Help Me Please

[digital_fish]

Shyte!

My yellow tang as far as I ever thought is quite small. About 2 inches long. The blue tang was about the same size and did grow a slight bit over the year. And like I said, the blue tang never did seem to have a problem in that small 15 gallon tank. I also have 2 clowns and 2 B/W damsels. 5 fish in total. One cleaner shrimp, and 5 snails.

Also when I first started the hobby, the guy at the fish store said I should only keep the damsels for a short while because they will get aggressive. They did seem a little aggressive at first but they all seem to get along now. I tried to give them back to the store but they wouldn't take them. I kept them because I didn't want to kill them. Should I really get rid of them still and if so what could I replace them with? Should I just keep my yellow tang and hope for the best?

[mark]

Originally Posted by digital_fish

Shyte!

Also when I first started the hobby, the guy at the fish store said I should only keep the damsels for a short while because they will get aggressive. They did seem a little aggressive at first but they all seem to get along now. I tried to give them back to the store but they wouldn't take them. I kept them because I didn't want to kill them. Should I really get rid of them still and if so what could I replace them with? Should I just keep my yellow tang and hope for the best?

Already answered, should be looking at trading the tang out if keeping the small tank. As for damsels, no reason to kill any fish, just post here For Sale or the give away.

[MikeP]

You don't have to take the fish back to the store you bought them at, some of the stores in town here will take fish or corals in on trade (depending on what they have in stock already) it's worth looking into. And as mentioned you could try posting them for sale/trade (or give away) in the buy/sell/trade livestock section. You should do some research on nano tanks. With the right info you can have a really nice little tank

[michika]

You keep saying blue tang, are you referring to a regal tang, or an atlantic blue tang?

[mark]

Originally Posted by michika

You keep saying blue tang, are you referring to a regal tang, or an atlantic blue tang?

Thought the blue died so he's thinking a YT in a 32g.

[tang daddy]

what everyone said here is accurate or close to you should get the damsels out as for the tang trade him too, the clowns can stay maybe after clearing your fish stock you can add a couple gobies. I love gobies and there are so many varieties out there. Most of them stay fairly small and are great additions for fish or reef if you decide on going in that direction later. the yellow watchman for example love it also you may be able to add a small wrasse like a six line so say if your 32 had 2 clowns 3-5 small gobies and a wrasse you're golden just get a nano skimmer or hang on and some test kits like nitrate, amonia and phosphate by salifert. I don't trust the cheap kits as their unreliable trust me from some one that had to buy a cheap kit first and then decent ones just go for salifert the first time around and use the money that would've been spent on the cheap kits for fish! If you were in Vancouver i'd invite you over for a coffee and talk your ear off about fish keeping and reef though I'm still learning alot reading is often another good way to get experience but I love chatting with succesfull reefers to get a feel of the hobbie.

Cheers Chris

[digital_fish]

If I were to go with starting a reef now, what are the best lights I should use that can fit nicely onto my 32G?

And should I really drop the fluval canister no matter what? Is it helping in any way?

Thanks.