Final fish for my 31g...

[coachfraley]

So I think I would like to put one more fish in my 31g reef, and I would like to hear what you would put in if you were in my shoes. There are a couple of restrictions though:

1. No Jumpers, I have an open top
2. No possible SPS nippers, so clown gobies are out
3. Needs to be small, basically a nano fish
4. Needs to get along with my O. Clowns and a Royal Gramma

I was kind of leaning towards a blue reef chromis, chalk bass, red-headed goby, or a fairy wrasse...but I would love to hear any other suggestions.

Thanks in advance!

[labnjab]

How small are you talking. How about a falco hawkfish? They don't get much bigger then a female o-clown (I think 3 inches). It gets along great with our o-clowns and leaves our sps alone. Plus its fun to watch and likes people (very personable, always greets us when were near the tank)

[coachfraley]

I'll check them out labnjab..thanks for the suggestion!

I guess I should say that it doesn't have to be tiny, it just has to be small enough for my tank (which is basically the size of a Red Sea Max.) I just didn't want people suggesting tangs or something :)

[kaybee]

A tail spot blenny would make a nice candidate.

[cocoa_pleco]

yellow watchman goby

[coachfraley]

Thanks for the suggestions! Now it is going to come down to what they have at my LFS tomorrow.

[Miltonic]

good luck finding your new fish thumbs2:

[coachfraley]

The owner of my LFS goes to the wholesalers on Friday, and I told him to look out for 3 different fairy wrasses (solar, exquisite, lubbocks). According to our site profiles, all 3 are ok for a 30g tank.

If he picks up one of those I will take it. If not, he is going to try and get me a yellow watchman or a tialspot. (thanks Cocoa and Kaybee!)

[Miltonic]

Thanks to cocoa, I got a yellow watchman, its pretty cute but its likes to hide in a little cave he found a lot but I love the color

[cocoa_pleco]

lol, i see my yellow watchman about 3 times a month if im lucky. when i had him in my old smaller tanks, 5.5g, 10g, 22g, and 55g, i saw him 7-8 times a month. in my 125g i rarely seen him.

i actually havent seen him now for 2 months, hope hes still alive. im worried my snowflake moray eel got him

[coachfraley]

These are the wrasses I am looking at..taken from internet photos:

Lubbocks:
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Exquisite:
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Solar:
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[cocoa_pleco]

the exquisite is beautiful

[coachfraley]

I ended up getting the solar wrasse. He picked up a Lubbocks too, but the solar looked much nicer. I think the one I got might be a different sex than the one in the picture? Anyway, this is the best pic. I could get of mine today:

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[kaybee]

Very beautiful acquistion!
I don't believe it's a solar wrasse, though.
Looks more like an orange-back wrasse/cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis (even though in the photo the back appears yellow).

[Miltonic]

wow beautiful fish, I kinda want for my tank.

[Rue]

Gorgeous!thumbs2:

[coachfraley]

Check out the skills on Kaybee!!!

Nice work. I think it is an orange back.

I was going to just take Mark's (the owner of my LFS) word for it, but after I posted here last night, I compared the pics and it just didn't look right. I found a thread on a different forum about fairy wrasses, and then I saw the orange back...and I said oh no!!!

I think he is an awesome fish, but the only thing that upsets me, is that I spent a while researching which fish would be ok in my tank, and then the fish I try to get turns out to be the wrong one. I couldn't find a good reference for tank size on that fish, so I am not quite sure what to do. I sure don't want to try to catch him!!!!

[rageybug]

Your orange back will max out at about 3", give or take half an inch. I am pretty sure a 70g or larger is recommended due to their need for swimming room.

Nice fish!