Fish suggestions!

slipknotgrrl83 · Jan 17, 2020

Hi all! It's been a while since I posted, I recently upgraded from rsr 170 to a rsr 250 and want to add a few more colorful and peaceful fish. I have a percula clown, firefish, yellow coris wrasse and a red striped wrasse. I would love to get a melanarus but not sure it would work? Although both my wrasses are cool together. Thoughts? Any other suggestions? Thanks!

Spare time · Jan 17, 2020

I wouldnt mix a melanarus and a coris as they are in the same genus which sometimes causes problems (not 100% certain on these two not getting along but I dont think they). Have you thought about a blenny? They have great personalities! Another fun fish would be an engineer goby. Dragon face pipefish are peaceful and easy as long as you have a lot of copepods.

slipknotgrrl83 · Jan 17, 2020

Spare time said:
I wouldnt mix a melanarus and a coris as they are in the same genus which sometimes causes problems (not 100% certain on these two not getting along but I dont think they). Have you thought about a blenny? They have great personalities! Another fun fish would be an engineer goby. Dragon face pipefish are peaceful and easy as long as you have a lot of copepods.

Ty , I had an engineer goby that got HUGE and was constantly digging holes but will look into the others

Spare time · Jan 17, 2020

Also royal grammas are really neat to look at

slipknotgrrl83 · Jan 18, 2020

Spare time said:
Also royal grammas are really neat to look at

I agree but I've tried 2 in the past and both died within a week (two separate purchases).

Jesterrace · Jan 18, 2020

Maybe a few Dispar or Ignatus Anthias if you want color and activity. I agree that a Melanurus wouldn't be a good choice given that you already have a Halichoeres in there and they can be aggressive towards other wrasses in general (mine doesn't care much for my Blue Star Leopard Wrasse, but they tolerate each other for the most part).