panda clown?

[pandafishowner]

I'm new here, was told about the group from a friend my hubby and I work for. We helped him set up his tank, and now we have a 10g of our own. It's fully cycled, and we have a few things. So far just two small pieces of live rock, a snake polyp, and a panda clown. The panda was quite inactive at first. Rarely moved from the far back right corner. Didn't move a lot, and didn't seem to eat much. Tried another food tonight and left the light on a little longer, and he seems more active.

My question is: what type fish are good to put with him? We want to only have a few small fish. Maybe 3 or 4 if possible. Since we have black and white, we want something with a little color. Any suggestions/advice?

[pandafishowner]

oops, sorry, we have a coral base, i think 10 crabs, and just one snail for right now.

[G1GY]

Welcome aboard!

Maybe try a small Goby of some kind? Or a colorfull little wrasse?

Some shrimp are realy nice colors also.

[hockey nut]

Hello and welcome,


With a 10g tank you are some what restricted to what you can put in the tank. I would think a Green Chromis, a yellow clown goby, maybe a Blennie, Cleaner shrimp , sixline Wrasse, neon Goby, yellow Watchman Goby, maybe a Firefish Goby, green clown goby. ( these for the most part should be fine with your clown fish and each other )

Now... I'm not saying all of these will fit in your tank, but to add 1 or 2 more and say a cleaner shrimp should be fine. I would defenately not go more than 3 total. Don't add them all at once either. Add 1 ( unless you are getting a pair ) then give it a couple of weeks before you add another.

Other Canreef members will most likely have different opinions, but thats whats great about this site. This is just my 2 cents worth.

Enjoy your new Hobby and again Welcome.

CHEERS

[Ryan]

Panda CLown? DO you mean Black and White. I would get a nice little flashers wrasse or a Blood Shrimp.

[danny zubot]

I'd also consider a cleaner shrimp, and anamone for the clown if you are really daring.

[muck]

I will say cleaner shrimp as well. I just got two of them the other day and I love them... They aren't scared of me at all. Whenever I am busy in the tank moving stuff around they like to hitch a ride on my hand. Great critters to have IMO.

I don't think I would put an anenome in a 10 Gal as it will probably outgrow the tank sooner rather than later or take up too much of your valuable real-estate.

You could add another clown for company. I am assuming by panda clown you mean a black and white variant of A. percula. (Please correct me if I am wrong) You could get an orange and white one for color.

Another fish I would opt for would be a small goby. I am currently keeping my eye out for a red-head goby. I think they are great little fish!!

Oh and Welcome to the Board..!!

[Doug]

WELCOME to CANREEF


I think any wrasse will not have enough room ina tank that small. However the suggestion of a yellow watchman is a good suggestion. They like to make a burrow under a rock and sit on the lip, surveying its surroundings. Easy to feed and add colour.

[pandafishowner]

hi, yes, the panda clownfish is a black and white clown. It has yellow around it's side fins though. My hubby and I were planning on getting a cleaner shrimp on next payday, but for now the crabs seem to be doing a pretty good job keeping the tank clean. We're not really wanting an anenome as everything we've read and heard so far suggests we need way better lighting. I did a google search on the goby, and I kinda like the neon one best. Pretty coloring. Thanks.

[muck]

Originally Posted by pandafishowner

hi, yes, the panda clownfish is a black and white clown. It has yellow around it's side fins though. My hubby and I were planning on getting a cleaner shrimp on next payday, but for now the crabs seem to be doing a pretty good job keeping the tank clean. We're not really wanting an anenome as everything we've read and heard so far suggests we need way better lighting. I did a google search on the goby, and I kinda like the neon one best. Pretty coloring. Thanks.

Here is some good information on the neon goby.
It will stay relatively small so it will make an excellent addition to your nano.

http://www.reefcorner.com/SpecimenSheets/neon_goby.htm