New Tank mates? Or not.

[bcollett]

Long story short... I have to take in some fish for my g/f because she can no longer have a tank. I'm not sure i want to manage 2 separate tanks BUT she has some slightly unfriendly fish.....
my aquarium contains:
Nassarius snails - small
BLue, Red, White Legged Hermints
3 zebra Gobies
2 Purple Firefish,
1 Madaridn Dragonette
1 Flase Percula,
1 Yellow Wrasse
1 Yellow Tang
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
She has a Dwarf Lion and a Dwarf Puffer...
any forseeable problems. I'm less worried about the Lionfish, but the puffer.. i dont know....
I also have lots of Corals- LPS, SPS, Soft, Leathers, Mushrooms, etc 3 Clams, and some Large Feather Dusters...

 

[btldreef]

Originally Posted by BCollett
http:///forum/post/3182656
Long story short... I have to take in some fish for my g/f because she can no longer have a tank. I'm not sure i want to manage 2 separate tanks BUT she has some slightly unfriendly fish.....
my aquarium contains:
Nassarius snails - small
BLue, Red, White Legged Hermints
3 zebra Gobies
2 Purple Firefish,
1 Madaridn Dragonette
1 Flase Percula,
1 Yellow Wrasse
1 Yellow Tang
1 Coral Banded Shrimp
She has a Dwarf Lion and a Dwarf Puffer...
any forseeable problems. I'm less worried about the Lionfish, but the puffer.. i dont know....
I also have lots of Corals- LPS, SPS, Soft, Leathers, Mushrooms, etc 3 Clams, and some Large Feather Dusters...
Anything they can fit in there mouths you can kiss goodbye. Anyway you can turn these into the LFS for credit? Maybe sell them on a local reef forum?

 

[bcollett]

my G/f really didn't want to get rid of the tank so i dont want to sell her fish. If i have to maintain two tanks its no big deal.

 

[btldreef]

Originally Posted by BCollett
http:///forum/post/3182930
my G/f really didn't want to get rid of the tank so i dont want to sell her fish. If i have to maintain two tanks its no big deal.
If you can keep two tanks, I'd definitely do that.

 

[tobbyjackson]

I've read about several people on the forums here keeping dwarfs in a reef. The puffer I've not seen so much. Especially with the dwarf, the more they're fed the less you would have to worry about their tank mates.

 

[reefkprz]

IMHO you have a lot of tank denizens that would be at risk from either one of the fish. the puffer would be especially dangerous to the shrimp and inverts (snails etc) and even a dwarf lion is capable of eating firefish and other low profile fish. it would be a risky proposition. it would be best for you to leavethem in their own set up. if you wanted you could set them up to share a sump so you can maintain both tanks in one shot. it would meant larger waterchanges due to the increased volume but you wouldnt have to track the parameters for 2 tanks as both would be on the same water.

 

[peasofme]

neither fish can be put into your system

 

[bcollett]

Thanks for all the feed back everyone. I'm just going to deal with two tanks for a while and maybe i'll try to setup a larger sump to put them in.