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05/04/2012, 01:41 PM
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Orchid dottyback with Carpenter wrasse
I have a 20 gal nano with a HOB CPR aeroforce skimmer (rated at 55gal tank), with a DIY HOB fuge. I have a pair of occelaris clownfish, and plan on getting a Carpenter flasher wrasse. I have recently discovered the orchid dottyback, and think it's color would look amazing. I WANT ONE lol.
Will the orchid dottyback be ok with the carpenter wrasse, which should I add first. I have lots of caves for the dottyback to live in, and my clowns only swim around my candycane coral ( they think its an anaenome! lol)
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05/04/2012, 01:48 PM
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I think 20 gallons is too small for both, lets alone a wrasse
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05/04/2012, 02:50 PM
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05/04/2012, 02:56 PM
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If the wrasse outgrows my tank I have a friend with a 125 who will take it off my hands. Are the orchid and carpenter agressive towards eachother? From reading around lots of people have kept orchids in as small as a 10 gallon, and carpenters are common nano fish too (from what I have read). Is having them together a bad idea?
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20Gal nano in the works http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2094629 Current Tank Info: 20 gal nano with black occellarus and orange occelarus clown fish. Corals are green star polyp, duncan, candy cane, and pulsing xenia! |
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05/04/2012, 02:58 PM
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20 gallons just isnt enough for either fish IMO. Dottybacks can be agressive
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05/04/2012, 08:31 PM
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I'd say no tank is too small
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05/05/2012, 09:25 AM
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I don't think the carpenter wouldn't be a good nano fish at all. I had mine in a 65 and just upgraded to a 90 and he still gets bullied by my clowns sometimes plus they like room to swim.
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05/05/2012, 11:20 PM
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any thoughts on a royal gramma instead of the orchid ? any knowledge on difference in their personalities
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20Gal nano in the works http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2094629 Current Tank Info: 20 gal nano with black occellarus and orange occelarus clown fish. Corals are green star polyp, duncan, candy cane, and pulsing xenia! |
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05/06/2012, 09:00 AM
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20 gallon is quite small for anything else with clowns. they WILL get aggressive as they mature. Mine draw blood when I clean my tank and I have a 125 gallon! doesn't matter what side of the tank I'm on.
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06/26/2012, 12:27 AM
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I have them both in 125 (6-foot long tank). Not a good idea. Even if you have a lot of live rock and added them at the same time. No offense but I think regardless of what we say, you're still going to add more fish to your 20 gallon. Trust me, ive done the same thing. (Even a 20 gallon is small for a pair of clownfish.)
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