Marine GSP tank mates

[Pufferfish88]

I have been slowing raising my SG for a few months with my GSP and I am looking for some marine fish I could have with him in a 55 gallon tank. I have read tomato clowns could be ok but what else would work?

[sao870]

well it depends of the fish...... my gsp's are in with a Moray eel..... and some mollies

[Pufferfish88]

Mine is with two mollies at the moment in mid brackish water. I was planning on moving them back to my fw tank once I got to full salt so I could add some other colorful fish such as clowns but what else? That eel would be too large for me haha.

[sao870]

haha well i hear that some damsels do well with them and but u could keep the mollies all the way up in marine it will keep movement in the tank.

[Pufferpunk]

Mollies are perfectly fine in marine but my GSPs ate them. Try a school of damselfish or a tomato clownfish.

[Pufferfish88]

1 tomato clown or can I have 2? Also do they need an anemone to host?

[Pufferpunk]

They do not need an anemone to host. They grow quite large, almost as large as your GSP, so I'd go with a single clown in there.

[Pufferfish88]

Ok maybe I will put the mollies in the fw tank later and put a male and a female tomato clown in with my puffer.

[Pufferfish88]

Other than:
Clowns
Mollies
Damsels

What else could be a good tank mate(s) in a 55 gallong aquarium?

[SammyDee]

I kept a yellow tang with my gsp shortly. Sadly it was killed by my anemone. Not sure thou but I think they grow too big for a 55g. Maybe some domino damsels

[Pufferpunk]

Minimum tank size for an adult tang is 90g.

[SammyDee]

THX PP

[Pufferfish88]

Haha ok no tang then!

[SammyDee]

Yea the only other things I have with my GSP are a large mexican turbo snail and about 5 astria snails and about 20 hermit crabs. So far none have been eaten. I did add some switching shells for the hermits to cuz i hear theyll kill eachother for the larger shells as they grow. You could also attempt some soft corals too. I got a few mushrooms, zoanthids, finger leather, feather dusters and a Long tentacle anemone the GSP all leave alone. If you do try feathers make sure the whole tube is covered. I caught mine trying to nibble it. now its covered so only the feathers extend out and they leave that alone now.

[Pufferfish88]

Haha ok I will keep the corals in mind for later.