Is there any eel safe for a 20 gallon

Best Fish-Jake · Apr 27, 2017

Datnerd14 said:
I've decided to do a 49 gallon to allow more stocking and the more I look at it the more I like the six line wrasse I think that stocking would be better with
1 moray
3green cromis
1six line wrasse
1 flame back angel
if that stocking is ok I would like that one more then having two predators in my tank to only one

Looks good if you add the 6 line big, fat, and last. (After cycling) I'd add the 3 chromis first, wait a few weeks then add the flame angel, wait a couple weeks then add the eel, wait a few more weeks then add the big 6 line. 6 line wrasse can be aggressive, which is why you would want to add it last.

I say add it 'big and fat' because the eel would be able to eat it otherwise..

If you get the eel smaller, then you can add a smaller 6 line wrasse

Webslinger · Apr 27, 2017

Feed the Golden dwarf eel, 1 or 2 times a week, a veriety (clams, shrimp, krill, squid... stay away from silversides) and any fish will be fine. They are not a aggressive eel at all. I have clown goby, mandarin, small yellow wrasse and he pays them no attention. He sleeps in the same cave with my diamond goby.

Brian W · Apr 27, 2017

Best Fish-Jake said:
They need a bit more space than a 20.. most LFS have their livestock in smaller tanks because it's only a temporary home

True
Thanks

Datnerd14 · Apr 27, 2017

Sorry I'm not doing a 49 I am doing a 40 I had a typo I don't think I like cromis that much if I could I might try two plane clowns and keep the stocking a little
Lower

Best Fish-Jake · Apr 27, 2017

Same reccomendations but sub the chromis for clowns

Datnerd14 · Apr 27, 2017

What I will most likely i read cromis need to be In groups of six

Best Fish-Jake · Apr 27, 2017

Chromis are fine singular and in nearly any herd amount. Most schooling fish prefer packs of 6 or more

Datnerd14 · Apr 27, 2017

Yeah that's what is recommended for tetra

tyler1503 · Apr 27, 2017

Datnerd14 said:
I've decided to do a 49 gallon to allow more stocking and the more I look at it the more I like the six line wrasse I think that stocking would be better with
1 moray
3green cromis
1six line wrasse
1 flame back angel
if that stocking is ok I would like that one more then having two predators in my tank to only one

Sounds good! I'd add the wrasse last though, they can be aggressive to new additions. Keep a few weeks or months between additions and you're good to go!
Keep in mind a lot of people report most chromis can be aggressive with other chromis. You may start with three, but you may have only one left weeks later.

Jimmy Lee said:
really? Why not? just curious. I say one at my lfs the other day in a s9 biocube...just assumed it was safe..

They mostly don't accept frozen foods easily and need to hunt. They need a lot of live foods so you need lots of rockwork for the foods to survive and reproduce. A bit like mandarins needing plenty of pods.
Also, they need a deep sand bed, at least a foot thick as they burrow into the sand.
They really need about a 120 or more

Datnerd14 · Apr 27, 2017

I'm not going to do cromis I think I like just the common clown try and pair them up using some of the methods I've seen on I tube

Brian W · Apr 28, 2017

tyler1503 said:
Sounds good! I'd add the wrasse last though, they can be aggressive to new additions. Keep a few weeks or months between additions and you're good to go!
Keep in mind a lot of people report most chromis can be aggressive with other chromis. You may start with three, but you may have only one left weeks later.

They mostly don't accept frozen foods easily and need to hunt. They need a lot of live foods so you need lots of rockwork for the foods to survive and reproduce. A bit like mandarins needing plenty of pods.
Also, they need a deep sand bed, at least a foot thick as they burrow into the sand.
They really need about a 120 or more