Help with stocking 20G Nuvo!

[Nick Steele]

Okay tank is cycled and I’m picking up my first fish tomorrow from the store! I have a forsure fish that I want and it’s a tailspot blenny 1000% love them and it’s going in all my smaller systems. After that I’m up in the air on what I want due to issues of size/compatibility.


Definitely getting
Tailspot blenny
shrimp (cleaner or blood)

Need some help deciding on
1) longnose hawk (comp w/ blenny)
2) Whitebanded possum wrasse (comp w/ blenny)
3) Azure damsels (3 too many?)
Clownfish (previous tank had want something different)


I know I can’t have all that in there and I’m interested in pairing either hawk or wrasse with the damsels. Or maybe just damsels.

Pic of tank to show aquascape.

 

[littlefoxx]

Long nose hawkfish is too big for a 20 gal. LA says minimum 30 gallons. I have mine in a 70 gallon, he is pretty active for a perching fish. No way would I put mine in anything smaller. Plus they can kill cleaner shrimp. Mine picked off a pepperment shrimp day one in the tank

 

[littlefoxx]

I also think 3 damsels in a 20 gal would be a warzone. I would stick with one. I have one of these and boy is he a butt in a 70, cant imagine having more than one.

 

[Nick Steele]

Long nose hawkfish is too big for a 20 gal. LA says minimum 30 gallons. I have mine in a 70 gallon, he is pretty active for a perching fish. No way would I put mine in anything smaller. Plus they can kill cleaner shrimp. Mine picked off a pepperment shrimp day one in the tank

I’ve heard mixed things and have seen people do them in 20g. Wife likes them so it was put onto list. They are cool fish and I wouldn’t mind not having the shrimp also.

I also think 3 damsels in a 20 gal would be a warzone. I would stick with one. I have one of these and boy is he a butt in a 70, cant imagine having more than one.

Thought on more then one was due to aggression. 3 gives them different targets as to not bully one specific fish in tank. Also azures are usually the calmer species of damsels if I’m not mistaken.

 

[littlefoxx]

I’ve heard mixed things and have seen people do them in 20g. Wife likes them so it was put onto list. They are cool fish and I wouldn’t mind not having the shrimp also.

Thought on more then one was due to aggression. 3 gives them different targets as to not bully one specific fish in tank. Also azures are usually the calmer species of damsels if I’m not mistaken.

My damsel killed the other two damsels in QT after 3 days of them being in there. That was a 32 gallon. Thats the only reason I say that mine could also just be more psycho than the rest. I put a bigger damsel in with him cause he was too aggressive and that one checked him along with my female maroon clown. You might not have the same issues with yours

 

[Nick Steele]

My damsel killed the other two damsels in QT after 3 days of them being in there. That was a 32 gallon. Thats the only reason I say that mine could also just be more psycho than the rest. I put a bigger damsel in with him cause he was too aggressive and that one checked him along with my female maroon clown. You might not have the same issues with yours

What type of damsel? There’s so many!

 

[littlefoxx]

What type of damsel? There’s so many!

Azures. Was like thunderdome, 3 azure enter one azure leave lol. He is with a scarface damsel now thats 4 times his size.

 

[littlefoxx]

So I looked closer at my damsel, he is actually a yellow tail damsel! My bad! The group was sold to me as azures a year ago

 

[Nick Steele]

Azures. Was like thunderdome, 3 azure enter one azure leave lol. He is with a scarface damsel now thats 4 times his size.

Okay interesting!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I would not put more than 3 or 4 fish in the tank, there are no hiding spaces.

Personally, besides the clownfish, I don't agree with your choices... tank too small for the hawkfish, the possum wrasse requires a more mature tank with more rock, and damsels in that size tank will just kill each other. Again its just my 2 cents, its your tank after all, but I would prefer peaceful nano fish like gobies and blennies

 

[Nick Steele]

I would not put more than 3 or 4 fish in the tank, there are no hiding spaces.

Personally, besides the clownfish, I don't agree with your choices... tank too small for the hawkfish, the possum wrasse requires a more mature tank with more rock, and damsels in that size tank will just kill each other. Again its just my 2 cents, its your tank after all, but I would prefer peaceful nano fish like gobies and blennies

Thanks for the input! I’m only going to grab the tailspot blenny today and I’m planning out the rest for later on.