Blue fish suggestions

[Mmsetta]

Looking for suggestions on a blue colored fish to add to my 38g tank. I have two clowns and a royal gramma now. Want to add some blue color to the package- no damsels please!

Anyone have a favorite?

 

[wildcrazyjoker81]

Blue Gudgeon Dartfish is one of my favorites.

 

[Mmsetta]

Thanks! Reef safe?

 

[wildcrazyjoker81]

Absolutley. Make sure you got a good lid though.
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Blue Gudgeon Dartfish

 

[wildcrazyjoker81]

Also not quite a damsel, but a chromis
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Blue Reef Chromis

 

[jschultzbass]

I think the Chromis are the way to go.

 

[Mmsetta]

I was thinking about small school (3) chromis. But when I asked my lfs (which I tend to trust), he said they are prone to disease more so than other fish. He said he had a hard time getting good ones in. I have a qt soni was still thinking about taking my chances.

Anyone ever hear that chromis are difficult due to disease?

 

[Naiad]

I think the problem with cromis is they are often kept in overcrowded conditions at the collectors and wholesalers places. This leads to rampant diseases and very few fish that get enough food. Once you get a cromis healthy they are quite hardy. It is just that at the very beginning they need extra time and attention to recover.

 

[Mmsetta]

Picked up 3 blue-green chromis. Qt'ing them now. Thanks for the advice.

 

[3dees]

I have a scissor tail dart. beautiful blue and grey. yellowtail damsels are the least aggressive damsel and wouldn't be a problem if added last.

 

[wildcrazyjoker81]

They are great flashy fish. All mine that I buy typically make it through QT, but die off fairly fast in the DT. Hopefully you will get lucky.

 

[cpayne015]

Chromi will kill each other off in that tank imo.

 

[Mmsetta]

Kill each other off? I thought they were a schooling fish?i was under the impression they enjoyed living in multiples. One day in qt and they are eating and seem well. I'll keep updates. Hope they don't kill each other!

 

[wildcrazyjoker81]

Yes kill each other off. I think the whole schooling fish is false. Maybe they school in the wild or as juvi, but I have been through at least a dozen of them and have had 3 survive. They still chase each other around the tank nipping here and there.

 

[Mmsetta]

Thanks for that. Any issues with aggression to other fish?

 

[wildcrazyjoker81]

No agression to any other fish besides them selves. But then again my much larger tangs, angel, and mag foxface would pummel these little guys ha ha.

 

[Naiad]

No not directly to other fish. As for schools it is only possible in large aquariums with larger fish around. Schooling is a defensive mechanism and is common when they are young. Once they mature they fight for mates and breeding territory. You can get lucky sometimes. If all the fish are of the same size and in peak condition they can survive the harassment.