What fish?

[Kristi Tinsley]

I have a 15 gallon saltwater tank. And I can't decide on what fish I would like to add!!
I have 3 sexy anemone shrimp, 3 rock flower anemones, a few snails, zoanthids, and star polyps so far.
The algae is getting a little built up on my substrate and my tank has been running for awhile.. I just can't decide on what fish I would like to add to my tank!
Open to suggestions and photos, please!
Thanks guys!
-KAT

 

[4FordFamily]

A neon dottyback, yellow watchman goby, a green clown goby, a blue damsel, small flame hawk.

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

A neon dottyback, yellow watchman goby, a green clown goby, a blue damsel, small flame hawk.

Thanks! Those sounds like great choices! I love gobies! One of my favorite saltwater fish, besides the lionfish!

 

[RyanCSGO]

I'm a sucker for clown fish
the flame hawks are awesome. If you have a lid the pygmy wrasse or banded possum wrasse are really nice too.

 

[4FordFamily]

I'm a sucker for clown fish
the flame hawks are awesome. If you have a lid the pygmy wrasse or banded possum wrasse are really nice too.

An ocellaris clown is a good choice too. With 15 gallons I was trying to keep the bio old with smaller fish with lots of mixed color but a single clown (which would be plenty happy) would be a good choice also IMO

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

I'm a sucker for clown fish
the flame hawks are awesome. If you have a lid the pygmy wrasse or banded possum wrasse are really nice too.

I also love clownfish, I love to watch them bond with anemone. I was wanting to do a pair of clowns, but unsure on the type since I have just a 15 gal. What would be the best decision for me? My fiancé really likes the orange and white, but I'm more into the unique looking ones, like pink skunks. Also I would love to be able to get them to host, but should I wait for the clowns and find an anemone first?

 

[4FordFamily]

I also love clownfish, I love to watch them bond with anemone. I was wanting to do a pair of clowns, but unsure on the type since I have just a 15 gal. What would be the best decision for me? My fiancé really likes the orange and white, but I'm more into the unique looking ones, like pink skunks. Also I would love to be able to get them to host, but should I wait for the clowns and find an anemone first?

Pink skunk get pretty large and are very aggressive. A pair of clowns works but that takes a lot of your color diversity away due to bio load. But if you value you them that much then go for it!

I personally like to mix clowns, I have a typical orange ocellaris with a large black ocellaris girlfriend. You could mix designer clowns pretty easily if you wished to do so!

 

[RyanCSGO]

I also love clownfish, I love to watch them bond with anemone. I was wanting to do a pair of clowns, but unsure on the type since I have just a 15 gal. What would be the best decision for me? My fiancé really likes the orange and white, but I'm more into the unique looking ones, like pink skunks. Also I would love to be able to get them to host, but should I wait for the clowns and find an anemone first?

That i know for sure, an Ocellaris clown is completely fine in a 15G, orange and white or you can get black and white ones., some of the others get pretty large. you can add an anemone before or after. a clown and anemone don't NEED each other to thrive in any way. I've had clowns that wouldn't go near my nem at all. I taped a picture of 2 clowns hosted by a nem and within 2 hours they were all over it. sometimes, nothing works and they will never go to them.

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

Pink skunk get pretty large and are very aggressive. A pair of clowns works but that takes a lot of your color diversity away due to bio load. But if you value you them that much then go for it!

I personally like to mix clowns, I have a typical orange ocellaris with a large black ocellaris girlfriend. You could mix designer clowns pretty easily if you wished to do so!

Oh, I didn't know they were very aggressive. Thank you!
Yes, I love the designer clowns, but was too afraid they might get too big for my tank too quickly. My fiancé has a 30 gal reef tank and he has a female platinum clown and we're not sure if the male is just an ocellaris or a black because his orange is getting very dark as he is growing. But the platinum is so beautiful! And we only got her for $50 !

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

It's really blurry, but they are quick!

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

It's really blurry, but they are quick!

This is an older photo also, the black on the orange one has started to take over the orange.. a lot..

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

That i know for sure, an Ocellaris clown is completely fine in a 15G, orange and white or you can get black and white ones., some of the others get pretty large. you can add an anemone before or after. a clown and anemone don't NEED each other to thrive in any way. I've had clowns that wouldn't go near my nem at all. I taped a picture of 2 clowns hosted by a nem and within 2 hours they were all over it. sometimes, nothing works and they will never go to them.

Awesome!! Right, I know they have to have one, but it such a beautiful thing to see them bond!
I do like the black ones, but the ones I've seen are very large. But quite the beauty.

 

[DustyXB9Reefer]

Did someone say something about a pink skunk clown?! I love mine. From my experience with mine is its not mean at all..in the slightest. The blue damsel I had on the other hand. That fish was a jerk. I'll never get another damsel again.

 

[JonPhillips]

Fish are friends, not food! Yes, I know I need to clean that side of the glass. Hush!

 

[4FordFamily]

Awesome!! Right, I know they have to have one, but it such a beautiful thing to see them bond!
I do like the black ones, but the ones I've seen are very large. But quite the beauty.

Many designer clowns are ocellaris if you pay attention to the scientific name. Others are percula. You CAN mix them and they may well pair up as they're close cousins but it's safer to find clowns of same species although different color variants, IMO

Thus, they will not get any larger. If you saw large black ocellaris it was because they were female. My last pair the black was the male he stayed tiny!

 

[4FordFamily]

Did someone say something about a pink skunk clown?! I love mine. From my experience with mine is its not mean at all..in the slightest. The blue damsel I had on the other hand. That fish was a jerk. I'll never get another damsel again.

I've had several over the years. It typically took a few months to a year or so but then they became so aggressive they would tag my hand during cleanings and stuff

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

Did someone say something about a pink skunk clown?! I love mine. From my experience with mine is its not mean at all..in the slightest. The blue damsel I had on the other hand. That fish was a jerk. I'll never get another damsel again.

So pretty!! Really? Is he by himself or do you have a pair?

 

[Kristi Tinsley]

Many designer clowns are ocellaris if you pay attention to the scientific name. Others are percula. You CAN mix them and they may well pair up as they're close cousins but it's safer to find clowns of same species although different color variants, IMO

Thus, they will not get any larger. If you saw large black ocellaris it was because they were female. My last pair the black was the male he stayed tiny!

Really? So exactly how big can an ocellaris get? Cause I've heard so many different answers on the sizes, I'm not sure which is right!
Yeah at one of my local specialty stores he had about five black clowns in one tank and they were all about four to five inches, but they were beautiful! Maroons are also gorgeous, but a few people have told me they are the biggest out of clowns and I shouldn't put those in my tank.

 

[4FordFamily]

Really? So exactly how big can an ocellaris get? Cause I've heard so many different answers on the sizes, I'm not sure which is right!
Yeah at one of my local specialty stores he had about five black clowns in one tank and they were all about four to five inches, but they were beautiful! Maroons are also gorgeous, but a few people have told me they are the biggest out of clowns and I shouldn't put those in my tank.

4 or 5 inches is pretty full grown IMO. Some people keep them alive for more than a decade before they approach that size or bigger. I bought my clown pair two years ago at 2 and 2.25" and they're now 2.25 and 2.5-2.6