Centrepiece fish for 30 gallon reef

[kev.2013]

Im also a huge fan of my Pink Streaked Wrasse

(Not mine but looks exactly like this)

Always recommend a PSW

 

[vlangel]

That is what I wondered: if the significant factor was similarity in appearance. I might be fine with my choices (which are almost nothing alike), but maybe @Noah Hemingway would have trouble between a yellow watchman goby and midas blenny since they are somewhat alike in shape and color?

I too would be afraid that a Midas blenny looks too similar to a yellow watchman goby and that they might fight.

 

[Crustaceon]

Gem tang because it’s expensive, therefore it’s the best choice.

 

[Tamberav]

Starkii damsel.... amazing colors without the coral picking of a dwarf angel. Also a bit unusual to find and hardy.

Pic from google for reference

 

[MohrReefs]

Thanks for your response, vlangel. Since I may include one, I like to hear that a midas blenny can be a benevolent dictator!

That is what I wondered: if the significant factor was similarity in appearance. I might be fine with my choices (which are almost nothing alike), but maybe @Noah Hemingway would have trouble between a yellow watchman goby and midas blenny since they are somewhat alike in shape and color?

Its a possibility, every fish is different. Everyone warned me about the blenny and my mandarin dragonett and it could care less about the mandarin and picked another fish to punk lol.

I think watchmen and Midas are pretty docile though if I remember.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

You could try a valentini puffer? You just may need to watch out so that it doesnt nip at your corals

 

[Noah Hemingway]

You could try a valentini puffer? You just may need to watch out so that it doesnt nip at your corals

I would love one! But that’s my fear

 

[Dark_Knightt]

I would love one! But that’s my fear

Ive heard they are like dogs, so one could probably train the puffer not to nip at corals, like one does when training a dog not to pee on the floor lol.

 

[Noah Hemingway]

Ive heard they are like dogs, so one could probably train the puffer not to nip at corals, like one does when training a dog not to pee on the floor lol.

Hahahha maybe worth a shot!

 

[Noah Hemingway]

Starkii damsel.... amazing colors without the coral picking of a dwarf angel. Also a bit unusual to find and hardy.

Pic from google for reference

How aggressive are they?

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Gem tang because it’s expensive, therefore it’s the best choice.

#TangPolice come get ur mans

 

[Tamberav]

How aggressive are they?

Low on damsel aggressive scale. They are Chrysiptera damsel

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

How aggressive are they?

Mines is pretty peaceful, though in a 30 gallon they may be somewhat more boisterous as they are a larger species and can be pains to new additions for a day or 2 in my experience, but no damage is ever done. I imagine it will be fine if you add it later on and get a small one.

 

[Noah Hemingway]

Mines is pretty peaceful, though in a 30 gallon they may be somewhat more boisterous as they are a larger species and can be pains to new additions for a day or 2 in my experience, but no damage is ever done. I imagine it will be fine if you add it later on and get a small one.

Would probably be okay as the last addition right?

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Would probably be okay as the last addition right?

Yea id imagine so.

 

[Noah Hemingway]

Yea id imagine so.

Thanks

 

[wonroc]

A Beaver

 

[Stigigemla]

As You are having a 200 gallon reef already I would suggest to do something different with the small tank. Otherwise it would just be a small copy of the big tank or a frag center.
If the big one is SPS+ LPS I would recommend softies. The best for a 30 gallon would be mushrooms and maybe Zoanthus. Thats something I never would put in a 200 gallon because they are so hard to control if they begin to spread. In a 30 gallon its manageable.
For fishes I would have Ecsenius stigmatura and a pair of Stonogobius nematodes with a shrimp. Maybe a group of Apogon parvulus as free swimmers.
A few gobies such as Gobiodon okinawae or maybe some Trimma would end the fish list.

If You can connect the small tank with the big one Seahorses and gorgonians could be an alternativ.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

Maybe a Javanese Damsel ?

 

[blaxsun]

Dwarf Angelfish? I have a Midnight and Coral Beauty (separate tanks). Mandarin Dragonets are also nice but unless you find one that's latched onto frozen food you won't be able to cultivate a large enough copepod colony.

Also agree with the Sixline wrasse. The Leopard wrasse is also a very nice fish, and it's hilarious how it digs itself out of the substrate every morning!