Recommend me another fish (or more?) to put in my 25 gallon Nuvo.

[DannoOMG]

I have a clownfish and a tailspot blenny. Should get another clownfish to keep the one I have company?

Could I get a firefish or 2? A goby of some sort but will that get in a fight with the blenny?

I wanted to ask the experts here what they would put in my tank before I do something stupid. I had a possum wrasse that was getting along with everybody but he jumped the day before the big tank move and I didn't notice it. Plus I want to get some nudibranches to eat my aiptasia when it warms up outside. So I am going hold off on wrasses until that job is done.



Thoughts?

 

[xiongsy]

A larger clown assuming your clown is on the smaller side. I have a 24 with a pair of clown and a aiptasia filefish. I feel the filefish shouldn't be in there.

 

[DannoOMG]

Ya no filefish. I don't think I have the rockwork or hiding spots for him/her.

 

[kevgib67]

I would suggest a a royal gramma, colors pop and very peaceful. Might be shy the first week or three but then will be out and about. After swearing off damsels for over a decade I added. A yellow tail ( wanted some blue) very active and peaceful. Anything that will eat aptasia will eat berghia nudibranch, peppermint shrimp, file fish etc. Wrasses will eat the berghia nudibranchs but oddly when my aptasia was gone and they were on the glass with white lights on my sixline wrasse would swim by without giving it a look. Better safe than sorry.

 

[kevgib67]

I have a clownfish and a tailspot blenny. Should get another clownfish to keep the one I have company?

Could I get a firefish or 2? A goby of some sort but will that get in a fight with the blenny?

I wanted to ask the experts here what they would put in my tank before I do something stupid. I had a possum wrasse that was getting along with everybody but he jumped the day before the big tank move and I didn't notice it. Plus I want to get some nudibranches to eat my aiptasia when it warms up outside. So I am going hold off on wrasses until that job is done.



Thoughts?

I personally love a clown fish pair. Just make sure you add one significantly smaller or larger than the one you have.

 

[Reeflix]

ditto on the gramma. you could do a springers damsel but they might eat the nudis

 

[DannoOMG]

Do I have enough of hiding spots for a gramma? I figured he needed a cave to feel safe.

 

[Reeflix]

maybe.

 

[kevgib67]

Do I have enough of hiding spots for a gramma? I figured he needed a cave to feel safe.

Ya, mine initially stayed behind a power head to sleep but for the past year has a crevice in the rock work it prefers. You’ll be fine.

 

[FlyinAg]

Pistol shrimp and goby, six line or possum or pink streaked wrasse, second clown, chalk or lantern basslet...

 

[DannoOMG]

I've always wanted some Firefish but seems like everyone has given me their two cents and Firefish are out of the question.


I will have mull over this later in the spring as to what I want. Probably just go another clown or basslet. I have had a RG Basslet before but something happened in my 13 gallon that killed him. I almost wonder if I was too eager to chemically remove algae and I caused a problem in the water.

Thanks for the help.

 

[xiongsy]

I've always wanted some Firefish but seems like everyone has given me their two cents and Firefish are out of the question.


I will have mull over this later in the spring as to what I want. Probably just go another clown or basslet. I have had a RG Basslet before but something happened in my 13 gallon that killed him. I almost wonder if I was too eager to chemically remove algae and I caused a problem in the water.

Thanks for the help.

What did you do exactly that may have caused a problem why fighting the algae issue?

 

[DannoOMG]

What did you do exactly that may have caused a problem why fighting the algae issue?

I think I mixed different chemicals together without giving enough time for others to pass. It is pure speculation. It is also possible I was under feeding too cause I was so concerned about over feeding. It's hard to say. Needless to say I don't chemical dose for algae anymore.