Clownfish replacement

[r0ck0]

I am going to be loaning my darwin clown pair to my friend with his 55g tank that currently has no fish. I will be getting them back when I get my next bigger tank. I'm tired of them only swimming in the corner.

I will have left a snippy sixline wrasse and a neon goby. I would like to get a dottyback from green marine since it should be able to hold its own against the sixline. Is there any other fish that I can consider? It needs to be fairly small at least to start, be a full tank swimmer, no more hanging out in the corner, and be tough enough to not let the sixline beat em up. It doesn't have to be captive bred but would nice, and if not captive bred something that is not rare/over fished or hard to keep. I was thinking maybe a damsel or two.

thanks for the suggestions

 

[Gonzo]

How about a starry blenny? Lots of personality, and swims around. Mine is the hit of the household.

 

[iCon]

What sort of dottyback? I have a pseudochromis fridmani and my sixline shredded it.

 

[Gomer]

I picked up a pair of sharknose gobies (Elacatinus oceanops x Elacatinus figaro from ora) from Jim. They are small, never localize themself, and seem to not be afraid of anything. They are also functional parasite eaters and drive my foxface nuts

 

[r0ck0]

I heard that the dottybacks are meanies and they should be added last. My sixline isn't that mean either, he pokes at my goby but doesn't other him really or the clowns.

I got my goby from Jim as well, the yellow line goby, do they do well in pairs?
http://www.orafarm.com/gobies.html

I would like either the Orchid, Indigo or Neon dottyback:
http://www.orafarm.com/dottybacks.html

 

[Gomer]

They do well ime in groups. I got a pair in my tank. and they get along perfectly.

 

[bookfish]

And since the sharknose is a hybrid of the neon and the yellow line, all 3 of those types should do well together. Lately though I've been enjoying the herd of tiger gobies more than the other species.

 

[seminolecpa]

Wouldn't that be a streak or ambush of Tiger gobies?

 

[Gomer]

Wouldn't that be a streak or ambush of Tiger gobYes?

FTFY

 

[r0ck0]

Are there any mongolian gobies?

 

[nudibranch]

No, but there is the Goby Desert.

 

[Roc]

get a reef shark

 

[GreshamH]

No, but there is the Goby Dessert.

:lol: fixed it for you... they are like thin mints Mmm so tasty, but not much to them :lol:

 

[nudibranch]

Psychedelic Goby, I love them they are really active.

 

[r0ck0]

I got a talbot's damsel last night. Cute little fish, hopefully he can hold his own against the 666line wrasse.
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/c_talboti.htm

 

[r0ck0]

get a reef shark

HA I get it, you are funny. How's that picasso trigger working out for you?