A List of Good Beginner Fish

[Lydo]

Originally posted by Sk8r
If you have a tank under 50 g, don't get a diamond goby: you'll be much happier with a yellow watchman, imho. The diamonds move an incredible amount of sand---they're the ones that tend to starve in a small tank. The yellow watchman will eat most anything that you toss in, as well as feed himself off detritus while you're out of town for 3 days.

I have a 90g tank with about 3in of sand. When he does that, what exactly is he taking out of the sand? Are they eating pods, or simply the algea on the sand?

[MTB]

They eat pods out of the sand. If you keep a diamond goby I suggest feeding it several(3-5) times daily. They eat a lot.

Great list, Peter. Another great dedicated post! I say sticky the list and lock it.. Keep the debate open in the regular threads.

[Lydo]

Thanks. I wanted to determine that as I do want to put a maderine in my tank but I don't want anything to compete with it for the live pods. So the diamond goby is out of the question.

[MTB]

I also keep a mandrine in the tank. I feed him selcon soaked mysis in a bottle in the tank. He goes in and eats till he's content. Only him and the diamond goby fits in there so I raise it above the rock work so the goby isn't tempted to go in after it.

[happyface888]

Originally posted by MTB
They eat pods out of the sand. If you keep a diamond goby I suggest feeding it several(3-5) times daily. They eat a lot.

Great list, Peter. Another great dedicated post! I say sticky the list and lock it.. Keep the debate open in the regular threads.

I agree to a sticky, I wish I had a list to work off when I started lol, I went after a powder blue and it died.... This list would help beginers get the basics and than slowly move up.

[Peter Eichler]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

[Peter Eichler]

bump

[fishyvet]

Originally posted by Peter Eichler
Wrasses

Six/Four Line Wrasse (can get mean much like the Pseudochromis, but also requires a sandbed to borrow in, sometimes these will consume undesirable flatworms)

The 6 line burrows in the sand? My numbskull parks himself in the rocks every night. Should I have a talk with the little fellow?

[Peter Eichler]

Originally posted by fishyvet
The 6 line burrows in the sand? My numbskull parks himself in the rocks every night. Should I have a talk with the little fellow?

Sixlines seem to have a mind of their own quite often. Someone recently posted about one using an anemone as a host...

[porthios]

no hawk fish?

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[Peter Eichler]

Originally posted by porthios
no hawk fish?

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I seriously considered them, but their likelyhood to jump and how delicious they can find ornamental shrimp made me leave them off.