What's your favorite fish you keep in groups/pairs?

[Cosmojo]

Thinking of possible ideas to add in my tanks either now, or in a few years after we get a house. Currently a pair of flame hawks are my favorite in the tank right now. I am going to get a small harem of lyretails that I think will be fun. In the future, I think a trio of purple tangs would be fun.

So, what do you guys have?

[RGS2]

I really like our 3 female Lyretails and one Male.

[Blue spot]

Mines probably not obvious , but 3 caribean sailfin blennies. They all sit in eyeline of each other then signal like crazy, with occasional flaboyant breaks into the open. Very entertaining to watch.

[snorvich]

A trio of flame angelfish

[Waters40]

Only fish I have ever kept in pairs are Clownfish so I will go with them :-)

[d2mini]

I only like multiples when they stick together. School, shoal, whatever.
I have 5 blue green chromis, a few blue eye cardinals, and a pair of purple firefish.
Each group is pretty much always together.

In really large tanks, like 400+ I like to see multiple tangs or big schools of small fish.

[ca1ore]

Originally Posted by d2mini

I only like multiples when they stick together. School, shoal, whatever.

I agree. Have a few species with multiple specimens in my tank and mostly they ignore each other and just swim as individuals. The exception are my resplendent anthias. They live in my large plating monti and always come out as a quintet to feed. Pretty cool. They are, however, on the small side and quite intimidated by the larger fish. Once they grow the schoaling behavior may stop.

Only other exception is my trio of PJ cardinals that hang together at night, though not in the day. They don't appear to ever sleep.

[karimwassef]

I love my 5 yellow tangs. They're kept in line by a large purple tang who's like the headmistress to 5 students.

[blazend]

leopard wrasses or rainford gobys.

[karimwassef]

Leopard wrasses do well in reefs?

[mr9iron]

I have two 6 line wrasses that are inseparable. I think they have become a mated pair as well. I was observing the smaller one's belly today, and it's huge.

[Bent]

Call me a simpleton, but I like groups of either PJCs or Banggais.

[heathlindner25]

I'm a big fan of leopard wrasse pairs.

[Bent]

Groups of firefish are fun until one of them goes all highlander.

[karimwassef]

Originally Posted by Bent

Groups of firefish are fun until one of them goes all highlander.

That's hilarious

[rovster]

Swissguard basslets. Can't go wrong with a harem of anthias though...

[karimwassef]

Green chromis go highlander in my tank every time... And I have an 8' long tank

[cabinetman123]

In my 350 reef I have 3 yellow tangs,3 hippo tangs, 3 sailfin tangs, 3 naso tangs and 3 clownfish. Plus other fish as well

[karimwassef]

Got a thing for threes?

[Bent]

Originally Posted by karimwassef

That's hilarious

So true though. It's like everyone is coombaya for x amount of time, then suddenly someone wakes up one morning and is all "That sensation is the Quickening MacLeod!"

[davocean]

Chromis and anthias for groups, and they usually mix well.
Clowns, mandarins for pairs, may try a pair of tailspot blennys.

[Cosmojo]

Tailspot blennies are a very interesting thought.

[joshky]

I love pairs/groups as well. I've always wanted a swissguard basslet pair so it's good to see someone recommends it.

[apcoleman]

I love my clowns but my favorite has become my trio of female bellus angels.