Next Fish/Coral

[Maine Reefer]

Currently I have a 65 gallon tank with only one clownfish, a mushroom coral and one frag of zoanthids. I was wondering what fish should I get next? Should I try another clownfish? My only worry is if they don't get along I don't have anywhere to put one of them. My corals have been in there for about a week and they are looking great, especially the mushroom.

 

[Big G]

How about a fish that will help clean the tank for you? Algae eater, sand sifter, etc.?

 

[Maine Reefer]

How about a fish that will help clean the tank for you? Algae eater, sand sifter, etc.?

Like a goby? My LFS said I could get a Kole Eye Tang and return it every few years for a younger one. What goby do you suggest? Should I wait on the Tang or not?

 

[Big G]

Pink or Blue spot gobies are great - some sift more sand than others. Have a pink in my DT. Had a Golden Head Sleeper Goby. He was a sand sifting machine. Some don't like them because they can dump sand on low lying corals. Yellow Eye Kole Tangs are absolutely beautiful if fed properly. But they both do much better if there is some algae present.

 

[LetItReef]

Wrasse- Flasher type
Blenny- Midas or Starry

 

[Maine Reefer]

Pink or Blue spot gobies are great - some sift more sand than others. Have a pink in my DT. Had a Golden Head Sleeper Goby. He was a sand sifting machine. Some don't like them because they can dump sand on low lying corals. Yellow Eye Kole Tangs are absolutely beautiful if fed properly. But they both do much better if there is some algae present.

Could I feed it those seaweed things?

 

[Big G]

Could I feed it those seaweed things?

Mine like the frozen Marine Cuisine and Formula Two, and pretty much any pellet food but especially Hikari Marine S and PE Mysis pellets.

 

[GoVols]

Like a goby? My LFS said I could get a Kole Eye Tang and return it every few years for a younger one. What goby do you suggest? Should I wait on the Tang or not?

When I had a sand bed I used to keep a Diamond Goby and they keep your sand clean and aerated.
Need to put a screen top on for them, they are known jumpers

And need to get them to eat Mysis shrimp.

Tail Spot blenny's are really neat too

 

[Big G]

But yes, the Kole would probably love some nori (seaweed) wrapped around a rock (use a rubber band to keep it in place). What's weird is you never know which seaweed they are going to like. If you buy the kind in the supermarket for people it's real cheap. If they don't like it then try the fish seaweed: green, red, purple until you find the one they like best.

 

[GoVols]

But yes, the Kole would probably love some nori (seaweed) wrapped around a rock (use a rubber band to keep it in place). What's weird is you never know which seaweed they are going to like. If you buy the kind in the supermarket for people it's real cheap. If they don't like it then try the fish seaweed: green, red, purple until you find the one they like best.

(lol)
The only seaweed that my tangs like is "Sally's Seaweed Salad" ;Wacky
But... They love the LRS Herbivore-Frenzy too

 

[Lninwa]

Another clownfish, a goby and some wrasses

 

[m3rcfh]

Should I try another clownfish? My only worry is if they don't get along I don't have anywhere to put one of them.

Make sure you get another clown from the same species and that is significantly smaller than the one you have, and they should do just fine! My pair of ocellaris used to fight at the LFS because they were in 3 at the tank. When I brought them home without the "third-wheel" they became best friends

 

[TheNano]

I would get a wrasse! Love them and they look awesome!

 

[Sorcha2]

Royal Gamma if you have sand and well secured rocks. Mine has all these little burrows that it sleeps in at night under all my rocks. He spends a alot of time swimming around with my single clown.

 

[Maine Reefer]

But yes, the Kole would probably love some nori (seaweed) wrapped around a rock (use a rubber band to keep it in place). What's weird is you never know which seaweed they are going to like. If you buy the kind in the supermarket for people it's real cheap. If they don't like it then try the fish seaweed: green, red, purple until you find the one they like best.

Do you think I will be able to care for it? This is my first saltwater aquarium.

 

[White Monkey]

Not useful, but i just wanted to point out that I am from Maine.

 

[Maine Reefer]

Not useful, but i just wanted to point out that I am from Maine.

Where in Maine? I’m near Portland.

 

[White Monkey]

Where in Maine? I’m near Portland.

Camden, I'm from an hour and a half up the coast from Portland.

 

[Maine Reefer]

Camden, I'm from an hour and a half up the coast from Portland.

Camden is a pretty cool place.

 

[Legal Reefer]

My diamond goby eats anything I feed him. Does a great job cleaning If you have a sand bed. Mine ate algae off the rock and back glass too. He does like to make some mountains though...lol. anything I do in the tank he's right there with me, although he will dart into one of his many tunnels when startled by fast movement. He comes swimming fast to chase after the feeding tube and loves mysis. Might not be the most colorful or prettiest, but works hard and is not shy when they get used to you.