Anchor Tuskfish Whats a Good Tank Mate?

[halamaya]

I have a 55 Gallon tank and the only occupant is my Anchor Tusk who's about 5 inches. I recently put in three Trochus snails and they seem to be doing well. I'm hoping to put in one other fish possibly an anemone fish of some kind with a Carpet anemone. I recently moved and lost my giant Brittle Star in the move. Are there any other invertebrates that might be safe in the tank? Thanks for all the help.

 

[halamaya]

My Anchor Tusk is from Fiji and not Australia if that makes any difference in the personalty of the fish. I think he looks great though!

 

[trigger40]

if you want to put another fish with him you will need a bigger tank.

 

[halamaya]

I was worried this was all I would get out of this post.

 

[trigger40]

well... its the truth. if you must have anouther fish look into the humu trigger or bursa trigger.

 

[mauler]

If you want anemone fish why not a pair of clownfish

 

[halamaya]

So I just picked up an interesting fish at the pet store today. I got a Wolf Dottyback. He had a very interesting personality in the store. Hopefully I didn't make a mistake, I've never seen one of these fish before.

 

[trigger40]

wish you luck

 

[geridoc]

The wolf dottyback is very agressive, but I expect that the anchor tuskfish can handle that. But, what are you going to do when it gets to be a foot and a half long?

 

[halamaya]

I checked into the tank size briefly before purchasing and they seem to be comfortable in a smaller tank. I have around 60 pounds of live rock now but I might add a little bit to make some more caves that he can Lunge out from. My Anchor Tusk likes to have plenty of caves to hide in also, so I will need lots of caves. I'm more worried about my Anchor Tusk he's kind of a baby. He is quite a bit larger than the Wolf eel in girth. So far they seem to be tolerating each other more or less ignoring one another.