Best pairing fish!

Jack Eskay · Feb 9, 2017

Hi just wanted to get everyone's opinion on what the best fish/ inverts that pair together are. I have a 70 gallon tank with 4 fish. Including two clowns. I would live to get a mandarin pair but I don't know my tank couldn't supply enough pods even with the fuge. So if anyone knows what a good, cute bonded pair would be I'd love to know!
Thanks!

eatbreakfast · Feb 10, 2017

70g will be a little tough for a pr of mandarins.

Firefish and bangaii cardinals will form bonded prs. Neon gobies, flame and longnose hawkfish, and diamond gobies all pr up.

goatcorals · Feb 10, 2017

I have a pair of zebra barred dartfish that are fun to watch. You could get 3 juv and have a good chance. Any 2 fish is 50/50, but odds with 3 are much better... too early for math

Preme · Feb 10, 2017

I think a pair of fire fish would look awesome or I love pajama cardinals also they will pair up great!

azbigjohn · Feb 10, 2017

If you watch Divers Den they frequently have bonded pairs... Unless you a very lucky, getting two of any fish does not frequently lead to a long term bonded pair.

In that size tank, I think you would enjoy a goby/pistol shrimp "pairing". Wathcing a Yellow Watchman Goby and a pistol shrimp work together to build a den, and keep each other safe and fed is always a blast, and they can actually seem personable...

There are many other gobies that with pair with pistol shrimp.

laga77 · Feb 10, 2017

Flame Hawkfish pair up really easy. I have two pairs and a pair of Longnose. A pair could fit in your tank nicely. No dry foods. Live,fresh, or frozen only.

Jack Eskay · Feb 10, 2017

azbigjohn said:
If you watch Divers Den they frequently have bonded pairs... Unless you a very lucky, getting two of any fish does not frequently lead to a long term bonded pair.

In that size tank, I think you would enjoy a goby/pistol shrimp "pairing". Wathcing a Yellow Watchman Goby and a pistol shrimp work together to build a den, and keep each other safe and fed is always a blast, and they can actually seem personable...

There are many other gobies that with pair with pistol shrimp.

I'll defiantly check divers den! I already plan on getting a goby shrimp pair for my 10 gallon so I'm looking for something a buy more active. I may also coincided skipping the pair and looking into a long nose butterfly. Do you think one would do well in my tank while it's small?

azbigjohn · Feb 10, 2017

Jack Eskay said:
I'll defiantly check divers den! I already plan on getting a goby shrimp pair for my 10 gallon so I'm looking for something a buy more active. I may also coincided skipping the pair and looking into a long nose butterfly. Do you think one would do well in my tank while it's small?

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I have not had a ton of luck getting long nosed butterflies to eat, so I hazard recommending them. That being said they are a nice looking fish if you are able to get them to eat consistently.

eatbreakfast · Feb 10, 2017

If you go to an LFS ask to see it eat. Wait until you can find one that gets right in the fray to eat.

Jack Eskay · Feb 10, 2017

eatbreakfast said:
If you go to an LFS ask to see it eat. Wait until you can find one that gets right in the fray to eat.

Will do, I know all about cbb but had bad success my first go with them and read that the long nose do a lot better.

Jack Eskay · Feb 10, 2017

azbigjohn said:
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I have not had a ton of luck getting long nosed butterflies to eat, so I hazard recommending them. That being said they are a nice looking fish if you are able to get them to eat consistently.

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Larry Somers · Jun 29, 2018

I have a magnificent fireface and an Atlantic blue tang, two different species, that have bonded (paired), always together!
Anybody else who has seen pairing of different species?