One more fish

sea horse

sea horse

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I think I can fit one more fish into my 25 gallon and I'm having a hard time diciding which one to get. :notsure: My mom wants something with pink, purple, green, yellow, or blue in it. Basicly anything colorful. Has to be some what reef safe. Here is a list of stuff already in the tank.
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Lots of LR (25 pounds?)
2 perculas
P.J. Cardinal
emrald crab
strawberry crab
sally light-foot
cleaner shrimp
TINY serpant star
turbo snails
blue leged hermits
Condi Anemone
and some zoos and shrooms.
:happyfish
 
sea horse

sea horse

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Here are some possible fish. Tell me if any of these wouldn't be good.
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Green Chromis (do you have to have more than one?)
Anthia
Citron goby
Purple Firefish
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emperor11

emperor11

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Originally Posted by sea horse
Do royal gramas hide a lot? I want to be able to see the fish.

Yup. Consider a Black Cap Basslet...
 
emperor11

emperor11

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Originally Posted by sea horse
My mom won't pay that much for such a small fish.
It is pretty though.
Look around. The one I had I paid 24.99 for...I got it through a friend who owns a pet shop, and he had my pay what he'd pay for it. Unless you have a friend like that, thats probably unrealistic. Consider some of the pseudochromis. Currently, I have a diadema pseudo, and love him. I've also kept neon dottybacks, orchid dottybacks, and strawberry pseudo's. I've loved them all. Give it some thought..
 
sea horse

sea horse

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Do dotty backs hide? I realy like the green chromis but I need to know if they have to be kept in groups. :happyfish
 
emperor11

emperor11

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Originally Posted by sea horse
Do dotty backs hide? I realy like the green chromis but I need to know if they have to be kept in groups. :happyfish
Chromis do better when kept in groups. Generally, they don't do well singly. Dottybacks (at least the ones I've ever kept) are almost never hiding, and when they do, its only for a second. They spend all their time exploring all the bolt holes, darting in and out of them. They're one of my favorite types of fish, second, of course from the Angels...
 
misfit

misfit

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Originally Posted by Emperor11
Chromis do better when kept in groups. Generally, they don't do well singly. Dottybacks (at least the ones I've ever kept) are almost never hiding, and when they do, its only for a second. They spend all their time exploring all the bolt holes, darting in and out of them. They're one of my favorite types of fish, second, of course from the Angels...

I found mine to be the same way and very coloful :joy:
 
sea horse

sea horse

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What about a purple firefish? Would that be a good choice for my tank? Would a coral beauty get to big for my tank?
 
alyssia

alyssia

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Originally Posted by Emperor11
Yup. Consider a Black Cap Basslet...

I think a blackcap might get aggressive in that size tank. Beautiful fish though, I have one in my 75.
 
alyssia

alyssia

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Originally Posted by sea horse
What about a purple firefish? Would that be a good choice for my tank? Would a coral beauty get to big for my tank?

I think a firefish would be fine. A coral beauty wouldn't be a good choice for that size tank.
 
reedlog

reedlog

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Here is my list of what I have:
75 gal tank
1 large yellow tang
1 med. clarkii clown (blue stripe)
1 med. koran angel
1 med. snowflake eel
1 small yellow damsel
1 small green chromis
1 small blue/yellow devil damsel
1 small mandarin dragonnet
live rock, and a couple pieces of coral (leather and mushrooms) that the koran does not bother, so I would like for whatever I get to be somewhat reef safe as well.
Also, if you think i have too much already let me know, but only the first three are really recognizable in the tank. I wouldnt mind another decent sized fish like maybe a wrasse or trigger of some sort. Was also thinking of some type of goby, was looking at a pink spotted shrimp goby but I read that they can be aggressive toward other gobys, and don't want to hurt my mandorin dragonnet. Also, if I got another goby I don't want my eel to eat him, which I think he doesnt eat the mandarin dragonnet b/c of the apparent 'slime' they excreet to keep away predators.
Thanks for the advice!
 
whackamole

whackamole

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wow i reall yover did it then i have a 35 gal and i have 8 fish.(although there all under an inch) but they seem to be doing fine
5 damsals (electric,striped,yellow,blue, and domino)
1 false percula
2 sargent majors
 
emperor11

emperor11

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Originally Posted by sea horse
I'v heard that orchid dottybacks are better than purple dottybacks. Why is this? Is the purple aggresive?
Yup. The Purple Pseudo's can be very aggressive, as where the orchid's are MUCH more passive.
 
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