Aggressive

[madstyle1]

thinking of making my peaceful tank to more of an agressive tank. any recomendations of which to get and that would be happy in a 60 gallon tank? my tank is currently fishless right now due to ich. all livestock is in a QT and one theyre good to go i will trade them in.

all i have in the main tank is a cleaner shrimp, 2 turbo snails, 70 pounds of LR and a frag of polyps.

pls advise. Thanks!

 

[melosu58]

I`m thinking of a nice Snowflake eel.

 

[madstyle1]

will he harm cleaner shrimp? and are they reef safe? in case i eventually get some

 

[Innovator]

What is your current livestock? There is a chance any eel will devour cleaner shrimp, but sometimes they are accepted for cleaning behaviors.

 

[melosu58]

Just so you know that is a piece of shrimp on the end of the knife.

 

[madstyle1]

ok .. how do you feel about trigger fish? lion fish? angler fish?

 

[madstyle1]

just read some description on them from live aquaria. it claims that they like to jump out? i have an open tank

 

[melosu58]

A shrimp is going to be in trouble in an aggressive tank if you are looking on how to make it with the cleaner shrimp.

 

[melosu58]

just read some description on them from live aquaria. it claims that they like to jump out? i have an open tank

Very true. You need to have a screen like top on the tank. Kind of like a window screen material.

 

[madstyle1]

well im still thinking about it. im not definite yet on what to do

 

[BucJason]

Get one of the larger Dottybacks.

They are in the Sea bass family. Cool fish

Whitebar Dottyback (Labracinus sp.)

 

[nanoluvr]

gat a maroon or a fire clown. both can be pretty aggressive. I have both, and I really like them. Also fridmani psudochromis (purple or lavender psudochromis) have a lot of personality, and like to make sure everything is in it's place. I have them as well. never had any probs w/ them harming any livestock, other than the maroon will move corals if they're to close to his territory

 

[madstyle1]

i just got back from my LFS didnt buy anything but did see a maroon clown for sale.

 

[madstyle1]

got myself 2 maroon clowns. both are in QT tank ...

 

[madstyle1]

both are fighting can they not be paired? theyre in the qt now. one is bigger than the other.. please advise so i can take 1 back before lfs closes.

 

[Innovator]

Depending on the qt size you can use eggcrate as a divider. No matter what you try and pair, clownfish-wise, there will be aggression and especially with maroon clowns. Try the divider

 

[roka64]

I agree with James, are they the same size?

 

[madstyle1]

both are not the same size. one is definitely bigger than the other and i made sure of that.

I couldnt find an egg crate at my local grocery store. so i took a really thin cutting board and it actually fits. theres no holes in it so im concern the heater will pass thru heat from one side to another.

 

[Innovator]

You can find eggcrate (light diffusor) at Home Depot, Lowes, etc. You can use zipties and window screen or other plastic netting (non-treated) if the maroons are small enough to fit or almost fit through the eggcrate. I would not use the cutting board.

 

[madstyle1]

cutting board was working .. any reason why this is bad?