Need help stocking...

Myka · #1 09-08-2013, 02:38 AM

More often than not, fish that have aggressive tendencies will be much more aggressive when housed in a small tank. Always add the most docile fish first and the most aggressive fish last. The Sergeant Major is not a good fish choice for a 29 gallon tank as they get much too large and much too aggressive when they do get bigger even if it is docile now. I would try to find another home for that fish and start from scratch. A Snowflake Eel would definitely be squishy in a 29 gallon tank and I would only recommend that if it was the only fish in the tank and you did big waterchanges to keep the water quality good since they do eat a lot (and then poop a lot).

Round fish · #2 09-08-2013, 03:28 AM

I read on diffrent sites that seargent majors are ok for nanos

newbie mistake I guess. And I think I'm gonna go with the biotope...

Myka · #3 09-08-2013, 03:50 AM

Hmmm, well there are many fish that go by the name "Sergeant Major", but the usual one referred to as a "Sergeant Major Damselfish" gets to be 6-8". Do you know which one yours is?

Round fish · #4 09-08-2013, 02:26 PM

Im pretty sure its the damselfish.

Round fish · #5 09-08-2013, 02:29 PM

I was also told by the sales clerk that there semi aggresive.( it was in a tank with some tomato clowns)

Myka · #6 09-08-2013, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Round fish

Im pretty sure its the damselfish.

Probably. They make better tankmates in big tanks where their adult aggression can be spread upon a larger population.

Round fish · #7 09-08-2013, 02:36 PM

Well I can't really afford to get a bigger tank ( only in high school) and I don't really have the space for anything bigger than 30 gallons

Myka · #8 09-08-2013, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Round fish

Well I can't really afford to get a bigger tank ( only in high school) and I don't really have the space for anything bigger than 30 gallons

That's ok. You can find a new home for the Sergeant Major. Maybe the LFS will take it back. I've seen this fish dominant an entire 65-gallon tank killing anything that was added to the tank. It lived happily with several other fish until it got bigger and started killing off the other fish until it was the only fish left.