What kind of salt water Fish would you Eat?!

Without visiting all these web sites, I like trout, red snapper, mahi mahi, and yellowfin tuna,

I am starting a new saltwater tank and I am about a month out from getting fish. I have a 55 gallon and need suggestions on good tank mates with a clown fish. Thanks for you help.

Partly this will depend on the type of clowns you are planning to get. The most popular are the ocellaris & percula clowns ("Nemo" fish). Clowns tend toward being semi-aggressive or aggressive and can range in size from 2.5 to 6 inches.

Unless you plant to get other large aggressive fish, I would go with the ocellaris, percula, or skunk clowns because they show less aggression towards their tankmates (except when spawning) and stay smaller. You should only keep one species of clowns to a tank because even though they will get along for the most part with other fish, they will fight with other clownfish species.

Some choices for tankmates if you want a relatively peaceful community are yellow tang, a pair of cardinalfish (pajamas or Bangai), longnose hawkfish, some of the blennies & gobies, a dwarf anglefish, and some of the dottybacks (pseudochromis). You want to be careful about mixing fish that have similar colors or shapes because this will lead to aggression. Try to add the more peaceful species first - otherwise your fish are going to have territorial issues. If you plan to cycle your tank with a fish, you can acclimate a molly or some guppies to keep with the marine fish. They are more peaceful than the damsels that saltwater aquarists usually start with. Just keep them in a small tank (I use a 2.5 gallon) and add 1 tsp - 1 Tbsp of sea salt each day to get it to marine strength. Both species tolerate salt well if acclimated slowly (both species can go from fresh to marine in less than a week). It makes for some interesting conversation, too, when everyone says "But I thought those were freshwater fish!".