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I have a 29g and I'm not quite sure what I what :confused: I was thinking of a damsel tank (yellow tails & chromis) with a maroon clown. Think the maroon could hold his own with damsels? But I would also like a yellow watchman goby. Could all these be housed together??? It would be a cool splash of color!!
Looking for all fish advice please post what you would do, but they have to be reef friendly :mrgreen:

In my experience, Yellow tails are the "nicest" damsels & chromis only pick on other chromis. A maroon would be the boss of the tank, if it's big enough. But how many damsels, since this is a fairly small tank. You'll have to consider the bioload. <of course, this is an obvious case of "do as I say, not as I do" :redface: > A yellow watchman should be ok in terms of ecological niches, since it'll stay on the bottom, the maroon will mostly be mid-water & the damsels more surface fish.

Just my $.02

Anthony

It would make quite an aggressive tank imho. Personally, i wouldn't waste my bioload on damsels. :lol: Other than being greedy and territorial, they don't really have much personality and I've never heard of anyone in this hobby having a bond with his/her damsel. I consider tham as 'background fish' but with a 29 gallon, you may not have enough room to get anything else, so you're stuck with these guys. (good luck catching them too!) Gobies, Blennies, however are a definate yes!

Hmmmm 71 veiws 2 responses :question: :question: :question:
Looking for everyones $0.02

I'd be making sure I have a larger tank for the maroon once it outgrows the 29G tank as they can grow up to 6". :neutral:

How about yellowheaded jawfish instead. Clown gobies are cute, but iffy with sps (don't know what corals you're planning on keeping). The biggest maroon I've ever seen was about 3-3.5" & everybody told me she was huge.

Neon gobies are nice, but only live for 1 year.

Maybe a bicolour blenny or royal gramma.

Firefish.

Anthony

I think the gobies are a good bet, maybe a royal gramma, a fire fish would be a good colour splash as well, but for a different shape with good colour I see nothing wrong with a damsel but you will have to set up the tank landscape accordingly. Maybe try a percula clown instead of a maroon as they tend to stay a little smaller and can still take care of themselves.
You now have my 2 cents.

Sounds good keep them coming :mrgreen:
Will a royal gramma and a purple firefish get along?? I think I still wanna stay with the yellow watchman.

i would go with the yellow watchman. a couple of fire fish and a percula clown.

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If it were my tank I'd have a differnt kind of clown, maybe a perc or tomato. Then I'd have the yellow clown goby, purple pseudochromis, and a coral beauty. Top it off with a cleaner or peppermint shrimp and you've got a nice little tank!

Coral beauty is very nice but don't they like to nip at corals? So far the yellow watchman debating on damsels and clowns :confused: I already have a firefish and clown in another tank. I like Royal Gramma not liking the $60 price tag :eek: I'm not looking to buy for a while just trying to get some ideas ....keep them coming :mrgreen:

If it where me I would go with a dwarf angel, a pair of small gobies like yellow clown gobies, and if I had a good filter system a clown with some thing to host in.

Brad

$60 for a royal gramma? Wow? I didn't think they were that expensive. Go for the watchman goby, a clown goby (whatever colour you want), and a small school of chalk bass.

My 2 Cents . . .

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They are hit and miss with SPS. Are you planning on SPS or LPS and softies?

I would do:

Yellow Watchman w/ pistol shrimp
Six Line Wrasse
Pair of skunk clowns

That's already probably the maximum bioload IMO.

When I owned that tank, I had 2 Perc clowns, a BiColor Blenny, and a Blue/Green Chromis in it. It seemed to work well. Man, I miss my Bi-Color Blenny :cry:

Damsels are my most hated fish. They super territorial and always pick on and nip fins of other fish. Like someone else said they are a waste of bioload IMO.

i totally agree with phreeeeeeeeeezeeeeeeee.

for your 29g, i would do two false clowns (cuz they get to be only 3 inches in size fully grown, and you can get itty bitty babies at AI so you'll have them a long time), and then a yellow watchmen goby (another 3 inches in size) so even with these 3 fish you may overload. i've heard it's 1 inch of fish per 4 gallons. so maybe no goby. well, that's my 2 cents. which seems to be alot like everyone elses two cents.... oh well.

Thanks for everyones advice still not sure what I want yellow watchman for sure.......and maybe a school of tangs and tablesaw in there with it :razz:

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I'm not sure if I agree with the whole inches per gallon theory myself. perhaps if you were dealing with a tank with only tangs, or clowns. Most reef tanks have a mixture of fish which all have different requirements and personalities, this accounts for a plus or minus effect to the amount of fish inches that should be kept. You've had some good suggestions here so you should be able to make a good decision based on that.