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looking for the perfect nano reef fish
requirements: please suggest
must be reef safe with all life - inclusing clams not a jumper not dependent on pod population interesting this tank is 25 gallons and has no fish just a blood shrimp
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Clown - pick the species that is most interesting to you. They are colorful, active (i.e. don't just sit in the rock work all day), have some personality, and are hardy and peaceful.
So many "nano fish" require pods or plankton or other harder to provide foods. When it comes to feeding fish in a nano, similicity is key (IMO), and clowns eat everything.
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I would second the clown idea. Maybe they aren't exotic enough in your mind as a lot of people may blurt out "Oh, you have Nemo!?"... However I love their personalities (if I can use that word). http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2007/11/post_79.html
Great looking tank. Very nice.
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Hehe, I was about to recommend a Firefish when I saw the title.. then I read your post.
I'll third the clownfish. They're "adorable" (for the lack of a manly-er word), very inquisitive, and just fun to watch. Could also take a look at some blennies, gobies, and wrasses (not sure if some of these may jump). Nice reef btw! |
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Blackcap Basslett:
Onyx Clown Cardinalfish Blue (pictured) or Yellow Assesor: Can't mix the Assesor with the Basslett, they are related and won't get along as they share the same spaces (cave dwellers). Nice tank BTW. |
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Yellow Clown Gobies are nice, personable, and great color.
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ok, then
thanks people - let me ask on the clowns - don't they have to have a host? will they try to snuggle with the clams? and if you recommedn clowns, are there types that perhaps I can get 2 without problems
yes on the firefish - they eventually have found their way out of the tank - once jumped into a bucket of freshly made salt water which was funny - it survived until its later second attempt. thanks for the compliments on the tank - it is tied in with my larger system
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No, clowns do not need a host. For many people, watching them host is a bit part of the appeal to keeping clowns, but I think they are great fish regardless.
Most any clown will work for you in the short term. Maroon clowns are my favorite, but probably not a good fit for you as they will, in time, outgrow your tank and are generally hard to keep in pairs. Ocellaris are a good species and can easily be found tank bred/raised.
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Re: ok, then
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Going to have to retract my Wrasse recommendations, I'm reading that certain species are known to jump. |
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sounds like clowns are the way to go - will they ever host in hammer corals? I have 1 that would be good in that small tank?
In the past I was interested in watchman goby - is there a downside to these?
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the only time i see my firefish is when i look down.... - behind the tank Last edited by jnb; 11/30/2007 at 04:46 PM. |
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I'm reading that the yellow watchman goby is known to jump, but I don't know if that extends to the rest of the watchman's. I'm interested in the Wheeler's Watchman Goby, myself. |
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my clowns have host in my hammers and frogspawns before .....and still do...here's a recent picture that i snapped up a month back
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i had an ocellaris clown make my crocea clam its home. my clam didnt like it at all.
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One of my clowns has hosted a patch of hair algae on top of a power head. Don't know whether to laugh at the clown or cry about the hair algae.
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that is what I am afraid of - what was the final outcome of this bad realtionship?
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I've got to think that the clown/clam relationship happens once in a blue moon, if that often.
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i think clowns are boring personally, they seem to be a bit aimless and lack character & they are also known jumpers. I love blennies but they are also definately jumpers, i also like gobies though and types such as the yellow clown and neon gobies are very bold. They swim and perch in the open, they're great to watch & i've never heard of or seen one attempt to jump.
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My friend and a clow and it kills his ric fl trying to host it.
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i second the clown fish, mine have been very good fish in the 2.5 years i've had them.
ive gone through numerous fish. bi color blenny- my favorite fish EVER. jumped 2 times, first time i saved him and picked him up, 2nd time i was out of town. he had so much personality. 6 line wrasse- lot of personality, loved to swim in the rocks and what not. he died in my move from the stress yellow watchman/shrimp combo- he was kind of a pain, always moving, ruined a brain coral, and was tough to feed since my clowns would steal almost all food before it got to him. i now have 2 clowns and a bi color blenny looking fish that has no personality. i forget the actual type of fish though. |
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I like Sunrise Dottyback. Beautiful fish but a little pricey.
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well, I am rethinking the clowns - don't want problems with my clams - I just went to the LFS - a nicely run one - to check on some clowns and came back with a blue throat trigger - hehe
still listening to you all re the one(s) for my small tank
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Tail Spot Blenny
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...fm?pCatId=2229 Such a fun fish to watch and an amazing personality. Although liveaquaria says they are hebivores mine eats algae off the rocks and loves flake food. They stay small and have been the favorite fish in my tank for anyone who has seen it, even over my clownfish. |
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i like the clown fish and the clown goby options for a nano tank,both are cool fish.i have a clown goby in my nano and he just perches on my monti cap all day.
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cool video and really does not look harmful to the clam checking out the other possibilities in this thread - glad people are helping me
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