School in 26 gallon

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harial

ok so I ust set up a 26 gallon tank in my breakfast room and while I don't want fish, my parents do, so can I put like 6 of the small blue reef chromis and maybe some of the other peacefull damsel species in there(6 total)? is that to many?

does anyone have any other suggestions for what fish would be okay in a 26 gallon? My mother really wants a 'schooling' look.
 
Maybe 3 firefish? I wouldn't put more than 4 chromis in a tank that small, they do grow pretty quickly (or maybe ours are just pigs.)
 
Actually fire fish do better with odd numbers, three or five wound do better than four. They really do hang together and stay out in the open a lot. Mom will be well pleased. 8)
 
Clown or Citrons are tiny, you could probably get by with more of them, in a small tank without overloading your system, but if you are looking for that shoaling behavior where several fish move together as one, you'd probably more enjoy the Catalina Gobies or the Firefish. If you get the chance just watch a tank full of Firefish at an LFS where they have a dozen or so together. They are quite amazing to watch, the way they signal to each other by flicking the long dorsal up and down, and they really move together as one fish. I have three: Moe, Larry and Shimp. They hover in the upper third of the tank always while the light is on, and they stay very close to one another, very sociable fish. But the Catalina is a real beauty. I know nothing about them, but suddenly I think I need a few. :roll:
 
I was reading that Catalinas are cold water and prefer 50-60 degree water.

You know what would be better than shoaling fish if you can afford it?

Seahorses! They're pretty spiffy! :D
 
Clown or Citrons are tiny said:
Hi,

The Clown goby (Gobiodon okinawae) will probably need a larger tank if you plan to have more than one of these. Make sure to throughly research as you usually do before making your final choice. Good luck with your new tank.

Cheers!
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@kaledrina wrote:
I was reading that Catalinas are cold water and prefer 50-60 degree water. You know what would be better than shoaling fish if you can afford it? Seahorses! They're pretty spiffy! :D said:
seahorses would be cool too, except that my reeftank already has various stinging lps in there that would not be good for them. My readings show that they do okay as long at the tmp does not exceed 74 degrees for any extended period of time. I already keep my tank around 68 because of my waratah anemone(another colder water species).
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@harial wrote:
[I]@kaledrina wrote:[/I][quote="I was reading that Catalinas are cold water and prefer 50-60 degree water. You know what would be better than shoaling fish if you can afford it? Seahorses! They're pretty spiffy! :D said:
seahorses would be cool too, except that my reeftank already has various stinging lps in there that would not be good for them. My readings show that they do okay as long at the tmp does not exceed 74 degrees for any extended period of time. I already keep my tank around 68 because of my waratah anemone(another colder water species)."]

I would be reluctant to put a clown or Citron goby in with your fish eating anemone, it would only take one time for one of them to "rest" on the waratah and they would be nem food.

Cheers!
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such a good point. i think that the reason the anemone was able to eat them was becasue of how small they were(like less than an inch). I think the clown gobies would be bigger but at the same time, your are right, and I don't want to risk it.
 
I forgot about the nem. Those little guys would be Nem snacks sooner or later. Even the Fire-fish might be. They hover mid to upper tank and sleep down below. Well, at least you have an excuse to give mom, can't have small fish with a nem in the tank.
 
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