please please help me i cant decide...

mr.clownfish

mr.clownfish

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ok so im just starting up a 20gal. i have a nano 12gal. with a mated pair of percs and a lawnmower. im going to move the percs and the lawnmower to the 20gal and i cant decide what other fish i should add.
i dont want a damsel or cardinal. please give me some options.
its a coral tank so i need coral safe.
 
tr1gger

tr1gger

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How about some inverts ?
Thats something i cant have in my tanks due to the fish i currently have. Maybe enjoy ya some cleaner shrimp and some other inverts. Happy Tanking
 
kellenr

kellenr

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Well you're pretty much maxed out for a 20gal. Maybe 1 more fish, could do like a Sixline Wrasse but thats it. Along with 2 percs and a lawnmower blenny, thats all that should be in the 20g, aside from inverts & corals if you wish.
 
yearofthenick

yearofthenick

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there are al lot of reef-safe wrasses if you want to spend a little more money. There's always the green or yellow clown goby... the green ones are sweet! I had a yellow one once and he was pretty neat too... he was yellow with electric blue stripes at the base of his fins.
 
mr.clownfish

mr.clownfish

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Originally Posted by tr1gger
http:///forum/post/2696683
How about some inverts ?
Thats something i cant have in my tanks due to the fish i currently have. Maybe enjoy ya some cleaner shrimp and some other inverts. Happy Tanking

definitely i will have cleaner shrimp maybe 2 or 3. and lots of coral. maybe even a bulb anemone. or some kind of anem that dosent get too big.
 
texasmetal

texasmetal

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Originally Posted by Mr.clownfish
http:///forum/post/2697279
definitely i will have cleaner shrimp maybe 2 or 3. and lots of coral. maybe even a bulb anemone. or some kind of anem that dosent get too big.
In a 20 gallon tank an anemone is going to eat the other fish. Not enough space to avoid it. They do grow and split.
 
yearofthenick

yearofthenick

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Originally Posted by TexasMetal
http:///forum/post/2697300
In a 20 gallon tank an anemone is going to eat the other fish. Not enough space to avoid it. They do grow and split.
I doubt he/she will get an anemone big enough to devour entire fish and put it in a 20g tank. i've kept both LTA's and BTA's and have never had them eat any of my fish. Currently I have a neon greent LTA that's about the size of a dinner plate when fully opened, and he's never eaten any of my fish.
Also, if you get multiple cleaner shrimp in a 20g, they may become very territorial and fight. I had two cleaner shrimp and a fire shrimp in my tank all at once... all of them fought for territory.
The fire shrimp is more expensive, but he does an excellent job of keeping the fish clean. Of all the shrimp I've kept, he rides the fish and picks stuff off them the most.
 
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