Black & White fish suggestions for 40 gallon

[ThRoewer]

Okay https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=188&cid=9

Could work...

 

[Eric1493]

Were smith's blennies ever ruled out? They're a little pointy, but they're more flat and not snakelike at all.

 

[PicassoClown04]

Where is the white in that one?

No white, just black

 

[PicassoClown04]

Are you going for like an entire black and white tank (including CUC, corals, etc) or just the fish?

 

[flampton]

Yup just liked it. Be really cool if there was an all white dwarf too

 

[ThRoewer]

Are you going for like an entire black and white tank (including CUC, corals, etc) or just the fish?

Just the fish. Getting a CUC in there was a fight on it's own and only after the tank hat turned into an unsightly algae swamp. Corals are limited to anemones, mushrooms, softies, and the like... easy low maintenance stuff.

 

[ThRoewer]

Okay https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=188&cid=9

The fact that dwarf angels go after algae is also a plus...

 

[PicassoClown04]

Just the fish. Getting a CUC in there was a fight on it's own and only after the tank hat turned into an unsightly algae swamp. Corals are limited to anemones, mushrooms, softies, and the like... easy low maintenance stuff.

So you’re good with colorful, simple-to-care-for corals? In that case, I’d go with a porcelain crab for the anemones, a lamark/halfblack/keyhole/multibar angelfish, and a circus goby/ panda goby. Along with your existing clown harem. Sorry no pairs, I think the goby can be paired and you can have multiples of the crab

 

[PicassoClown04]

Panda Goby

Circus Goby

Lamark Angel

Keyhole angel

Halfblack angel

Multibar angel

 

[ichthyogeek]

Baby gem tangs?
Lotilia graciliosa.
Juvenile Bodianus axillaris
Starry Blenny?

Aside from that I got nothin.

 

[TriggerFinger]

Are you familiar with the Hawaiian white spotted toby? Some look black with white spots and others look sorta brown.
Also is the no pointy or needle like fish a feng shui thing or just her personal preference?

 

[IKD]

Do I have this summed up?

Setup: 40 gallon tank with 4 Darwin Clowns
Desire: Pair of black & white fish, out in the open, not too spikey/needle shaped

Candidates:

• Panda Goby (white enough?)
• White spotted toby
• Baby Gem Tang (watch out for tang police)
• Lotilia graciliosa
• Juvenile Bodianus axillaris
• Starry Blenny
• Halfblack angel (true white? Other pics show more yellow https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/448/?pcatid=448)
• Keyhole angel
• Lamark Angel
• Circus Goby
• Smith’s Blennies

Ruled Out:

• Marine Betta (setup not appropriate)
• Convict Gobies (hide too much)
• Banggai Cardinals (spikey/needle shaped)
• Banded Pipefish (needle shaped)
• Tuxedo Damselfish (sensitive)
• Three/Four Stripe Damselfish (aggressive)
• Bandit Angles (price)
• Morey Eel (too large)
• Clownfish (have 4 already)
• Dominos (aggressive)
• Sankeyi dottybacks (too long)
• Lipogramma evides (price)

 

[OrionN]

China Wrasse, Anampses neoguinaicus.
Perfect fit for you, even down to the name, but they are difficult fish and get kinda big for your tank. My male is about 5 inches.
And don't you say that they are not black and white.
Male- 5 inches active of fish

Female

 

[ThRoewer]

So you’re good with colorful, simple-to-care-for corals? In that case, I’d go with a porcelain crab for the anemones, a lamark/halfblack/keyhole/multibar angelfish, and a circus goby/ panda goby. Along with your existing clown harem. Sorry no pairs, I think the goby can be paired and you can have multiples of the crab

I tried the porcelain crabs before when I had a haddoni in that tank. It was a pair that got along well but ultimately the clowns decided they didn't want to share the anemone and killed the crabs.
I got a pair of circus gobies im another tank and you only see them during feedings. And the panda gobies are just the right snack size for the female clownfish. They wouldn't last long.
A Lolita goby pair with a pair of pistol shrimp might work though.
But a pair of dwarf angels might still be the best.

 

[ThRoewer]

Do I have this summed up?

Setup: 40 gallon tank with 4 Darwin Clowns
Desire: Pair of black & white fish, out in the open, not too spikey/needle shaped

Candidates:

• Panda Goby (white enough?)
• White spotted toby
• Baby Gem Tang (watch out for tang police)
• Lotilia graciliosa
• Juvenile Bodianus axillaris
• Starry Blenny
• Halfblack angel (true white? Other pics show more yellow https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/448/?pcatid=448)
• Keyhole angel
• Lamark Angel
• Circus Goby
• Smith’s Blennies

Ruled Out:

• Marine Betta (setup not appropriate)
• Convict Gobies (hide too much)
• Banggai Cardinals (spikey/needle shaped)
• Banded Pipefish (needle shaped)
• Tuxedo Damselfish (sensitive)
• Three/Four Stripe Damselfish (aggressive)
• Bandit Angles (price)
• Morey Eel (too large)
• Clownfish (have 4 already)
• Dominos (aggressive)
• Sankeyi dottybacks (too long)
• Lipogramma evides (price)

That sums it up nicely!

 

[ThRoewer]

Panda Goby

Circus Goby

Lamark Angel

Keyhole angel

Halfblack angel

Multibar angel

I would go with a pair of multibars and argue away the yellow they have if I could find some from the Marshall Islands that are eating or tank bred ones. But every single one I've seen in storeshere came from Indonesia and would not eat. They usually perish after a couple of weeks.

 

[OrionN]

Look at the Two Tone Dart fish, Ptereleotris evides

 

[ThRoewer]

The wife likes the Halfblack angels. So I try to find a pair of those.

 

[ThRoewer]

Look at the Two Tone Dart fish, Ptereleotris evides

Dartfish have the problem of being too elongated.

 

[OrionN]

Fhen-shui is one of the more unusual way to choose a pair of fish. HOWEVER, happy wife happy life so whatever the Missus wants she gets. Good luck