adding chromis and royal gramma

[mopar9012]

my gf has a 20 with a black and white clown that is mine, hes a little aggressive. she wants to add a royal gramma of her own and im worried about the royal gramma getting beat up. I currentlt still have a blue chromis that used to be in the same tank as the black and white clown.

do you think if I add these 2 fish at the same time it would be too fast for the tank? it is just a 20, with a hang back filter and skimmer.

 

[linda lee]

Adding both should be okay. With a skimmer on a 20g, you should be able to handle the bioload with no problem.

And a Royal Gramma is a pretty fiesty fish. It should be able to hold its own against the clown.

 

[ralph atl]

should be ok

 

[mopar9012]

okay cool. The clown and chromis wont be in there for a very long time. She just wants a fish of her own right now...
thanks for the info.

 

[oil_fan]

You'd be surprised how well a royal gramma can hold it's own. I have one he defends my chromis from my clowns. I've seen him bare his teeth and bump right into the female clown. They have a huge set of teeth for such a small fish.

In fact, I once came home and saw that both of my clowns had parts of their fins ripped off and one had a bite mark on him. I'm pretty sure my royal gramma saw the clowns picking on my chromis and had enough. Royal grammas can definitely hold their own!!

 

[pmi_man]

my royal gramma use to beat up my clarkii when i first put him in, now they get along fine :w00t: