putting dottyback in my tank

[7thheaven]

Hi~

I have 40gallon tank and yellow tang , golden wrass, rock blenny,
cleaner shrimp,and some corals....

Today I saw 1 inch - golden dottyback in store...
I think it is pretty....

Can I Putting it in my tank?
Is there going to be a big war in my tank?

I read some posts about dottyback and it attack cleaner shrimp...
-_-


thank you for reading this.....

[hcs3]

hi 7th and <img src="http://www.reefcentral.com/images/welcome.gif"><br><b><i><big><big>To Reef Central</b></i></big></big>

to give you a better answer i'm going to need a better ID on some fish. first, the golden dottyback. i'm not familiar with the common name "golden." is it one of the 2 pictured below?

http://www.fishbase.org/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Psald_u0.jpg

http://www.fishbase.org/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Psfus_u2.jpg

in general, dottybacks are aggressive fish. they will attack some wrasses (the other fish ID of yours i have in question) and most anything smaller then them. the blenny may or may not be a subject of it's aggression as well. the tang, though cramped in your smaller tank, should be able to defend itself.

as far as shrimp go, if it fits in their mouth, they are going to eat it. if it doesn't fit in their mouth, they will tear the shrimp into smaller pieces that will fit.

HTH

henry

[JohnL]

Originally posted by hcs3
if it doesn't fit in their mouth, they will tear the shrimp into smaller pieces that will fit. :lol:

[7thheaven]

The exact name is ....
Pseudochromis paccagnellae
^^
I am sorry.....
http://www.fishbase.org/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Pspac_u2.jpg
Is it so aggressive? wow....


How about Royal Gramma?
aggressive too?
Hmm
http://www.fishbase.org/thumbnails/jpg/tn_Grlor_u6.jpg