Firefish

[gabegmonkey]

According to LiveAquaria I can keep these in "small groups" Has anyone here kept these in groups? Would they be ok with my current fish? and if so, how many should I keep together?

I have a 55 Gallon tank (90 Lbs Live Rock) stocked with: a Tomato Clown, a Bi-Color Pseudochromis, a single (and possibly Evil) Chromis, a Lawnmower Blenny, and a Citron Goby

I also have various Snails and small Hermits...

[MrsDorothy]

I have 2 purple firefish in my 90g and have no problem with them. If adding more than 1 introduce them all at the same time. If the chromis is mean, I would probably get rid of it.

[gabegmonkey]

It's not visibly "Mean" or anything but there used to be 2 more Chromis and both just "magically" showed up dead over the course of a week or so... I might take him out eventually...

[barleychown]

I tried to have a group of 5, but they have broken themselves into one set of 2, and one set of 3.

Other than that, no problems with them.

[gabegmonkey]

cool thanks for the input...

[skeeter-doc]

i woudl stray from any firefish, simply because the fish you already have, are a bit aggressive tempered; the clown, the dottyback, just plain mean, ...

[antonsemrad]

Firefish are really cool, but they do tend to be carpet surfers. They should be added first, and allowed to settle in before adding peacefull tankmates.

Good luck:)

[Randall_James]

I had 3 for a couple years, the last I heard they are still alive and well in the same trio

[anthworks]

I have 4 in my 30 gallon. They get along great but they are shy little fish. I would be careful with putting them with other fish that might pick on them.

[Randall_James]

oh btw, they are vigorous jumpers and so you need to make sure they are safe from carpet surfing...