leigh
Active Member
Hi all,
I recently started a small reef tank (50 gal) and not knowing what I was doing I used a yellow tailed blue damsel to cycle the tank. I have since added a dozen or so snails, a couple crabs, 4 feather dusters, and 2 mushroom coral colonies. My ideal long term would be to have a nice reef tank with perhaps 2-3 midsized interesting looking fish. However, I've heard that most small-medium size reef happy fish will be beaten up by the damsel? One fish store told me to get something that would eat the damsel, but most fish I know of that would eat the damsel would not be reef-friendly. So, my question is, what types of fish should I be thinking about? And should I keep building up the corals/live rock/invertebrates before I add another fish?
Sorry if this is a silly simple question, but I couldn't find anything this basic in previous threads!
Thanks,
leigh
I recently started a small reef tank (50 gal) and not knowing what I was doing I used a yellow tailed blue damsel to cycle the tank. I have since added a dozen or so snails, a couple crabs, 4 feather dusters, and 2 mushroom coral colonies. My ideal long term would be to have a nice reef tank with perhaps 2-3 midsized interesting looking fish. However, I've heard that most small-medium size reef happy fish will be beaten up by the damsel? One fish store told me to get something that would eat the damsel, but most fish I know of that would eat the damsel would not be reef-friendly. So, my question is, what types of fish should I be thinking about? And should I keep building up the corals/live rock/invertebrates before I add another fish?
Sorry if this is a silly simple question, but I couldn't find anything this basic in previous threads!
Thanks,
leigh