Next fish for my salt tank?

Question

hi i have a reef tank (no fish) (no corals) yet and I'm ready for the first fish its been a month and I'm ready to test it out so um what fish should i get that's under 20$ and also i want an accessory what should i get also my tank is 29 gallons

Answer 1

Best choice in price and looks are the Royal Gramma - Gramma loreto. Small, brilliantly colored, passive if given sports in the live rock it can retire into, and usually less than 10 dollars in shops.

Dave

Answer 2

Your tank is still a very young tank.  your best option here would be to get damsels.  Yellow tail or blues.  I would steer clear of domino's since they live long lives, get fairly large and if kept in pairs get very vicious with other fish.

for $2.99-$3.99 each, I would go with the yellow tails.  They are good hearty fish to start with.

Answer 3

I think you should go for a scooter blenny fish. They are very hardy fish, easy to take care of.  That was my first fish I got and it is doing great. Keep the scooter alone for at least 1 week so you could make sure its is eating the shrimp because a lot of people have said that they eat live food but my boyfriend and I trained our scooters that way and they got use to the brine shrimp. What do you mean by accesory?

Have your snails and crabs ready to clean your tank up.

Answer 4

You can get Green chromis, or you can get a percula clownfish, or a scooter blenny, or some other damsel species. There is not many fish that is under 20 bucks, it is a very expensive hobby to get into, but it is very interesting and enjoyable.

Anyways, I hope that this helps, thanks for asking............

Answer 5

How about a lawnmower blenny? They are funny little fish to watch and they will help keep algae under control-which is good in a new tank setup. They also aren't very territorial so it shouldn't be hard to introduce other new species of fish later.