Exotic Fish Ideas

[LeDart]

Hello everyone, I am wondering what an exotic, but doable fish for an intermediate reefer with a Red Sea Reefer 200xl. I currently have Montiporas, a Birds nest, some Zoanthids, a Cyphastrea, and a chalice, the tank inhabitants are a Royal Gramma, two Frostbite Clowns, and a Firefish goby, the only restraint is that it has to be under $300 usd. Thank you!

 

[Sean Clark]

Living in Michigan, I would consider all reef fish to be exotic. If you are looking for less common fish try the miscellaneous category on popular fish retailer's websites. Once in a while you find some pretty interesting fish. Those more unusual fish usually come with much less husbandry information do to their scarcity in the hobby.

 

[Thomas Jedlicka]

Hello everyone, I am wondering what an exotic, but doable fish for an intermediate reefer with a Red Sea Reefer 200xl. I currently have Montiporas, a Birds nest, some Zoanthids, a Cyphastrea, and a chalice, the tank inhabitants are a Royal Gramma, two Frostbite Clowns, and a Firefish goby, the only restraint is that it has to be under $300 usd. Thank you!

I have more experience in the exotic fish in the FOWLR realm, but something that is very cool and I imagine would mix into a reef with other fish is a Mimic Filefish, aka Saddleback Filefish. These are some of the coolest filefish I have ever seen and are a very unique and exotic addition. I have seen them go for around 400 at my lfs which is HOF which prices things on the significantly higher side. So I imagine you could find it for around 250. The only thing is these guys are very hard to come across, but that's what makes exotic fish exotic

These guys mimic the look of a Valentini/Saddleback puffer. Here is a comparison below.