Oddball for a 10 gallon?

[LukeSivyer45]

Ive had a 10 gallon setup for 7 months now with a couple corals and im wondering what would be a super cool single fish for that tank? Ive thought about a seahorse, possum wrasse and yasha goby but what are everyone elses ideas?

 

[Tamberav]

Rhino blenny

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Rhino blenny

Is there care and dietary requirements easy?

 

[MaxTremors]

Seahorses are a lot of work and need cooler water. What about a frogfish? You’d have to keep up with water changes, have good filtration, and feed a variety of live food, but they’re super interesting.

 

[Tamberav]

Is there care and dietary requirements easy?

not much info on them because they are unusual but they should eat mysis. KPA has them.

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Seahorses are a lot of work and need cooler water. What about a frogfish? You’d have to keep up with water changes, have good filtration, and feed a variety of live food, but they’re super interesting.

Frogfish are cool however ive only heard they live about a year in captivity and live food is quite expensive where i live

 

[LukeSivyer45]

not much info on them because they are unusual but they should eat mysis. KPA has them.

I shall have a look

 

[i cant think]

Pipe blennies are different, I’m unsure of their care though.

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Pipe blennies are different, I’m unsure of their care though.

They very different indeed, quite a weird one

 

[polyppal]

I think the possum wrasse would be neat

 

[i cant think]

I think the possum wrasse would be neat

This is also a different species, also PseudocheilnOPS ataenia is a strange one to own but more common than the possum to grab. I do find possums to be harder to both obtain and have thrive than pseudocheilinops ataenia due to them not being great with frozen/prepared all the time.

 

[LukeSivyer45]

This is also a different species, also PseudocheilnOPS ataenia is a strange one to own but more common than the possum to grab. I do find possums to be harder to both obtain and have thrive than pseudocheilinops ataenia due to them not being great with frozen/prepared all the time.

Arent they like a peaceful six line?

 

[i cant think]

Arent they like a peaceful six line?

Pseudocheilinops ataenia is.

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Pseudocheilinops ataenia is.

Can they fit in a 10 gallon ie they have enough rock to peck at?

 

[i cant think]

Can they fit in a 10 gallon ie they have enough rock to peck at?

Mine swims very little and as long as they have the pests and food to peck on they’re happy and ever. I find these guys don’t really need Pods as much as a mandarin or their relatives (Macropharyngodon, Anampses ect…)

 

[nereefpat]

Banded pipefish

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Mine swims very little and as long as they have the pests and food to peck on they’re happy and ever. I find these guys don’t really need Pods as much as a mandarin or their relatives (Macropharyngodon, Anampses ect…)

Ah okay i shall consider them

 

[LukeSivyer45]

Banded pipefish

I think they are expert only

 

[PicassoClown04]

I think they are expert only

expert only on Live Aquaria only because they are poor shippers and often arrive DOA. They are fairly easy to care for with a diet of brine shrimp (which you can hatch yourself easily) and pods.

I have a yellow banded possum wrasse, lovely fish and I definitely recommend it although it can be reclusive.

I'm suggesting a geometric hawkfish, amazing beautiful fish and mine readily accepts frozen foods. It has had no issues with tankmates (although smaller shrimps and crabs would be an issue, I have a full sized cleaner shrimp with it and no problems)

 

[Cantusaurus]

A Coral Croucher Goby or a pistol shrimp/goby pair are two things that come to mind.
Both pretty cool additions to a small tank. Honestly, you could do a goby/shrimp pair, and some sort of small goby so you have a fish more in the open/in the upper portion of the tank, and you have a cool symbiotic relationship below.
But if you see a Coral Croucher consider it, they are super cool (in my opinion at least).