recommendation on last fish for tank

daninflipflops · 08/27/2012, 07:58 AM

I have a JBJ 28 Gallon cube. so far i have a yellow watchman goby and pistol pair, two black/white clowns, and a cleaner shrimp. I want to add another fish to the tank, preferably one with some nice color and active. i do not want to add a fish that is going to be hiding all the time. i wanted a 6-line but apparently those can be pretty aggressive. the tank just got a bunch of new corals, so the new fish needs to be reef safe was well.

Any suggestions?

billdogg · 08/27/2012, 08:01 AM

Really, with a pair? of clowns, you are pretty close to full already, at least IMO. You might try a flasher or fairy wrasse of one sort or another.

CAPSLOK · 08/27/2012, 09:17 AM

Neon goby? Black with a bright/neon blue or yellow stripe, out and about all the time, stay small, don't bother anyone (corals/inverts included). They have great bold color and are tank bred. They are more open water swimmers and love to perch on the rock, rather than down on the sand like a lot of gobies.

29144u · 08/27/2012, 09:18 AM

you should be able to add the 6 line -they are more terratorial than aggressive.

Lig · 08/27/2012, 09:35 AM

Maybe a firefish.

Fish Biscuit · 08/27/2012, 10:00 AM

tailspot blenny - I love this fish, out all the time & lots of personality

J2T · 08/27/2012, 12:56 PM

If anything I would maybe look at a blenny perhaps, they have some great personalities. Maybe a midas, has nice color and every one I have seen are pretty active swimmers.

daninflipflops · 08/27/2012, 02:27 PM

cool, thanks guys.

simpp88 · 08/27/2012, 09:52 PM

Firefish, blenny or wrasse.

Spyderturbo007 · 08/28/2012, 06:27 AM

My Purple Firefish hides almost all day. She dug a hole under a rock and only comes out for maybe an hour or so each day. She is also very easily spooked. Move too fast and she's gone, walk by the tank and shes gone.

She is the only fish in the tank so far and I never see her.

Reeffuzz · 08/28/2012, 10:13 AM

I second a blenny! They have a lot of personality and I laugh at mine constantly. You are close to being full though...

Angel*Fish · 08/28/2012, 11:26 AM

If you get a substrate feeding wrasse, he will start eating your beneficial animals. Tailspot is an excellent choice as they stay very small. A pretty docile blue fish is Chrisiptera hemicyanea, stays small, but every importantly is not to be confused with his less friendly lookalike cousins.

08/27/2012, 07:58 AM	#1
daninflipflops In Memoriam Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 208	recommendation on last fish for tank I have a JBJ 28 Gallon cube. so far i have a yellow watchman goby and pistol pair, two black/white clowns, and a cleaner shrimp. I want to add another fish to the tank, preferably one with some nice color and active. i do not want to add a fish that is going to be hiding all the time. i wanted a 6-line but apparently those can be pretty aggressive. the tank just got a bunch of new corals, so the new fish needs to be reef safe was well. Any suggestions?

08/27/2012, 08:01 AM	#2
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	Really, with a pair? of clowns, you are pretty close to full already, at least IMO. You might try a flasher or fairy wrasse of one sort or another. __________________ I'll try to be nice if you try to be smarter! I can't help that I grow older, but you can't make me grow up! Current Tank Info: 120 mixed reef with 40b sump, RO 150 skimmer, AI Sol Blue x 2, and a 60g Frag Tank with 100g rubbermaid sump. 2 x Kessil A360w lights, BM curve 5 skimmer

08/27/2012, 10:00 AM	#6
Fish Biscuit Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,164	tailspot blenny - I love this fish, out all the time & lots of personality __________________ Michele I enjoy vodka entirely too much to share with the fish. Current Tank Info: 65 rimless with Eshopps R200 sump, current inhabitants randall goby, helfrichi, possum wrasse, barnacle blenny, mandarin, pistol, peppermint, & fire shrimp, snails, hermits, & LPS

08/27/2012, 12:56 PM	#7
J2T Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 952	If anything I would maybe look at a blenny perhaps, they have some great personalities. Maybe a midas, has nice color and every one I have seen are pretty active swimmers. __________________ Jared 60 Gallon cube, 10g sump, 2 AI Sol Blue, SeaSide Aquatic CS3.5 Skimmer

08/28/2012, 11:26 AM	#12
Angel*Fish cats and large squashes Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Houston Posts: 5,951 Blog Entries: 1	If you get a substrate feeding wrasse, he will start eating your beneficial animals. Tailspot is an excellent choice as they stay very small. A pretty docile blue fish is Chrisiptera hemicyanea, stays small, but every importantly is not to be confused with his less friendly lookalike cousins. __________________ Marie So long, & thanks for all the fish! __________________________ Current Tank Info: Pairs: flame angels, cherub angels, Red Sea mimic blennies, yellow fin fairy wrasses, clowns, mandarins, blackcap basslets, shrimp gobies, damsels, dispar anthias, yellow clown gobies, threadfin cardinals --- Tanks: 100g reef, 2 x 30g refugiums

08/27/2012, 09:17 AM	#3
CAPSLOK Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 308	Neon goby? Black with a bright/neon blue or yellow stripe, out and about all the time, stay small, don't bother anyone (corals/inverts included). They have great bold color and are tank bred. They are more open water swimmers and love to perch on the rock, rather than down on the sand like a lot of gobies.

08/27/2012, 09:18 AM	#4
29144u Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 83	you should be able to add the 6 line -they are more terratorial than aggressive.

08/27/2012, 09:35 AM	#5
Lig Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: GA Posts: 89	Maybe a firefish.

08/27/2012, 02:27 PM	#8
daninflipflops In Memoriam Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Sarasota, FL Posts: 208	cool, thanks guys.

08/27/2012, 09:52 PM	#9
simpp88 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 184	Firefish, blenny or wrasse.

08/28/2012, 06:27 AM	#10
Spyderturbo007 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: PA Posts: 2,564	My Purple Firefish hides almost all day. She dug a hole under a rock and only comes out for maybe an hour or so each day. She is also very easily spooked. Move too fast and she's gone, walk by the tank and shes gone. She is the only fish in the tank so far and I never see her.

08/28/2012, 10:13 AM	#11
Reeffuzz Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Tempe,AZ Posts: 13	I second a blenny! They have a lot of personality and I laugh at mine constantly. You are close to being full though...