Good Fish To put with a Maroon & Gold Clown and a Coral Beauty?

[BenV]

I have a 29 gal. tank and have a Maroon and Gold Clownfish and a Coral Beauty. What other fish do well, have peaceful temperment, and are not so likely to die in a newly set up tank? Any sites that might help me out would be great!\

[scubadude]

Hi Ben

I would think that would be fairly close to a bioload on your system (depending on setup) and would be extremely selective if I did put another fish in there. How big are the m/g clown, and CB right now?

[Elmo18]

Hello Ben

Those two fish do get big for a 29 gallon. Then again i do have 4 clownfishes in a 27 gallon...two separate pairs, which I don't suggest trying.

For your situation, possibly a goby, such as a Watchman goby, or any of the small gobies should do well. Is this tank stocked with lots of live rock or sand?

- Elmo

[BenV]

Hi Elmo,
I have about 1-2 inches of arag-alive sand and about 35 lbs. of cured,(starting to form coraline) live rock. And I'm glad you said a goby because yesterday I just bought a firefish goby. He seems to do great with the other two. And I know I have to take the other two out eventually but for right now they seem peaceful and happy with their space. The Coral Beauty is only about 2 1/2" long and the clown is only 1 1/2" long. How do you know when they are getting too big for the tank? Do they show any specific signs? Also I was wondering how a serpant star would do in a tank like this? I've read that you can get one for every 10 gallons of tank. Now, I don't want to get more than just one, but still wanted to get your opinion on this. You seem to be a little more experienced than me. I've only been into the hobby for close to 6 months but LOVE doing it! Any opinions you'd like to share would be awesome!

BenV

Hello Ben

Those two fish do get big for a 29 gallon. Then again i do have 4 clownfishes in a 27 gallon...two separate pairs, which I don't suggest trying.

For your situation, possibly a goby, such as a Watchman goby, or any of the small gobies should do well. Is this tank stocked with lots of live rock or sand?

- Elmo

[vtec si]

IME, Firefish do better in pairs or in a schooling enviroment. I have never seen one last by itself. MEO!

Martin

[BenV]

Hi Rocky,

The m/g clown is about 1 1/2" long and the coral beauty is about 1 1/2-2" long. I heard gobys are reefsafe and peaceful as well so I added a firefish goby and they all seem happier. I also added my very first plant or coral of any sort. It's a green polyp with green little tips at the end of these fingers. I don't know any technical name for it. Anyways, is this a good polyp to have? Easy to keep alive

Hi Ben

I would think that would be fairly close to a bioload on your system (depending on setup) and would be extremely selective if I did put another fish in there. How big are the m/g clown, and CB right now?