Good Starki companion?

[Trever]

I have a Starki Damsel in a 20 gallon long. Wasn't planned- had to pull him out of the DT and created a FOWLR for him. End result is actually great, though.

Any ideas on one more fish that I might add to this tank?

FOWLR for the near/mid term. Might do a zoa and/or cyphastria garden in there after a year or two, maybe a chalice or two.

 

[JumboShrimp]

A Pink Skunk Clown would be cool. I was never really big on them until I added one to my 20-gallon, with 1 Yellow Tail Damsel and Two Chromis.

 

[Zionas]

Sounds like you got a nice combo for a 20. Any bullying?

 

[JumboShrimp]

Surprisingly not. The occasional 'burst' of 'Hey, back off,' (which actually adds some interesting movement to the tank), but definitely no chasing per se, in the sense of 'I'm hunting you down-- don't think you're getting away!' LOL. Pretty chill, all-in-all.

 

[Zionas]

LOL. That’s nice. How long have you had these 4?

 

[Trever]

My starki was going to kill my Chromis in a 33 gallon cube. That's how come the Starki wound up in his own tank and I wound up posting here, musing about what to add, since one fish, while cool and doable and what I have now, seem less interesting than two.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Mine have been together for about 6 months, but I guess it boils down, as they say, to "Your mileage may vary."

 

[JumboShrimp]

I think a Clown and the Starki would be fine... I had this ‘designer’ Clown and this Yellow Tail Damsel together in a 7-gallon AIO for over a year; never a problem. (If you want to be ultra-sure, you could pull the Starki for a week when adding the Clown, and interrupt his ‘Home tank advantage’). Lol!!

 

[Zionas]

I wish the Starcki’s were more widely available where I am (in China lol). They remind me of the Resplendent Angels.