for those who missed last video here is a recap of the first five of 10 fish
in our top 10 beginner fish list generally good beginner fish wait
i wrote this down here we go gobies cardinal fish blennies fire fish and clownfish a maximum
of two fish number one is the bangai or pajama cardinal fish fish number two
are chromis and honestly i don't know why i put them on the list beginner fish number three is
the ever popular clownfish beginner fish number four is the clown gobi beginner fish number five
are actually two we're gonna call it the flame hawk fish and the long nose hawk fish
namaste part two everybody matthew here your brs beginner guru coming at you with episode 31b in
the beginner how-to guide for saltwater aquariums and reef tanks top 10 beginner fish we've already
done the first five so this video we are going to complete the list with the remaining five
and be sure to stick around to the end because we have the three recommended stock lists for a
20 gallon a 30 gallon and a 40 gallon all right without any further ado here comes fish number
six beginner fish number six is the orchid or purple dotty back you gotta be careful with these
fish even though they're really small they are semi-aggressive and i have seen them go after fish
a lot bigger in size you just need to make sure you have enough space because they're just gonna
find a piece of rock work and they're gonna call that home and they're gonna defend it no matter
how big the fish is they also may eat small shrimp and bristle worms so if those are things that you
want just take that in consideration number wise i would just put one in a tank i think it's risky
to put more than that location like i said they're going to defend a certain area but once they feel
comfortable they will swim all around your tank i have a pseudochromis in this tank over here
and he's out pretty much all day food wise they are small so make sure if you feed them pellets
or frozen food that you have small pieces they're carnivores they'll go after pretty much anything
captive bread absolutely there are captive bread options available beginner fish number seven is
a purple fire fish or just a purple dark fish or just go with your standard dark fish again these
have quite a few different names so let me read them off fire fish goby fire goby magnificent
dart fish fire dart fish and then i i also wrote the word decor right here i'm pretty sure that's
a typo temperament they are really quite peaceful but they can go after members of their own species
so only get one or two if they're a mated pair size-wise they're a small fish yeah they can
get to three inches in length but they're super skinny and super long location wise they like to
live in the rock work they will come out once they feel comfortable but like their name dart
fish they will dart into crevices if they ever feel threatened and they're also really well known
to be jumpers so you have to have a tight-fitting lid on top i really love the personality of them
they will dart in and out of the rock work come out for feeding but oftentimes once they feel
comfortable they'll swim around and they're kind of fun to watch and they're really gorgeous fish
but because they are so small have really small mouths when you buy them from your local fish
store or online if they're really small make sure you have pellets or frozen food that are really
really small in diameter i also don't think there are any caffe bread options at this time beginner
fish number eight is the royal grandma bastlet the royal grandma baslet is also known as the fairy
bastalit temperament they are peaceful unlike their doppelganger the pseudochromis size-wise
when i see them at the local fish store they're usually quite small but they can grow up to three
inches in length i would only pick up one of these because they can be aggressive towards members
of their own species location just like your dart fish or your pseudochromis they need a lot of live
rock and crevices to hide in they will come out when they feel comfortable though food wise just
like the others they have relatively small mouths so make sure whatever you feed them is small they
are carnivores but they'll pretty much go after any sort of frozen or prepared food captive bread
not really but there are some options out there so you might be able to find a few beginner fish
option number nine i know some of you are gonna heartily disagree with this but i'm gonna put
it on there because i've had such good luck that is the six line wrasse this rass also
goes by the name the six striper ass temperament they are definitely semi-aggressive to outright
aggressive depending on your tank how much space there is the other inhabitants how much you feed
and the individual personality this rasp may not be a good option i love my six-liner ass i'm
staring at it right now in my frag tank has one of the best personalities if not the best personality
will swim all around the tank in the currents and he has really never gone after my other fish
but you are going to hear horror stories of six line rasses bullying others so you're gonna have
to watch it for sure and i would add a six line wrasse last so that the other fish are
able to like find their space and then the six-line rasp may not go after them as much
but if you put a six-line ras in first he might go after every freaking fish you put in because
he thinks the whole tanks is his location he will go all over the tank one of the best things i love
about my six line rast is he likes to play in the currents of the wave makers at night time he will
find a spot in the rock work and create a mucous sack to sleep in food wise he is a fantastic
member because he will go after all sorts of small crustaceans and flatworms that especially
ride on with coral frags my six-line rash is not a picky eater at all does have a small mouth make
sure you have frozen or pellet foods that are small enough but he will eat everything that i
feed them captive bread options i don't think so and the 10th and final option i would recommend
is a shrimp gobi pistol shrimp pear again there are a lot of different names because there are a
lot of different species of shrimp gobies but any of these will work shrimp gobi prawn gobi
high fin gobi yasha gobi yellow watchman gobi orange stripe prawn gobi all of those are known
to pair with pistol shrimps which we often call snapping shrimp as well shrimp gobies are super
high strung and they will bolt immediately which makes them a really good pair for a somewhat blind
pistol shrimp because when they dart back into their rock work the pistol shrimp knows it's time
to hide as well you have larger species like the yellow watchman gobi which is four inches
and then smaller species like the yasha gobi which might get up to three inches in length
numbers wise i would only get one unless you can find a mated pair because they can become
aggressive with members of their own species location wise they are definitely a sand bed
species when paired with a pistol shrimp they will share the same burrow which is really fun to watch
personality wise you can get a shrimp gobi without a pistol shrimp but they are fantastic but no when
i bought my first bear i bought the wrong type of pistol shrimp so you have to make sure i wrote it
down you have to make sure that the pistol shrimp is from the genus alpheus so make sure it's from
the alpheus genus there's different species but get one from the alpheus genus to make sure that
it does pair up with the shrimp kobe food my pair will eat anything i feed them their carnivores so
feed them meaty pellets or meaty foods sometimes as a special treat i will put a really small
piece of shrimp down right in front of the burrow and the pistol shrimp will come out and grab it
captive bread most aren't but there are some species out there like the yellow watchman
gobi that you can find captive bred so let's go into my three suggested stock list a 20 gallon
tank a 30 gallon tank and a 40 gallon tank starting with the 20 gallon tank here's what
i would recommend one to two clownfish a purple fire fish a shrimp goby and pistol shrimp pear
and a royal grandma baslet i think this is a good mix because these fish will probably get
along just fine and they occupy different parts of your tank so you're going to see some of the water
columns some of the rock work and some down on the sand bed suggested stock list number two for a 30
gallon tank two clown fish two to three cardinal fish a long nose hawk fish an orchid dotty back
and a shrimp goby pistol shrimp now we're pushing the limit of how many fish we can put in the tank
so you're definitely going to want to do a lot of water testing and up your filtration as necessary
but this is a really good mix of sizes of colors and of personalities and places they live in the
tank and last up for a 40 gallon tank and that tank right there is a 40 gallon tank here's what
i'd recommend two clownfish three to five small chromis a six line wrasse a royal grandma basslet
flame hawkfish yellow watchman goby and althea's pistol shrimp a fire fish or a dart fish and a
clown goby that is a lot of fish so if you are going to add those fish you cannot add
them all at once because it will overwhelm your bio filtration so you have to add them slowly you
know looking at that list right now i'm actually thinking that might be too much but i think if you
did it right and you added these fish slowly and at the correct times for example leaving your six
line wrasse till the very end i think you could probably get away with it you're going to want to
water test a lot and possibly up your filtration just to put up with the extra bio load that took
me way longer to film than i thought my back hurts well i hope you guys found that helpful if
you disagree and i'm sure many of you do disagree just put a comment down below and say which fish
would you get rid of and what would you add in place i watched so many videos on this topic
and these were just the ones that i thought made the most sense given my experience
but what is your experience well that's it for episode 31 coming up next episode i didn't write
it down so i actually have no idea what's coming up next episode so stay tuned because you'll find
out soon enough thanks for watching everybody happy reefing be well we'll see you next time
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