared food, or perhaps a jawfish...the blue spots are amazing

[dmatt56]

Thanks for all the replies! I went for a paid of purple firefish. I am a big fan and no one seems to bother them. I also got a tiny hi-fin goby, and luckily it found a cave in the front of my tank!

Matt

[CarmieJo]

Well, where are the pictures????