Thinking of ading a Helfrichi Firefish

[BobNY]

I am thinking of getting a Helfrichi Firefish. My tank is 125 gallons. The only fish I have in there as of now are a pair of Ocellaris Clowns and a Solar Fairy Wrasse. Do they do well being added to a tank with established fish. When I added the Wrasse the female clown definitely made sure the Wrasse new who was boss of the left side of the tank.
They get along fine now though. The Wrasse will still occaisionally do the fairy wrasse loopty loop aroud the female clown.
Can the Helfrichi deal with this behavior if it was to happen?

Thanks

 

[jr973]

i would a 125 has plenty of space for them and they arent even that big too begin with Dom has 4 right now at a great price if i had the dough id had gotten a pair already

 

[BobNY]

Jr, I saw that Dom has them.
My main concern was having it be harrased and get stressed.
A pair huh? Not a bad idea

 

[jr973]

I hear your point but a 125 I believe is a tank with many safe havens imo and can't go wrong with a pair for 100 heck some lfs would sell you 1 for that price

 

[BobNY]

Yep. $100 is usually the price when I see them at the LFS.
That is a good deal Dom has on them.
The 125 does have a lot of room and hiding places. If I ever want to have one I guess now is the time. Before I add any thing like a tang.

 

[rookie07]

You should be fine.
The fire fish will find their own area of the tank...but when you add more fish, the firefish may lose its territory or even get beaten up a bit.

 

[Brando457]

I had a pair from Dom too, now I have a single one (i think the other one was sick idk)

But I have the single helfrichi and 2 clowns in the RSM 130D and they get along peachy. When I upgrade to my 75g I plan on getting another from Dom to pair up with mine hopefully.

 

[rookie07]

i had a pair from dom too, now i have a single one.

+1

 

[Brando457]

You have a single or got a pair from him? Or a pair that one got sick and became a single.

 

[rookie07]

On day 2 there was only 1 fish. No signs before that of anything out of ordinary. It may have jumped into overflow, but I have not found anything yet.

 

[BobNY]

Thanks for the info guy's. I have a pair coming from Dom tomorrow

 

[BobNY]

I ended up with just one Helfrichi. Tomorrow will be one week that I have had him. He's doing well and eats like a pig.
Thanks to all for helping with my decision to get it.
I got him from Domboski at Diamonds Of The Reef. Dom went above and beond to get this little guy to me last weekend.
Here is a picture