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Discussion in 'Tropical Fish' started by Industry, Feb 10, 2013.

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  1. Camkha1234

    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    Maybe some sort of Wrasse?
     
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  3. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    Midas Blenny, if you need some more yellow in the tank :) They won't touch much as far as algae goes, but are awesome, "outgoing" fish in general. There are some other blennies that will eat algae you could look into as well. I love my Tail Spot Blenny, but with how small they are it may get lost in that size tank.
     
  4. Industry

    Industry Astrea Snail

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    Am i going to be fully stocked if I go with this list? I'm looking for suggestions for fish with Personality in addition to those listed. I think I will forgo the blenny for the time being.
     
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    BoB123 Spaghetti Worm

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    That's plenty of room but give plenty of rock work for the manderine and blennys otherwise they will fight and you can get a manderine whenever you want by training it to eat mysys that's what I'm going to do.
     
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    Industry Astrea Snail

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    Any suggestions on a few fish to replace the Pj cardinals? Wife changed her mind.
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    Have the Dwarf Angels been ruled out yet or Hawk fish, like a flame?

    I do not see Anthias on your list either.
     
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  9. Industry

    Industry Astrea Snail

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    If I were to add a lemonpeel angel should it go in before or after the clowns?
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    The only fish I would add at the same time as the clowns. Lemon peels can be just as pushy and aggressive as a pair of established clowns.
     
  11. Industry

    Industry Astrea Snail

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    I'm pretty new at this. I only have a 20L as a qt tank. I assume I can't qt a lemonpeel and 2 clowns in that tank. Any suggestions?
    Also, I went looking and I like the anthias. Should hey go in before the lemon and clowns? Thanks.
     
  12. Marshall O

    Marshall O Giant Squid

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    You should only QT one fish at a time, unless they are a mated pair that came from the same tank IMO. That tank is definitely too small for 3 fish though and it would be very hard to maintain water quality. If the clowns are small juveniles, they should be fine to QT together. You may want to look into prophylactically treating them for brooklynella during the QT, as it is a common disease with clowns.

    As far the Anthias, they should definitely be added before the angel or clowns IMO. Do some research on them first though, as it can be very difficult to meet there dietary needs (they have very fast metabolisms and need to eat multiple times throughout the day IIRC).