NancyNewbie

Hello,

I am new to saltwater and so far I am loving it, although finding the right fish has been a challenge. I have a clown, blue tang, yellow watchmen and black and white damsel. I want a Green Mandarin, but I was told that you have to feed them offten and they can be a lot of hard work for a newbie like me....
what other kinds of fish would give me color and be happy with the one's that I have? Thanks for any help. Nancy ;D

 

firefish

 

Welcome... what size tank.. do not want to overstock. Do you have a skimmer?

Mandarins are tricky as they need pods to survive.. some will eat frozen but still need pods setup in a tank to fully be healthy.

 

Welcome to 3reef.
as stated above it will depend on tank size/filtration..tell us a little more about your set up..

 

welcome to 3 reef Nancy

as rightly mentioned above - tank size will affect any fish ideas given to you
in salt water tanks a general rule of thumb is 1 inch of fish, not including tail, per 4 gallons of water and you need to base your stocking on the potential adult size of the fish
rather than the size they are when purchased

this rule is about the systems capacity to support that amount of life and can vary from one tank to another in practice.

there are other principles - swimming space for active fish , which over rule the inch per 4 gallon ratio

if you give tank dimensions along with your current stock list, you will get some more ideas

Steve

 

Hello and welcome to 3reef

 

Thank you all for the great advice. Let me back up a little I have a 55 Gal. tank yes a skimmer and pump and a Med. size extra water flow you know the one's that attach with magnet to the tank.

 

Welcome

Just a thought... When you are a SW guru, breeding blue ribbon eels left and right, what will do w/ your username?

 

That hippo will out grow that 55 pretty fast just a heads up

 

what is a hippo?