What dwarf angelfish can I get in a 15 gallon tank

[Sharkbait19]

Get the blue tang, clown, and pretty much everything but the springers damsel out of there first before even thinking of new fish.
Fish like the tang don’t just stop eating for no reason - there is something else in play whether it is keeper error, underlying disease, or hidden aggression.

 

[tanglover13]

No he did try to eat but every time I would go near the tank he would hide he used to come out when I was far away

 

[tanglover13]

So there is no point getting a dwarf Angel so is there any other nice colourful fish that is not a wrasse because the ones you guys are saying have been sold out for months near me

 

[James M]

what is this thread lol

 

[Sharkbait19]

So there is no point getting a dwarf Angel so is there any other nice colourful fish that is not a wrasse because the ones you guys are saying have been sold out for months near me

Nothing until everything else is removed.
Focus on taking care of what you have, not adding more to that burden.

 

[tanglover13]

I will remove all the other fish to the 200 gallon

 

[tanglover13]

But are they any nice colourful fish for a 15g

 

[tanglover13]

Any very colourful fish for a 15g baring in mind if it gets stressed to the 200 it will go

 

[GARRIGA]

Seems you have the 200 already therefore any small fish you place in that 15 can at anytime be moved to a larger tank if it becomes necessary. Any fish under 2" will be just fine. Although it's hard to beat a pair of clowns. If you like damsels then yellow-tail don't get big. Mine have remained under 2" going on two years plus in a 20H. Basically a tall 15. Can't see how pygmy/dwarf angel of similar size can't be there for an extended time. For example, 1" Flame isn't going to max out in a year and if it looks cramped then off to that 200 it goes.

If you just want to keep small fish for an extended period then have at it. Transhipper I was at kept anything under 3" in 15g tanks. They all seemed fine. All ate. No deaths. Didn't look stressed to me. Fact is I recommended he grab all the loose Hippo Tangs and place them in one 15g and afterwards they stopped hiding behind stand pipes or fleeing as others approached. These were very small hippo tangs. Must have been a half dozen plus in there. Granted these were hooked up to a massive oversized central wet dry system therefore no chance of contaminants.

Obviously this won't sit well with others and just offering based on my own experience. Plus having a 200 at your side to move something over if it does look stressed is an added insurance policy. Honestly, not going to know until you try.

 

[tanglover13]

Thanks I might try a small lemon peel Angel fish

 

[tanglover13]

It is half an inch to an inch

 

[2020 Worst Year]

So there is no point getting a dwarf Angel so is there any other nice colourful fish that is not a wrasse because the ones you guys are saying have been sold out for months near me

Candy basslet i have just ordered 1 ultimate nano fish

 

[tanglover13]

I just want to see if they would do okay in there I don’t want anything to die like the tang

 

[tanglover13]

They are like 1 grand the candy basslet

 

[tanglover13]

I would put them straight into my big tank if I bought one but they are fire I might buy one for the 200

 

[Sharkbait19]

Seems like you’re going to do whatever you want so can we really stop you?

 

[tanglover13]

Yeah but Garrick said it would be fine unless you have any nice colourful not that expensive not a wrasse fish that would be okay in there for a bit

 

[2020 Worst Year]

They are like 1 grand the candy basslet

so? you said you wanted colour?

 

[tanglover13]

@Sharkbait19

 

[tanglover13]

What do you think I should get guys that is not a wrasse