Basslets

[Lori N]

Does anybody have any experience with putting a Royal gramma and a blackcap basslet in the same tank. I have a 32 bio cube. The gramma has been in the tank just came home with a blackcap basslet only thinking about it being reef compatible or not and I get home and it's not compatible with other basslets according to what I read. I can put it in my quarantine tank do you think that would be advisable?

 

[Brad Miller]

In a small tank, basslets won't play nice together
Nothing wrong with putting him in as a mother tank as long as you keep in mind your intended use for that tank

 

[Jesterrace]

2 basslets in a Biocube definitely would not be my first choice. If you had a 4-6 foot long tank it might work, but a 32 biocube doesn't offer much in the way of space for 2 fish that are fairly active and part of the same family. It also doesn't help that one is established and one is a newbie. If you do attempt it I would definitely do an acclimation box for the new basslet.

 

[mattzang]

@eatbreakfast

i've wondered about this myself, i think basslets and assessors can be mixed but idk about just basslets

 

[eatbreakfast]

A blackcap and royal gramma will fight, but they can be kept with more distantly related basslets, such as chalk, Liopropoma species or assessors.

 

[tautog83]

Give the royal gramma away and keep the black cap basslet :) I loved my black cap and especially my swissguard , cool little fish.