Black Cardinalfish!

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Anybody kept one/a group of these? I think they look real neat, like some sort of deep sea predator. I'd love to add a trio to my tank, but not sure about reef safety/behavior/care. They seem to be available captive bred, but I've never seen any of them aside from a few 30 second clips and photographs. Any pointers?

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

I think the species is Apogonichthyoides melas if that narrows it down. ORA has bred them, just wondering if there's any reason why they're not very popular. From what I can find they seem like great fish, not sure why I've basically never seen them. The juveniles seem to be almost translucent, looks really cool.

 

[Reefing102]

I’ve never seen them and just read about them the other day when researching ORA. Not my cup of tea personally but I like color more than black

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

Bumping this up for more discussion. I'm planning to get a trio of these in about a week, wondering if there's anything which I don't know about them which would make adding them a bad idea.