Is there any eel safe for a 20 gallon

[Best Fish-Jake]

I've decided to do a 49 gallon to allow more stocking and the more I look at it the more I like the six line wrasse I think that stocking would be better with
1 moray
3green cromis
1six line wrasse
1 flame back angel
if that stocking is ok I would like that one more then having two predators in my tank to only one

Looks good if you add the 6 line big, fat, and last. (After cycling) I'd add the 3 chromis first, wait a few weeks then add the flame angel, wait a couple weeks then add the eel, wait a few more weeks then add the big 6 line. 6 line wrasse can be aggressive, which is why you would want to add it last.

I say add it 'big and fat' because the eel would be able to eat it otherwise..

If you get the eel smaller, then you can add a smaller 6 line wrasse

 

[Webslinger]

Feed the Golden dwarf eel, 1 or 2 times a week, a veriety (clams, shrimp, krill, squid... stay away from silversides) and any fish will be fine. They are not a aggressive eel at all. I have clown goby, mandarin, small yellow wrasse and he pays them no attention. He sleeps in the same cave with my diamond goby.

 

[Brian W]

They need a bit more space than a 20.. most LFS have their livestock in smaller tanks because it's only a temporary home

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Thanks

 

[Datnerd14]

Sorry I'm not doing a 49 I am doing a 40 I had a typo I don't think I like cromis that much if I could I might try two plane clowns and keep the stocking a little
Lower

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Same reccomendations but sub the chromis for clowns

 

[Datnerd14]

What I will most likely i read cromis need to be In groups of six

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

Chromis are fine singular and in nearly any herd amount. Most schooling fish prefer packs of 6 or more

 

[Datnerd14]

Yeah that's what is recommended for tetra

 

[tyler1503]

I've decided to do a 49 gallon to allow more stocking and the more I look at it the more I like the six line wrasse I think that stocking would be better with
1 moray
3green cromis
1six line wrasse
1 flame back angel
if that stocking is ok I would like that one more then having two predators in my tank to only one

Sounds good! I'd add the wrasse last though, they can be aggressive to new additions. Keep a few weeks or months between additions and you're good to go!
Keep in mind a lot of people report most chromis can be aggressive with other chromis. You may start with three, but you may have only one left weeks later.

really? Why not? just curious. I say one at my lfs the other day in a s9 biocube...just assumed it was safe..

They mostly don't accept frozen foods easily and need to hunt. They need a lot of live foods so you need lots of rockwork for the foods to survive and reproduce. A bit like mandarins needing plenty of pods.
Also, they need a deep sand bed, at least a foot thick as they burrow into the sand.
They really need about a 120 or more

 

[Datnerd14]

I'm not going to do cromis I think I like just the common clown try and pair them up using some of the methods I've seen on I tube

 

[Brian W]

Sounds good! I'd add the wrasse last though, they can be aggressive to new additions. Keep a few weeks or months between additions and you're good to go!
Keep in mind a lot of people report most chromis can be aggressive with other chromis. You may start with three, but you may have only one left weeks later.





They mostly don't accept frozen foods easily and need to hunt. They need a lot of live foods so you need lots of rockwork for the foods to survive and reproduce. A bit like mandarins needing plenty of pods.
Also, they need a deep sand bed, at least a foot thick as they burrow into the sand.
They really need about a 120 or more

good to know thanks!!

 

[Best Fish-Jake]

good to know thanks!!

Also keep in mind that chromis are much much less aggressive than damsels, although closely related

 

[Datnerd14]

I think I just want to keep it simple have a pair of clowns the one moray the one angel and the six line in a 40 gallon

 

[Casket_Case]

You're pretty much limited to the golden dwarf in a 20.
A chainlink will need more like a 75 unfortunately.

How much are those typically gonna cost?