Grumpydre Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Lookinga at stocking bc 29 wife loves saddleback clowns for black and yellow coloring(Saints fan) anyone have exp with these fish? Wondering about aggression with dottyback, sixline, golby/shrimp combo... Link to comment
Mini-Dude Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 They get to be 5in so I would worry about overstocking as much as aggression. Link to comment
Brooklyngal Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 they do get quite large (4-5") and they are fairly aggressive (more so than pink skunks, percs, and ocellaris, a bit less so than clarkiis, tomatoes and maroons). due to their size alone, however, I'd say a 29g STANDARD (not cube, cube inhibits swimming room/ room in general too much, IMO) would be the minimum for one, or a pair. in a tank that size, I wouldnt keep more than 1-2 other fish with them, and even then I'd aim for small, quick fish that stay out of their way. in an appropriately sized tank, they could work with those tankmates, but not in a 29g cube, IMO. you may also run into problems with the dottyback and sixline, I'm not completely sure, but I've heard of some horror stories, and I know my sixline has a few issues with my gramma (similarly shaped to dottybacks). personally, I wouldnt do more than one more fish with that stocklist anyways; the biocube is pretty small, dimension-wise; there's about as much swimming room as in one as there is in a 20H. for a last for, maybe do a blenny, or do a mated pair of gobies instead of single one. Link to comment
Grumpydre Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Thanks for the info. Wife will be disappointed. Link to comment
Mini-Dude Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Well......You could get juvi B&W Occelaris and they will have black, white, and an orange face. Just a thought. Link to comment
GoingPostal Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 My saddleback is pretty nasty, just added her (2") or so to my 135 fowlr, with a foxface, tang, dwarf angel, hawkfish and puffer, only one I've seen mess with her is my cherub, who's also really aggressive, but the tang had some injuries soon after the clown was added. Not overly attacking the other fish, but not backing down either. Probably not a good nano inhabitant, although in the past I had a maroon who did okay in a 33 gallon long with a gramma, sixline and dwarf angel. Link to comment
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