LJR Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 With my Cyno being replaced by coralline, and my tank's inhabitants being happy, I was considering getting either a sixline or a flasher wrasse for my 29 Biocube. However, I have a tank full of pacifists (Yasha Goby, Fire Fish, Bangaii Cardinal, and a Scooter blenny), and I was afraid that the sixline could torment them, and the flasher could scare them with his active swimming. While the Scooter blenny eats plenty of frozen, I also don't want the sixline to compete with him for the pods in the tank. Does anyone have any thoughts or suggestions? I don't want to mentally scar all my pacifist fish by adding something that would be mean to them. I also do not want any cryptic fish please. I already have plenty of things that hide in holes, I don't need another. Quote Link to comment
mndfreeze Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Maybe a Possum wrasse? 1 Quote Link to comment
PDR Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I have kept many different wrasses and IMO flashers really need more space. The one's I had were so active I think they would really stress out themselves and the other tank inhabitants. A sixline would most likely be aggressive, especially when older, and it's a pod eating machine. Almost all small wrasses will out compete the scooter for pods so you may want to avoid them altogether. Have you considered a blenny of some kind? They are by far my favorite nano fish. So much personality. I would recommend a tailspot, bicolor or at most a Midas for that size tank. 1 Quote Link to comment
LJR Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 6 hours ago, mndfreeze said: Maybe a Possum wrasse? Hmm, maybe. I've thrown it around, but I always figured they liked to hide a lot. Quote Link to comment
LJR Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, PDR said: I have kept many different wrasses and IMO flashers really need more space. The one's I had were so active I think they would really stress out themselves and the other tank inhabitants. A sixline would most likely be aggressive, especially when older, and it's a pod eating machine. Almost all small wrasses will out compete the scooter for pods so you may want to avoid them altogether. Have you considered a blenny of some kind? They are by far my favorite nano fish. So much personality. I would recommend a tailspot, bicolor or at most a Midas for that size tank. I figured with the flasher and the sixline. And if that is the case, I may hold off then if should. I like my scooter. I was considering a Midas when I first started the tank, but I was afraid he'd torment the inhabitants. I have also been throwing around the idea of a tailspot, but they tend to hang around the rock, as I understand. When I scaped the tank, I arranged the rock with more width then height. So now I have a large amount of open water with nothing but the Cardinal floating around in it. The tailspot may be more trouble than it is worth IMO. I am definitely considering it though. Quote Link to comment
jesseatam Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Look into assessors and fang blennies. I haven’t had an assessor but I have a blackline blenny and it’s a great fish, took a bit to get adjusted but now it’s a very active piggy little fish. There’s a pic of him giving one of my hermits the stank eye (they LOVE barnacle clusters btw) 1 Quote Link to comment
LJR Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 37 minutes ago, jesseatam said: Look into assessors and fang blennies. I haven’t had an assessor but I have a blackline blenny and it’s a great fish, took a bit to get adjusted but now it’s a very active piggy little fish. There’s a pic of him giving one of my hermits the stank eye (they LOVE barnacle clusters btw) Hmmm, I do like the idea of blennies. The fact that they have a bit of a nip of them spooks me though. Would a Midas blenny work? I've heard they're a mix bag. Quote Link to comment
jesseatam Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 18 hours ago, LJR said: Hmmm, I do like the idea of blennies. The fact that they have a bit of a nip of them spooks me though. Would a Midas blenny work? I've heard they're a mix bag. Never had one but that’s like a six inch fish, it might get cramped. You shouldn’t have to worry about the fang blenny biting you though unless you try to grab it with you bare hand or something, mine always give me a wide berth when I’m maintenance but I always make sure to respect its space too. I also think I read about someone hand feeding theirs on this forum too. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jesterrace Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 The Possum or Pygmy Wrasse would be my recommendation as well. It is well suited for a tank of that size: http://aquarium-fish.liveaquaria.com/search?w=possum wrasse Quote Link to comment
mndfreeze Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have a local LFS looking for a possum wrasse already. They didn't know what I was talking about at first. Apparently they are commonly called white banded wrasses locally. There is also a yellow banded one, not sure if its the same species just different locale or not though, haven't researched it much yet. Quote Link to comment
Rob22 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 http://aquarium-fish.liveaquaria.com/fish/Possum-Wrasse 4 kinds. The pink streak is pretty cool and supposedly very peaceful. Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have had two midas blennies.... Both assholes.... My current one nips my dottybacks fins at times and tosses the clowns around every now and again. Yellow assessor is peaceful and will be visible most of the time once adjusted. Quote Link to comment
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