Will the tank have any type of cover? Wrasses and firefish are accomplished jumpers.My ocellaris clowns (two) are almost done with quarantine and ready to go into my tank. I'm now starting to think - what's next?
I have a RedSea Reefer 250 (54 gallon ID), 6 weeks old. I know I want a pistol shrimp/watchmen pair at some point. I will have corals (mostly LPS) and invertebrates. The corals and invertebrates are the reason I wanted a reef tank to be honest. There's nothing like that available for freshwater!
So options? I've managed to rule out a lot of things already... but clearly not enough!
Banggai cardinals
PJ cardinals
Blue neon goby
Small wrasse (flasher or fairy type)
Firefish or purple firefish
Blenny of some sort (midas, canary, bicolor)
Royal Gramma
My preferences are for interesting personalities (which, I think, rules out cardinals), so right now the wrasse is high on my wish list. Is it going to be too early (tank will be 4 months old by the time they'd be out of QT) for a wrasse?
Can I keep any of the blennies or neon gobies with the watchman goby?
Any of these do better in pairs or trios than solo?
How many fish is too many? I've found numbers ranging from 4 - 8.
I'm wanting to pick the next 1-2 fish for QT in the next week or so in order to make sure I can find them or, if necessary, have my LFS order them.
Thanks!
Neon gobies and midas will coexist well with a watchman/pistol pr.
Neon gobies and firefish can be kept as pairs, as long as they are bonded. Otherwise they will kill other conspecifics.