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[hi then i said]

Ok i have a 20 gallon long tank i need help with picking the rest of my fish. jst tell me what option would be better
Option 1
1 firefish
2 false perc clowns
1 royal gramma
1 six line wrasse

option 2

1 firefish
2 false perc clowns
1 royal gramma

option 3
1 firefish
2 false perc clowns
1 six line wrasse

 

[Lynden]

You could go with option #1, assuming you kept up the water changes. However I would not recommend a sixline wrasse to go in your tank; maybe try a flasher wrasse instead. Just as colourful and personable but without the aggression.

 

[SkiFletch]

Agree with Lynden on both points

Will this be FO, FOWLR, or Reef?

 

[hi then i said]

it will eventually become a reef but right now its just a fowlr

 

[kkyyllee]

i say option number two

 

[SkiFletch]

Option 4:

1 firefish
2 clownfish
1 flasher wrasse

 

[hi then i said]

for the clowns would there be any way to have maroon clowns or are they just way to agressive? i am thinking about option 4.

 

[n3ont3tra]

Maroon Clowns will get too big.

 

[kkyyllee]

you could have one maroon in a 20 long but thats it, maybe a small goby

 

[hi then i said]

ok i will not get the moroon. and will the flasher wrasse eat bristle worms?

 

[SkiFletch]

ok i will not get the moroon. and will the flasher wrasse eat bristle worms?

Yes, but I've yet to see a tank where fair/flasher wrasses have been able to control the bristle worm population... Problem is, bristleworms usually are hiding during the day when the wrasses are out. The bristles only come out at night while the wrasses are hiding/sleeping in the sand bed .

A flasher wrasse will control flatworms though

 

[Lynden]

Bristle worms are usually beneficial anyways; they eat carrion.

 

[hi then i said]

ok i have just seen more bristle worms lately and wanted something to get them. Even though the wrasse may not eat all of them it is still a realy cool fish.
would i be able to do option 1 but with the flasher wrasse or would i be overstocked?

 

[SkiFletch]

Not overstocked, but you might have trouble with a gramma in a 20gal. They get aggressive, especially in small tanks