Fish info

[Angela1108]

So I am thinking about starting a salt tank. I've been doing research online about the fish I would like to have. The one thing I have seen tons of opinions/differing info is tank sizes needed.

The two fish I would be considering would be royal gramma, purple dotty back, and purple fire fish or purple basslet. (Can you see a theme here??) my other question- would any of these be compatible

Sorry I know these are really basic questions but I've gotten differing info all over which makes me nervous because I know more can go wrong with aggression stuff than with fresh water species


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[Sniperhank]

Liveaquaria.com is a great source in terms of how much room fish need. They also have a compatibility chart that will tell you if species A will work with B...or even more of A for that matter.

 

[bribo12]

Depending on tank size they could all be fine but in a smaller tank no. The gramma and dottyback would most likely fight. The firefish would probably be fine with the gramma and idk what a purple basslet is but it would 100% fight with the royal gramma since they're a basslet too


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[Angela1108]

Ok thanks! I use liveaquaria as a sort of guide for new to me fresh water fish but since I have no experience in salt I wasn't sure if their suggested sizes were good for salt.


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[TheTodd]

I feel that they are the best for tank size suggestions. They tend to run a little bigger than other sites, but I tend to agree that some fish do better with that little bit more room. Going a little smaller can cause stress and that is not good.


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[Angela1108]

Liveaquaria says 30g for the gramma and 10 for the fire fish and 30g for the dottyback. Based on what you've said I think I would do a pair of fire and then either the dotty or gramma. Like I said I am a ways away from getting it. Still trying to do more research and get everything figured out. I want to plan it more than I have my fresh water tanks


Thanks for the input


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[mr_X]

Firefish are fine. Dottys and grammas can be nasty. Like fish in the tank or not.

 

[Angela1108]

Yeah I've heard it's one of those hit or miss and totally depends on the fish :/

Is it pretty much like that with all the basslets?


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[bribo12]

Royal grammas aren't bad. Dottybacks I agree can be jerks. Idk where royal grammas got a reputation as a mean fish...


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[Angela1108]

Well ironically when I went to a hardware store to get sand for my fresh water tank the guy asked if the size mattered- he asked what it was for. I told him and he got all excited. He had a 90g with a royal gramma and a bunch of others. He told me how his royal gramma went on a spree and killed 2 other fish. Of course it was forever ago now and I can't remember what he said they were. I remember it was a much larger fish. I was super shocked at what he told me.


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[bribo12]

Well ironically when I went to a hardware store to get sand for my tank the guy asked if the size mattered- he asked what it was for. I told him and he got all excited. He had a 90g with a royal gramma and a bunch of others. He told me how his royal gramma went on a spree and killed 2 other fish. Of course it was forever ago now and I can't remember what he said they were. I remember it was a much larger fish. I was super shocked at what he told me.


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I have a hard time believing that. Mine is super peaceful, being secretive by nature. But like all fish they do have their own individual personalities.
Edit: was he sure it was a royal gramma? Another fish, the bicolor dottyback gets mistaken for royal grammas constantly and they're little devils.


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[Angela1108]

I have a hard time believing that. Mine is super peaceful, being secretive by nature. But like all fish they do have their own individual personalities.
Edit: was he sure it was a royal gramma? Another fish, the bicolor dottyback gets mistaken for royal grammas constantly and they're little devils.


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I did think it was kinda strange. He said it was like a week after he introduced it to the tank so I am wondering if it introduced something or if he was over stocked or something and it stressed them. I didn't really have much background or anything on the tank. But who knows.


Any other purple fish that I hadn't thought of that you guys can think of? I know some coral beauty's have some but I don't think that we would want to go that big. We were thinking 30-40 tops for now once we take the plunge


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