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Old 02-25-2008, 08:28 PM
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Thought i was going to do seahorses, but i fell in love with my clown fish and im thinking about doing fish instead. The only thing im concerned about is the fact that many really cool fish need a 50 gal or bigger in order to "roam" around. Any cool fish you can put in a 20 gal with a clown??
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Old 02-25-2008, 08:47 PM
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i would deffinently get clown fish, also blennys, gobies are pretty cool. also some warsses are real nice.
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Old 02-25-2008, 09:06 PM
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I kept a dragonet in a ten gallon tank they are pretty cool. Some damsels are are kinda neat also.
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:07 PM
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oh, can you lean live rock against the glass??
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Old 02-25-2008, 10:34 PM
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yes you can...but most be people dont...it makes it hard to clean the glass
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I kept a dragonet in a ten gallon tank they are pretty cool. Some damsels are are kinda neat also.
Dragonets are nice. As for the damsels you need 10g min for each one. they are great for new aquariums and are the recommended fish for cycling. they come in many diff. colors. right now I have 3 in a 55g. Thats all that's in there, so they have lots of room. also, damsels and clonw fish are both of the Damsels family. I would go with what Mirkle said and like JackedupSOB's idea about Dragonets unless you are cool with only having 2 fish, I have kept 2 damsels together and they chased each other, well the 1 chased the other, with out injury. However the yellow tail didn't let the 4 strip come out from behind the filter. They lived but it's sad to see the other bullied. I kept a yellow tail dam. with a puffer and they stayed away from each other. That is the only fish my puffer didn't kill. they would hide all the time.
I have a 12g. with 1 true perc. clown, a fire gobie, a cleaner shrimp, turbo snail and red leg hermit crab.
The gobie loves caves and darts in and out. I want a wrasse but have reached my load IMO.
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