Colorful fish ideas?

[Nick C]

I had a coral beauty and it was a coral nipper so it had to go. I have a melanarus and i love it.

This is sad to hear because they look awesome!

 

[sfin52]

This is good to know. I wanted one i was just under the impression that a larger wrasse will out compete a mandarin for food and that would be a no go from me.

@Paul B has Mandy feeders. May want to look at that if you need to supplement.

My Cb is a model citizen. I have leathers shrooms and a couple of blastomusa corals.

Yellow watchman goby and yellow clown gobies, green clown gobies are amazing fish as well.

My wife would take offensive if I did not mention the benghi cardnial. Unique design and great personality. Mine even out in place yellow tail damsels.

One of my favorite is the cinnamon clown. They are different looking than a standard clown and a great conversation starter when observing a tank.

 

[Nick C]

@Paul B has Mandy feeders. May want to look at that if you need to supplement.

My Cb is a model citizen. I have leathers shrooms and a couple of blastomusa corals.

Yellow watchman goby and yellow clown gobies, green clown gobies are amazing fish as well.

My wife would take offensive if I did not mention the benghi cardnial. Unique design and great personality. Mine even out in place yellow tail damsels.

One of my favorite is the cinnamon clown. They are different looking than a standard clown and a great conversation starter when observing a tank.

Benghi Cardnial was one of the first fish i looked at in the LFS. just something about it, it's captivating. It lacks the color, but the design of the color it has is amazing.

My tank is Mostly some brain corals, euphilia, and a few frags of Monti and Acro. The CB is really appealing color wise, but i don't know if it's worth the risk of getting it. D:

Goby's are awesome! I almost got one on black friday, just cute little guys. It was a yellow clown. i ended up going back later that afternoon and they were gone.
Adding a Goby would make a Hawkfish a no go though. Which is fine, just something i need to keep in mind. I think i would rather have a Goby than a hawk.


That Cinnamon Clown looks cool. I like clowns, i just don't like the "Nemo" variation. I want something different, in such a common fish, ya know. the first thing people say when the see the tank is OH LOOK NEMO.

 

[Burrito]

I just got both of these for my reef, it’s take 2 on both since both never made it out of previous QTs. So pretty and colorful.

Sadly the coris already died, super healthy but somehow jumped out of the tank with eggcrate and a light fixture and then was accidentally stepped on by my wife. (alot of screaming on her part)

The Melarunus is stunning though. Can’t wait to add him to the display.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Perfect! That's some good information! I'll look up on some of the less aggressive wrasses and i saved the LiveAquaria pages for the Anthias you mentioned. The radiant Wrasse is pretty but for some reason is listed as "Difficult" under care? I don't know why, the care to me looks to be the same. Will eat smaller snails and shrimp. Eat Frozen and flakes. Passive fish. doesn't seem too difficult to me.

Also the
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse is a beautiful fish, do you have any experience with it?

The radiant wrasse is under difficult as they often dont ship well and suffer a lot of stress easily so dont always make it, but if you find a healthy eating one youll be fine with them.

No i dont have experience with an exquisite fairy wrasse, but I'd love one, should be perfect for your tank, just make sure you get the regional variant you like as depending on where they come from they can look very different.

 

[Nick C]

I just got both of these for my reef, it’s take 2 on both since both never made it out of previous QTs. So pretty and colorful.

Sadly the coris already died, super healthy but somehow jumped out of the tank with eggcrate and a light fixture and then was accidentally stepped on by my wife. (alot of screaming on her part)

The Melarunus is stunning though. Can’t wait to add him to the display.

That is a great looking Melarunus !! Sorry for your loss on the coris. 3rd time is the charm!

The radiant wrasse is under difficult as they often dont ship well and suffer a lot of stress easily so dont always make it, but if you find a healthy eating one youll be fine with them.

No i dont have experience with an exquisite fairy wrasse, but I'd love one, should be perfect for your tank, just make sure you get the regional variant you like as depending on where they come from they can look very different.

Ah. I have never bought livestock online, well, until this week i bought some polys from Top Shelf. I'm nervous. i can see how it would be stressful on the live stock and would make sense how it would die often. Aside from that, Wrasses seem like they are a pretty hardy fish?

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

That is a great looking Melarunus !! Sorry for your loss on the coris. 3rd time is the charm!

Ah. I have never bought livestock online, well, until this week i bought some polys from Top Shelf. I'm nervous. i can see how it would be stressful on the live stock and would make sense how it would die often. Aside from that, Wrasses seem like they are a pretty hardy fish?

Yes wrasses are generally hardy if you avoid the tamarin, leopard and penicl wrasses which are notoriously difficult to keep, with the leopards depending on the species, being just a little easier but still challenging, just make sure you treat for internal parasites as wrasses are often prone to these

 

[Nick C]

Yes wrasses are generally hardy if you avoid the tamarin, leopard and penicl wrasses which are notoriously difficult to keep, with the leopards depending on the species, being just a little easier but still challenging, just make sure you treat for internal parasites as wrasses are often prone to these

What are your thoughts on dottybacks?

 

[mattzang]

I just got both of these for my reef, it’s take 2 on both since both never made it out of previous QTs. So pretty and colorful.

Sadly the coris already died, super healthy but somehow jumped out of the tank with eggcrate and a light fixture and then was accidentally stepped on by my wife. (alot of screaming on her part)

The Melarunus is stunning though. Can’t wait to add him to the display.

the yellow wrasse is such a cool vibrant yellow..

i have a midas blenny so i was thinking i have enough long slender yellowish, but ugh. your picture tempts me!

 

[sfin52]

Dottybacks are mean and agressive.

my Melanurus

my green clown goby.

 

[code4]

Jawfish. Fun and colorful. I have a blue spotted one. They jump, so careful. I second Paul B's feeder. I have one in both tanks. I also have a pair of mandarins in each tank. Had one pair for around 6 plus years. Female is spotted male is green. Other pair is red. Got the red pair a little over a year ago. The male is not full grown yet. All are beautiful. As time went by they all began to eat whatever I put in the tank. But I still use Paul feeder daily.

Shelley

 

[vetteguy53081]

One of the reasons we enter the marine sector of the hobby is COLOR color and COLOR. Do focus though more than color on. . . compatibility. No sense acquiring a red, blue, green and yellow fish if they are going to be at war and eventually damage one of the inhabitants or even kill them

 

[code4]

One of the reasons we enter the marine sector of the hobby is COLOR color and COLOR. Do focus though more than color on. . . compatibility. No sense acquiring a red, blue, green and yellow fish if they are going to be at war and eventually damage one of the inhabitants or even kill them

This is why I do not have a lot of fish. I hate fighting!

 

[vetteguy53081]

This is why I do not have a lot of fish. I hate fighting!

Marine fish in nature are territorial and in turn causes fighting. They graze all day and now end up in a closed environment and we have to imitate this environment to the best of our ability

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

What are your thoughts on dottybacks?

Personally never kept any bit I'd advise to avoid them as they are mean and agressive, especially if you want a gramma of some sort these 2 groups of fish will fight to the death, the orchid and sankeys Dottybacks are the most peaceful, but if you want them i wouldn't add a gramma aswell

 

[Tamberav]

Starkii damals and Springer damsels are pretty mild mannered and Springer's are great flatworm control.

For none Nemo clowns...pink or orange skunks are different and underappreciated.

Here is a photo of my starkii

 

[Nick C]

Starkii damals and Springer damsels are pretty mild mannered and Springer's are great flatworm control.

For none Nemo clowns...pink or orange skunks are different and underappreciated.

Here is a photo of my starkii

Those are great clowns! and that's a pretty fish!

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Starkii damals and Springer damsels are pretty mild mannered and Springer's are great flatworm control.

For none Nemo clowns...pink or orange skunks are different and underappreciated.

Here is a photo of my starkii

Starcki damsels can become quite agressive/chippy when they mature, which ive found out the hard way

 

[Nick C]

Starcki damsels can become quite agressive/chippy when they mature, which ive found out the hard way

Sorry to hear that.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Sorry to hear that.

He's or shes lol not too bad, its just more agressive than i was expecting, however it hasnt killed anything its just not keeping with the peaceful theme i was hoping for in my tank