Interesting nano fish for a red sea max 130

[Angel_Anthias lover]

I have a red sea max 130 currently with a yellow clown goby, geometric pygmy Perchlet and various soft corals.

What fish or inverts would you recommend for this tank. I would like to keep the tank as peaceful as possible

I quite like the look of golden assessors and blue stripe pipefish (the tank has been running for at least 3 years), royal grammas and ecsenius blennies. So what would you suggest

 

[aurora.k]

I am obsessed with the Coral Croucher but I only do captive bred. Otherwise I would get it in a heartbeat: https://m.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+2124+1425&pcatid=1425

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Thank you for the suggestion , very nice fish, will look into it
I'm sure it won't be long til they're captive bred with the recent aquaculture advancements

 

[SaltBabies]

I love the coral crouchers I buy them as bonded pairs (I'm hoping to breed them). Yasha gobies (which you can get CB) with a randal's pistol shrimp.

I have a 2 blue stripe pipefish (very recent still in quarantine) but everything I've read and seen they are easy to adapt to prepared foods so an aged tank is nice but they can sustain.

Ruby reds are pretty and stay small. Mine thrive in 30 gallons (they spawn and eat mysid).

Barnacle blennies

red spot cardinals stay small and I've read but no experience that they are peaceful, bangaii get big and can be mean.

exquisite firefish stays small

panda goby (though clown goby might not like that)

Neon/sharknose gobies have such great personalities.

Pink stripe wrasse

red stripe goby

 

[SaltBabies]

BTW how do you like your geometric hawkfish (which is actually and antias family I think). I am thinking about a pair for my other tank when I rehab it.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Thank you for the suggestions , loving the barnacles blennies. Like the idea of the red spot cardinals too and the sharknose gobies are beautiful. I was thinking of a dragons for the tank so definitely will think about the ruby red.

As for the geometric pygmy Perchlet he or she is one of my favourite fish , their colours are stunning and are quite personable. Also very peaceful and didn't even touch my sexy shrimp. He was quite shy at first and took a while to become more confident , he's almost always in a noticeable position but can still be quite cryptic at times . Definitely would recommend one

here's mine

 

[SaltBabies]

That's a cutie

 

[eatbreakfast]

A colony of barnacle blennies or pike blennies.

Curious wormfish

Grammica goby

Forktail blenny.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Barnacles Blennies are very unusual, I like them. The lined dartfish was something I never thought of , thanks for the suggestions

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Are the lined dartfish difficult to keep or are they similar to firefish and other dartfish in terms of their ability to adapt

 

[eatbreakfast]

They are more shy than scissortail dartfish.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Ok thank you

 

[freshy&salty]

Ive grown to love "jaque" my cleaner shrimp. Hes a basic simple everyday cleaner shrimp, red and white, but i was told having one in the tank gives the fish a 40 - 50% better chance of staying healthy. Idk if thats true but my fish havent had any issues, and watching him "matrix" walk around the tank is awesome. Plus hes super social when it comes to cleaning the tank. Hes usually on my wrist the whole time. I thought i had a pic of him but i guess i need one.
I only really got him cause i was told theyre good to have in a reef and now id be super bummed if he was gone.

 

[Jesterrace]

Pink Striped or possum wrasse would give you something unique (oh and the picture doesn't do the Pink Striped justice):

http://aquarium-fish.liveaquaria.com/search?w=Possum Wrasse

 

[fishnchip]

I have a blue stripped pipefish in my 32 and I love her! Would definitely recommend the blue stripe. I've had her for over a month now and is definitely the most peaceful fish in the tank.

 

[Holy_makerel]

Possum wrasse are excellent little fish too with interesting behavior.