Help me choose a fish...

[Anonymous]

For an open topped tank. It's 10 gallons, with a sump that holds another 9 gallons or so. I guess just about any fish can jump in certain circumstances...but I want something less prone to it.

My leading choice right now is a pair of blue striped pipefish. Anything unusual or unique that stays small is an option. Any help???

 

[Anonymous]

if you are considering pipefish, then perhaps pygmy seahorses? That would definetly create a tranquil enviroment

 

[fishgills]

My vote is for a Watchman golby, great little fish and stays on the bottom.
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[Anonymous]

I guess I should have been more specific...it's a high light/high flow mostly SPS tank, with a very thin layer of live sand. This sort of precludes both of these fish.


Some day though...

 

[skylsdale]

How about 5 chromis viridis. Not sure how successful it would be aggression wise, but might be worth a try, and they would definitely suit the environment you are setting up. Not all that 'unique' to most, though.

 

[Anonymous]

They'd get way too big. I was considering 5 or 6 Chromis retrofasciata (They stay much smaller), but even that is too much for a 10 gallon tank. Volume wise it's around 20 gallons, but the fish only see 10 of it.

 

[skylsdale]

True. I was thinking that if you had a ton of branching growth forms in there and just let it become a jumbled cube of coral, you would have plenty of area where they would be darting in and out of, blocking fields of view, etc. Maybe you could try a smaller species of cardinal? Something along these lines:

More pics here: http://www.hkaquazone.com/album/view_al ... efBuilders

 

[Anonymous]

That is one awesome looking tank. I am always amazed when I see huge Sarcophytons next to huge colonies of stony corals like that.

I wonder if those are compressus cardinals. ORA was raising them a while back..don't know if they still are.

 

[Unarce]

it's a high light/high flow mostly SPS tank, with a very thin layer of live sand

You kind of threw us off with the blue striped pipefish idea. Does that particular species do well in high currents?

I like the Black Bar Chromis idea.

 

[Juck]

Matt,

How about a few of these:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... =1968&cc=1

If they truely stay around an inch in length then I'm getting a few.

 

[GSchiemer]

Matt,

How about a few of these:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... =1968&cc=1

If they truely stay around an inch in length then I'm getting a few.

They do grow to only about one-inch in length and they're gregarious. They also stay out in the open. A perfect choice for the nano-reef aquarium.

Greg

 

[skylsdale]

Trimma spp! I didn't think these would EVER end up in the hobby. Fantastic...

 

[Anonymous]

it's a high light/high flow mostly SPS tank, with a very thin layer of live sand

You kind of threw us off with the blue striped pipefish idea. Does that particular species do well in high currents?

I like the Black Bar Chromis idea.

I don't think current is so much of a factor as it is with horses. They hover in the water column. They come from reef areas, but usually hover in dark caves. I have seen them in full MH light out in the open in tanks though.

 

[Anonymous]

Matt,

How about a few of these:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... =1968&cc=1

If they truely stay around an inch in length then I'm getting a few.

I did see those. There are much nicer looking Trimma gobies, but I'll have to get one of those along with an Eviota goby. They couldn't add much to the bioload 8O

 

[Anonymous]

One of the Eviota gobies

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... CatId=1727

 

[skylsdale]

Hey Matt, saw this and thought you might be interested: Pipefish & SPS

 

[Anonymous]

Hey Ya'll. The Clown, Citron, and Green clown gobies are all small and live on/with sps. I have found them to be hardy and good eaters once est. Very small bioload and good personality. I have not had a problem with these 3 types of fish jumping out of the tank but it could happen I guess. Andy

 

[Mouse]

Matt, my only suggestion would be a Lipluradon, you know you want one, and it would look so cool, only thing is you would have to call him Brian.

So you going to get the Lipluradon, yea..., yea..., yea.

 

[Tackett]

helfrichi firefish all the way....that is if you can find one. lemme take a look for you and see if I can find one buddy.

 

[Tackett]

found it

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... pCatId=171

it says thirty gallons, but if you are keeping him almost by himself he only gets 2 inches. I dont see why it would be a problem especially with high currents. Alot of those assessments, from my experience, havent taken into account all the colories that the fish burn in high current aquariums.
I dont see why it would be a problem. other than the price. Theyve gone up in the past few months...