Pick a Fish, Any Fish

fishyman12 · 08/16/2011, 09:16 PM

Looking to add a new fish to my tank that is active, yet peaceful. What has been your favorite fish in your reef? What fish would you want to put in your tank if you dont already have it? Also..what fish would you NEVER plan on getting? Thanks

RJT · 08/16/2011, 09:24 PM

Best for me that fits your tank is a bartlett anthias
Don't plan to get 6 line wrasse

hollister · 08/16/2011, 09:25 PM

How many fish do you have now?

Gill_bucket · 08/16/2011, 09:26 PM

I really like my mystery wrasse, I have read that they can become aggressive but mine is a model citizen.

Gill_bucket · 08/16/2011, 09:29 PM

If I had a 180 I would get myself a sohal tang.

pmrossetti · 08/16/2011, 09:30 PM

midas blenny. entertaining.

fishyman12 · 08/16/2011, 09:44 PM

m not saying specific to my tank. I'm just talking about your tank so pick ANY fish posssible

Reefing Newbie · 08/16/2011, 09:46 PM

Umm, not much experience here only have had 4 species of fish as of now. I would say clownfish are my favorites as of now. Will probably change when I get the rest of my fish.
Would never get a Sergent Major Damsel. Little butt steels food from my nems, bites my hand and arm during maintence, takes his fill first, and poops worse than a goldfish if you know what I mean... He is being taken out this weekend thank God!

Bnortz · 08/16/2011, 10:57 PM

Royal Gramma!

robertjk7005 · 08/17/2011, 08:20 AM

I love my true percula clownfish pair but i just got a magnificent foxface last week and think he/she is awesome.
i don't think i would get any blue damsels cause they are just to plain

dwarf_angels31 · 08/17/2011, 10:43 AM

Potters angel

jeffesaurusrex · 08/17/2011, 01:33 PM

I second the Midas Blenny! I have a lawnmower Blenny and he is very animated and amusing. They swim like an eel and "perch" on rocks. Very entertaining.

thebkramer · 08/17/2011, 01:41 PM

I love my Starry Blenny and my Diamond Watchman Goby!!!
If I could add another fish.. it would def be the McCoskers Flasher Wrasse!!!! awesome fish!! my other choice would be the Foxface...
A fish I would NEVER ever add again.. Domino Damsel!! Use to have one and it killed my $130 Borbonius Anthias

and would attack me every chance it got!! I have scars to prove it

Master Kyle 297 · 08/17/2011, 02:39 PM

spanish hogfish are really funny to watch because they are clumsy swimmers, lawnmower blennies too.

brian762 · 08/17/2011, 02:47 PM

Flame Hawkfish!!!

Curious George · 08/17/2011, 02:56 PM

What has been your favorite fish in your reef? Majestic Angel

What fish would you want to put in your tank if you dont already have it? Tinker Butterfly or Mystery Wrasse

Also..what fish would you NEVER plan on getting? Undulate Trigger--So colorful and sooooo MEAN!!

thor109 · 08/17/2011, 03:46 PM

Diamond goby. I enjoy mine. It moves at least a cup of sand around everyday. When I go to bed he will have a mountain of sand on a rock and when I get up he will be sleeping in a cave he dug under it. When I come home from work it will be a mountain again.

thebkramer · 08/17/2011, 03:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thor109

Diamond goby. I enjoy mine. It moves at least a cup of sand around everyday. When I go to bed he will have a mountain of sand on a rock and when I get up he will be sleeping in a cave he dug under it. When I come home from work it will be a mountain again.

only a cup??

just joking

celamb89 · 08/17/2011, 04:01 PM

Clown tang!!

KSzegi · 08/17/2011, 04:34 PM

My favorite has been a sargassum trigger.

thor109 · 08/17/2011, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thebkramer

only a cup??

just joking

I know maybe 3 but who's counting

dg3147 · 08/17/2011, 10:22 PM

Dracula goby with pistol shrimp symbiotic pairing. AWESOME!

markster33139 · 08/18/2011, 07:44 AM

+1 on the Midas Blenny also. Extremely entertaining fish.

sslak · 08/18/2011, 08:11 AM

I would never get a White Shark....they get pretty big and they have a nasty bite.

Midas Blennys are awesome.

my40breeder · 08/18/2011, 08:45 AM

i like lyretail anthias. i had 3 females and 1 turned to a male. cool to watch if you can handle 3 fish. i also had a blue spot jawfish which i had for around a year. when i redid my tank due to some unknown problems, i took him to the LFS for holding. unfortunately he died while there. i am looking for a new one because they have the most personality.

08/16/2011, 09:16 PM	#1
fishyman12 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 122	Pick a Fish, Any Fish Looking to add a new fish to my tank that is active, yet peaceful. What has been your favorite fish in your reef? What fish would you want to put in your tank if you dont already have it? Also..what fish would you NEVER plan on getting? Thanks __________________ FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD Current Tank Info: 46 Bowfront Reef Tank 30 Gallon Sump

08/16/2011, 09:44 PM	#7
fishyman12 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 122	m not saying specific to my tank. I'm just talking about your tank so pick ANY fish posssible __________________ FISH ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD Current Tank Info: 46 Bowfront Reef Tank 30 Gallon Sump

08/17/2011, 01:33 PM	#12
jeffesaurusrex Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Terre Haute, IN Posts: 322	I second the Midas Blenny! I have a lawnmower Blenny and he is very animated and amusing. They swim like an eel and "perch" on rocks. Very entertaining. __________________ -Jeff Current Tank Info: 29g Biocube - StevesLEDs - MP10 - Apex - Tunze

08/17/2011, 01:41 PM	#13
thebkramer Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 3,198	I love my Starry Blenny and my Diamond Watchman Goby!!! If I could add another fish.. it would def be the McCoskers Flasher Wrasse!!!! awesome fish!! my other choice would be the Foxface... A fish I would NEVER ever add again.. Domino Damsel!! Use to have one and it killed my $130 Borbonius Anthias and would attack me every chance it got!! I have scars to prove it __________________ Rhonda There is NO such things as Dumb Questions!! There are However.. Dumb Answers!!! ;) ____________ Current Tank Info: 55g reef....Current Orbit SunPaq Lights, HOB Eshopps, HOB AquaClear 110, 2-1400 Koralia Powerheads & 1 Nano Koralia, 40+ lbs LR, 2" LS

08/17/2011, 04:01 PM	#19
celamb89 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Live in Mexico, from AustinTX Posts: 869	Clown tang!! __________________ CEL

08/16/2011, 09:24 PM	#2
RJT Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Maryland Posts: 769	Best for me that fits your tank is a bartlett anthias Don't plan to get 6 line wrasse

08/16/2011, 09:25 PM	#3
hollister Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 2,037	How many fish do you have now?

08/16/2011, 09:26 PM	#4
Gill_bucket Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 547	I really like my mystery wrasse, I have read that they can become aggressive but mine is a model citizen.

08/16/2011, 09:29 PM	#5
Gill_bucket Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Oregon Posts: 547	If I had a 180 I would get myself a sohal tang.

08/16/2011, 09:30 PM	#6
pmrossetti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cali. Posts: 3,199	midas blenny. entertaining.

08/16/2011, 09:46 PM	#8
Reefing Newbie Registered Member. Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,435	Umm, not much experience here only have had 4 species of fish as of now. I would say clownfish are my favorites as of now. Will probably change when I get the rest of my fish. Would never get a Sergent Major Damsel. Little butt steels food from my nems, bites my hand and arm during maintence, takes his fill first, and poops worse than a goldfish if you know what I mean... He is being taken out this weekend thank God!

08/16/2011, 10:57 PM	#9
Bnortz Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Bay Village, Ohio Posts: 825	Royal Gramma!

08/17/2011, 08:20 AM	#10
robertjk7005 Registered Member Join Date: May 2011 Location: Piscataway, nj Posts: 152	I love my true percula clownfish pair but i just got a magnificent foxface last week and think he/she is awesome. i don't think i would get any blue damsels cause they are just to plain

08/17/2011, 10:43 AM	#11
dwarf_angels31 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: O-H I-O Posts: 67	Potters angel

08/17/2011, 02:39 PM	#14
Master Kyle 297 Reef Freak Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 204	spanish hogfish are really funny to watch because they are clumsy swimmers, lawnmower blennies too.

08/17/2011, 02:47 PM	#15
brian762 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Cleveland, OH Posts: 654	Flame Hawkfish!!!

08/17/2011, 02:56 PM	#16
Curious George Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 748	What has been your favorite fish in your reef? Majestic Angel What fish would you want to put in your tank if you dont already have it? Tinker Butterfly or Mystery Wrasse Also..what fish would you NEVER plan on getting? Undulate Trigger--So colorful and sooooo MEAN!!

08/17/2011, 03:46 PM	#17
thor109 Registered Member. Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Plainfield, Indiana Posts: 822	Diamond goby. I enjoy mine. It moves at least a cup of sand around everyday. When I go to bed he will have a mountain of sand on a rock and when I get up he will be sleeping in a cave he dug under it. When I come home from work it will be a mountain again.

08/17/2011, 04:34 PM	#20
KSzegi Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Ocala, FL Posts: 278	My favorite has been a sargassum trigger.

08/17/2011, 10:22 PM	#22
dg3147 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Pasadena, CA Posts: 1,178	Dracula goby with pistol shrimp symbiotic pairing. AWESOME! __________________ Elos 160XL \| Powermodule LED/T5 \| BK Double cone 200 \| Pasadena, CA Home page: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=23482778#post23482778

08/18/2011, 07:44 AM	#23
markster33139 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 340	+1 on the Midas Blenny also. Extremely entertaining fish.

08/18/2011, 08:11 AM	#24
sslak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,705	I would never get a White Shark....they get pretty big and they have a nasty bite. Midas Blennys are awesome. __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 58 Oceanic/20g Sump/250w XM 20k/2x39w T5 True Actinic 03/2010 Reef Octopus NW Cone Skimmer

08/18/2011, 08:45 AM	#25
my40breeder Moved On Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: West Palm Beach, FL Posts: 49	i like lyretail anthias. i had 3 females and 1 turned to a male. cool to watch if you can handle 3 fish. i also had a blue spot jawfish which i had for around a year. when i redid my tank due to some unknown problems, i took him to the LFS for holding. unfortunately he died while there. i am looking for a new one because they have the most personality.

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