Everything is coming along

[ph33nyx]

Since starting up my 12g nano in Feb, turning over one of my live rocks and finding brown button polyps, then finding all the copods. I've gotten a watermellon coral, kenya tree, yellow whip, some purple and red mushrooms, a few ricordias, a frogspawn, a candycane, and a cleaner shrimp (which has molted about 4x in 2mo). I found a bristleworm last night when turning out the lights!
I'm thinking maybe it's time to get a fish.

 

[Bifferwine]

It sounds like it! What are you planning on getting?

 

[ph33nyx]

I was thinking of a green spotted mandarin goby.

 

[Bifferwine]

I would not recommend that for a new 12 gallon tank; the fish would probably starve to death pretty quickly. They really require larger tanks than that, and a refugium if they are not eating frozen food.

 

[little_fish]

Why dont you check out the clown gobies? They have great color and personality!

 

[ph33nyx]

None of my LFS have any clown gobies. What else might be a good fit?

 

[Bifferwine]

What about a pair of small clownsfish? Or do you think clowns are too "cliche"? Some people think they are too common and prefer not to have them. :)

 

[ph33nyx]

I'd rather have clowns than damsels. I would think they would like the frogspawn (I know my tank is too small for an anemone).
Is there any particular type I should look at?

edit:
I just found a place that had this ad "9 months old juvenile tank breed Golden Maroon Clown fish"

Would those be ok?

 

[Bifferwine]

Clowns do just fine without anemones. They don't need one. Maroon clowns get to be some of the largest and most aggressive clowns. I think they'd outgrow your tank pretty quickly. Skunk, percula and ocellaris would be better choices.