"Last fish" ideas?

GreenSpottedPuffer · #1 11-17-2009, 05:22 AM

I am looking for either one more small fish for my tank or maybe a small pair of fishes. 20x20x20, 34G.

Have:

Pearly Jawfish
2 x Purple Firefish
Tailspot Blenny

As of now, everyone gets along extremely well and I have never seen the slightest aggression. I really want to keep it that way.

I had been thinking of a pygmy angel but then that probably means aggression especially since the tank is small.

Any ideas? Needs to be an active fish that will swim in the open a lot. My fish all either perch or just hover now. Oh and either red or yellow is possible but not necessary

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Dez · #2 11-17-2009, 05:58 AM

A clownfish? Oscelleris or Perc is what I'm thinking. I find they are a hit with any guest because of Finding Nemo.

FitoPharmer · #3 11-17-2009, 06:01 AM

a pygmy angel is a great idea IMO, active, bright. i find they are aggressive but usually calm down within a week or less like most fish and hardly ever pick. and if its your last fish for the tank it really shouldn't be that aggressive since your other fish are lower in the water column and can hide better.

Delphinus · #4 11-17-2009, 06:09 AM

Red or yellow, huh. Hmmm.

Yellow assessor maybe? Or how about a candy basslet? I hear nice things about these fish (personality and suitability) and they're pretty (and yellow and yellow/red respectively). There are other fish in this category in other colours (black cap basslet, blue assessors, ... chaulk bass, gramma's .. etc.)

Thinking a Centropyge would eventually get too big. Although if you got a small enough one you could probably get 6-12 months before you had to consider rehoming him.

Delphinus · #5 11-17-2009, 06:12 AM

PS. Another obvious choice for red in a tank that size would be a flame hawk. I debated on mentioning it though because you said you'd prefer an open water swimmer and hawks are, well, .. not.

But you can't beat them for a splash of a red and a hilarious personality.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #6 11-17-2009, 06:49 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. Some good ideas.

I really want a flame hawk but I think it may be better to get something that actually swims around a bit more. Right now the fish I have are beautiful but not the most active. The firefish to swim around but its kind of more slow hovering

GreenSpottedPuffer · #7 11-17-2009, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

Thinking a Centropyge would eventually get too big. Although if you got a small enough one you could probably get 6-12 months before you had to consider rehoming him.

Yeah maybe. I had a flame angel once that never got any bigger than about 2.5"-3" in a few years and I think he would have been fine.

But I don't really want to get a fish that I will have to rehome.

muck · #8 11-17-2009, 07:29 AM

Love these guys...

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/hog...andyhogwrasse/

GreenSpottedPuffer · #9 11-17-2009, 08:12 AM

"Generally a relatively peaceful community fish, but may bother exceptionally docile, similarly shaped fishes such as Firefish"

This may be a bit of a problem. I have never had the best success with Wrasses being peaceful.

Very nice though.

muck · #10 11-17-2009, 02:24 PM

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/pse...chromisredsea/

or

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/hog...stripehogfish/

are also great looking fish IMO.