Will they play together?

[casdiver]

I have been wanting to add a cardinal bangaii to my 75 gal tank, and recently ran across a pajam cardinal that was cool too. Can I add one of each one or will they fight? I also have a yellow tang, dragon gobie, green damsel, blue headed wrasse and a pair of clown fish. Will they get along? As always, your comments are appreciated.

 

[pufferlover]

Actually both the cardinals you mention are shoaling fish which means they do better in groups of at least 2. I have had both and find that when there is only one it tends to be very shy and that does not make it to interesting in a tank. I think the Pajama is a cooler fish and a bit more active then the other.

 

[casdiver]

I was considering 2 bangii's, but after reading about their breeding I wasn't sure about getting a pair. I guess the sentimental me has a hard time thinking of all of those babies ending up as dinner for my wrasse and tang. Originally I wanted 5 or 6 because I was told they school really well. Then I scaled down to wanting 2, then I started reading the breeding articles and How are yours doing together? Maybe I'll do 2 of each. Thanks for the input.

 

[casdiver]

Well I did it, I bought two pajama cardinals! They are pretty cool looking and are hanging out and enjoying their new home! Thanks for the input!

 

[pufferlover]

Good for you. You will find they will do much better in groups of 2 or more. The only way to get a true pair is to buy say 3 or 5 and watch and see if 2 hang together. You will find that PJ's are not the most active fish (they tend to hover and twitch a lot) but they are cool and once eating they are eating machines. Enjoy the new fish.