Blue colored fish in 30g tank?

captmilkchoco · 06/30/2016, 01:32 PM

I have a smaller tank and would like some blue fish that are reef safe and peaceful/semi aggressive.

The obvious answer is chromis, but I've seen plenty of warnings about them being reduced to 1 and susceptible to parasites. So not those. Any other suggestions?

lespaul339 · 06/30/2016, 01:41 PM

Blue Gudgeon Dartfish

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...94&pcatid=1694

Would be reef safe and peaceful. A yellow tail damsel would be a nice splash of color too, but you might run into issues keeping one in a 30 gallon with other peaceful fish.

Bent · 06/30/2016, 02:07 PM

X2 ^

BigEZ77 · 06/30/2016, 02:09 PM

Yellow tail damsel, last

fcmatt · 06/30/2016, 02:12 PM

A blue assessor. I have no idea if they are still pricey like they were years and year ago.

Yea.. price came down a bit but still an expensive fish.

Psychomantix · 06/30/2016, 02:33 PM

If you want some blue in your tank, I recommend just getting blue sand.

captmilkchoco · 06/30/2016, 03:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lespaul339

Blue Gudgeon Dartfish

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...94&pcatid=1694

Would be reef safe and peaceful. A yellow tail damsel would be a nice splash of color too, but you might run into issues keeping one in a 30 gallon with other peaceful fish.

I like the look of that! I have a firefish in the tank now, with a pink streaked wrasse and couple clowns planned. Will it work with them? (particularly with the firefish, since it's another dartfish)

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Originally Posted by BigEZ77

Yellow tail damsel, last

As in add to the tank last? Before or after a pair of clowns (since they can get territorial)?

ChimolaFish · 06/30/2016, 03:35 PM

Blue Springer's Damsel. Very cool, nice damsel. Eat flatworms too

BigEZ77 · 06/30/2016, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by captmilkchoco

As in add to the tank last? Before or after a pair of clowns (since they can get territorial)?

Yup, last fish. The clowns shouldn't bully it too much...since they're all damsels, they read each others signals pretty well...At worst they'll keep the YT in check. I added a YT Damsel and Sixline together at the same time, last. Already have established clowns in my tank. Everyone has been getting along well...so far

Oh, and get a small Damsel so it will grow up being the runt so to speak.

Also agree with the Springeri Damsel, if you'd don't plan on getting a wrasse...since they'll eat flatworms as well.

Sk8r · 06/30/2016, 08:30 PM

Gudgeons jump and jump high. You absolutely need a jump screen.

lespaul339 · 07/01/2016, 07:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captmilkchoco

I like the look of that! I have a firefish in the tank now, with a pink streaked wrasse and couple clowns planned. Will it work with them? (particularly with the firefish, since it's another dartfish)

I think you should be fine since the Firefish is (Nemateleotris magnifier) and the Blue Gudgeon is (Ptereleotris heteroptera). You usually run into problems when you mixing ones from the same family.

captmilkchoco · 07/01/2016, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by lespaul339

I think you should be fine since the Firefish is (Nemateleotris magnifier) and the Blue Gudgeon is (Ptereleotris heteroptera). You usually run into problems when you mixing ones from the same family.

Awesome. Thanks so much.

johnike · 07/01/2016, 08:31 AM

Springeri Damsels.
Beautiful and peaceful.

billdogg · 07/01/2016, 02:30 PM

I vote for the Blue Gudgeon Goby as well. Very peaceful. And like Sk8r said, JUMPERS!!! If you don't have a screen top on yet, get one first. You need one with the firefish anyway.

ziggy2 · 07/01/2016, 02:37 PM

I picked up a blue velvet Damsel, but he's ornery.

MrHyde · 07/01/2016, 02:57 PM

Those Blue Reef Chromis are nice. They can be somewhat delicate though IME.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...113&pcatid=113

Pigpen17 · 07/01/2016, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by johnike

Springeri Damsels.
Beautiful and peaceful.

Oh wow! I love it.

God I hate being fully stocked!

Dkuhlmann · 07/02/2016, 05:17 AM

I vote for the Starcki Damsel. To me one of the prettiest damsels and they're on the mild side as far as aggression goes. I'm pretty sure they're only available at certain times of the year and recently they've been popping up.

If I didn't have my Cherub Angel I'd get the Starcki for my tank. Both are a beautiful blue but being that my CA is an Ahole Terrorist, I need to put off the Starcki until the CA is no longer of this world

BigEZ77 · 07/02/2016, 05:21 AM

+1. It also feeds on algae!

cougareyes · 07/03/2016, 12:14 PM

If you look real hard you'll see he blue assessor in the center coming out from the large cave, that was his house. The pink streaked wrasse in my BC14, pictures usually don't do them justice, a really beautiful elegant fish. I did read your other post where you mentioned a pink streaked wrasse right? They would look so awesome together, the wrasse cruises through the rocks and are very active.

homer1475 · 07/03/2016, 02:22 PM

Indigo dottyback. This is a stock live aquaria photo, but mine is a very striking blue.

Bent · 07/03/2016, 05:21 PM

I wouldn't touch either a dottyback or a damsel with a 10 foot pole in a 30g...

billdogg · 07/03/2016, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bent

I wouldn't touch either a dottyback or a damsel with a 10 foot pole in a 30g...

X 1000

Either is bound to become a holy terror sooner (probably) or later.

BigEZ77 · 07/03/2016, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by cougareyes

If you look real hard you'll see he blue assessor in the center coming out from the large cave, that was his house. The pink streaked wrasse in my BC14, pictures usually don't do them justice, a really beautiful elegant fish. I did read your other post where you mentioned a pink streaked wrasse right? They would look so awesome together, the wrasse cruises through the rocks and are very active.

What is that blue stuff all over your rock in the first pic? Looks nice and doesn't seem to be affecting your corals.

cougareyes · 07/03/2016, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by BigEZ77

What is that blue stuff all over your rock in the first pic? Looks nice and doesn't seem to be affecting your corals.

It's snowflake polyps, it's nice if you don't mind it covering almost every square inch of available rock. It doesn't grow over stuff but it spreads like wildfire. I had 3 nanos going at the time and everyone that came over would just go "wow" cause man it popped. Even though I warned everyone, everyone had to have a frag.

06/30/2016, 01:32 PM	#1
captmilkchoco Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 65	Blue colored fish in 30g tank? I have a smaller tank and would like some blue fish that are reef safe and peaceful/semi aggressive. The obvious answer is chromis, but I've seen plenty of warnings about them being reduced to 1 and susceptible to parasites. So not those. Any other suggestions?

06/30/2016, 01:41 PM	#2
lespaul339 Reefer Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Iowa Posts: 903	Blue Gudgeon Dartfish http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...94&pcatid=1694 Would be reef safe and peaceful. A yellow tail damsel would be a nice splash of color too, but you might run into issues keeping one in a 30 gallon with other peaceful fish. __________________ Reefer Madness! Current Tank Info: 60x24x24 150 gallon reef, 55 gallon sump.

06/30/2016, 02:07 PM	#3
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	X2 ^ __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump

06/30/2016, 02:09 PM	#4
BigEZ77 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Ottawa ON Canada Posts: 797	Yellow tail damsel, last __________________ Russell Banggai / Yellow Wrasse / Black Ice and Davinci Clowns / Flame Angel / Royal Gramma / Blue Chromis / LPS (dominated) / Monti's / Softies / BTA's Current Tank Info: 45G Rimless, Tunze 9004, Kessil A160WE, Gyre XF130, 50lbs rock, Reef Crystals, Phosguard in reactor, Matrix, Chemipure Blue and NP XL biopellets in sump

06/30/2016, 03:35 PM	#8
ChimolaFish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Columbus, Ohio Posts: 560	Blue Springer's Damsel. Very cool, nice damsel. Eat flatworms too __________________ 300 Penninsula: Mixed Reef, 3 Hawaiian Dwarf Morays, 3 Watanabe Angels, 4 Molucca Damsels, 3 Staghorn Damsels, 1 Sgt Major, 1 Springer's, and 1 Magnificient Foxface.

06/30/2016, 02:12 PM	#5
fcmatt Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: NH Posts: 850	A blue assessor. I have no idea if they are still pricey like they were years and year ago. Yea.. price came down a bit but still an expensive fish.

06/30/2016, 02:33 PM	#6
Psychomantix Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Canada Posts: 120	If you want some blue in your tank, I recommend just getting blue sand.

06/30/2016, 08:30 PM	#10
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	Gudgeons jump and jump high. You absolutely need a jump screen. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

07/01/2016, 08:31 AM	#13
johnike Moved On Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bureau County Illinois Posts: 5,406	Springeri Damsels. Beautiful and peaceful.

07/01/2016, 02:30 PM	#14
billdogg Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Grove City, Ohio Posts: 10,806	I vote for the Blue Gudgeon Goby as well. Very peaceful. And like Sk8r said, JUMPERS!!! If you don't have a screen top on yet, get one first. You need one with the firefish anyway. __________________ 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

07/01/2016, 02:37 PM	#15
ziggy2 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Posts: 72	I picked up a blue velvet Damsel, but he's ornery.

07/01/2016, 02:57 PM	#16
MrHyde Registered Member. Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 99	Those Blue Reef Chromis are nice. They can be somewhat delicate though IME. http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/p...113&pcatid=113

07/02/2016, 05:17 AM	#18
Dkuhlmann Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: NW Iowa Posts: 8,823	I vote for the Starcki Damsel. To me one of the prettiest damsels and they're on the mild side as far as aggression goes. I'm pretty sure they're only available at certain times of the year and recently they've been popping up. If I didn't have my Cherub Angel I'd get the Starcki for my tank. Both are a beautiful blue but being that my CA is an Ahole Terrorist, I need to put off the Starcki until the CA is no longer of this world __________________ Previous tanks: 200 gal fowlr 9" Emperor Angel and many different butterfly fish 4" maroon clown and several other fish, 50 gal sump, 40 gal mixed reef/fish mostly softies and LPS. Current Tank Info: 40b 750 gph 45 lbs lr, 2"-3" sand, 165w full spectrum dimable LED, 20 gal sump/refugium 30 lbs lr, Bak Pak 2 skimmer, 4" sock temp 79-80, sg 1.026, NH3 0, NO2 0, NO3 <10, ph 8.2, calc 400, mag 1300

07/02/2016, 05:21 AM	#19
BigEZ77 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Ottawa ON Canada Posts: 797	+1. It also feeds on algae! __________________ Russell Banggai / Yellow Wrasse / Black Ice and Davinci Clowns / Flame Angel / Royal Gramma / Blue Chromis / LPS (dominated) / Monti's / Softies / BTA's Current Tank Info: 45G Rimless, Tunze 9004, Kessil A160WE, Gyre XF130, 50lbs rock, Reef Crystals, Phosguard in reactor, Matrix, Chemipure Blue and NP XL biopellets in sump

07/03/2016, 02:22 PM	#21
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Indigo dottyback. This is a stock live aquaria photo, but mine is a very striking blue. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

07/03/2016, 05:21 PM	#22
Bent I got nothin' Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The anals Posts: 6,420	I wouldn't touch either a dottyback or a damsel with a 10 foot pole in a 30g... __________________ Quitters never lose. [QUOTE=CStrickland]Who gets mad at a starfish?[/QUOTE] Current Tank Info: 75g DT, 30G refugium, 10g chaeto tank, 50g stock tank basement sump