favorite cheap and entertaining fish?

[mushrommy]

Hi there!
I was wondering about your favorite cheap but entertaining fish. I wanna see other's opinions to see if I could get a new fun fish for my tank... Which is looking a little empty.
My personal favorite are the only fish I have in the tank, meh clownfish. I'd be interested to see your favs.

 

[TCseh]

All my fish died from brook recently so I don't have any pictures. I would recommend a pistol shrimp and goby pair. My favorite is a dracula goby and red banded pistol shrimp. These ones are not cheap but there are cheaper options.

 

[mushrommy]

I've been looking into those, but I'm a little scared that they might destroy the rock work.

 

[OSFF]

Blennies are probably the most entertaining cheap fish

 

[mushrommy]

Blennies are probably the most entertaining cheap fish

I didn't have good luck picking a lawnmower blenny. I picked one that wasn't eating but I plan on getting another and trying again. I heard bicolor blennies will eat some coral is this true?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hi there!
I was wondering about your favorite cheap but entertaining fish. I wanna see other's opinions to see if I could get a new fun fish for my tank... Which is looking a little empty.
My personal favorite are the only fish I have in the tank, meh clownfish. I'd be interested to see your favs.

Engineer goby
Cleaner wrasse

 

[DanATL]

My neon dottyback is entertaining. Despite being a carnivore it's the only fish in the tank that attacks the nori seaweed I put in for the tang. I can't tell if it's eating it or just attacking the waving nori. It also attacks any maintenance tools like forceps or siphon hose. Good news is it's peaceful with the other fish!

 

[mushrommy]

ooh, never heard of those

 

[Boreas_SA]

Mine definitely a jawfish, they have so much character, and very entertaining watching them move their rocks around. This is a bali tiger jaw, but there are a few species:

 

[paragrouper]

Yellow Clown Goby. Quite the characters

 

[afrokobe]

All my fish died from brook recently so I don't have any pictures. I would recommend a pistol shrimp and goby pair. My favorite is a dracula goby and red banded pistol shrimp. These ones are not cheap but there are cheaper options.

I've been looking into those, but I'm a little scared that they might destroy the rock work.

definitely my favorite as well. If you can get a candy cane pistol and yasha pair, they won't do much damage to you aquascape/sandbed

 

[SeaweedLife]

I have a yellow clown goby that is adorable and hilarious. They like to stick to the rocks but also hover in place. Such an odd little thing

also recommend a purple basslett- not cheap in my opinion (~$75) but they are beautiful and generally not shy once they get used to things. It always swims to the front when I’m around

 

[TCseh]

Also hawkfish are a good one.

 

[mushrommy]

Ok, I'm seeing a lot of clown gobys. My dream fish are flame hawkfish but looking at the clown goby it acts almost exactly like a hawkfish. Just without the death stare.

 

[DanATL]

Me to Flame Hawkfish: "You eyeballin' me, boy?"

 

[jabberwock]

possum wrasse
neon blue cleaner goby

 

[bushdoc]

This one is definitely entertaining, but also priceless at least to the cormorant.

 

[mushrommy]

This one is definitely entertaining, but also priceless at least to the cormorant.

whenever I'm in Florida I look for those and stare at them all day. I especially love when they dive!

 

[mushrommy]

Me to Flame Hawkfish: "You eyeballin' me, boy?"

lol, that the reason it's my fav and dream fish.

 

[mushrommy]

Engineer goby
Cleaner wrasse

I heard food can go scarce with cleaner wrasses, which is unfortunate because they're so entertaining big sad