My Most Sought After Fish... Yours?

[Dree]

I have been keeping a reef tank for roughly 8 years now. I have had potters angels, leopard wrasses, mandarin dragonettes, blue tangs, yellow tangs, blotchy anthias, sunburst anthias, cave basslets, and clownfish of course.

Currently, I have a pair of Rainsford Gobies and an ORA Yellow Assessor, who swims upside-down, yes.

My most sought after fish, of which I have already owned once in the past, but lost him to carpet surfing, is a Blue Spotted Jawfish (BSJ). Unfortunately, I have not seen a BSJ in my LFS here in SoFlo in at least 1.5 years. Has anyone seen them recently or know of a store that may have one that you can help link me up with and potentially ship? Anyone have any idea on why they're so scarce now?

Feel free to answer: What is your most sought after fish and why?

 

[reacclimating 2 the hobby]

I would love to keep an emperor angel or a clown trigger, but not taking chances with them eating coral or other fish. Maybe I'll have a second tank as a fowlr some day.

 

[Dree]

I would love to keep an emperor angel or a clown trigger, but not taking chances with them eating coral or other fish. Maybe I'll have a second tank as a fowlr some day.

Clown Triggers are definitely on the must have list, maybe even those Cross Hatch Triggers (I think they're called).

 

[ca1ore]

Hard to say. Probably a tigerpyge hybrid angel, but haven’t seen a nice one in a long time. I’m still on a mission to have one from all the species of leopard wrasse, so some of those missing still. I’d also like to have one each of the four common Naso species, but a larger tank is necessary first.

 

[Dree]

Hard to say. Probably a tigerpyge hybrid angel, but haven’t seen a nice one in a long time. I’m still on a mission to have one from all the species of leopard wrasse, so some of those missing still. I’d also like to have one each of the four common Naso species, but a larger tank is necessary first.

Would all species of leopard wrasses be okay in the same tank?

 

[xaflatoonx]

the blue/yellow lined wrasse - i dont know the name - but its "sell your kidney" level expensive - but beautiful

 

[Dree]

the blue/yellow lined wrasse - i dont know the name - but its "sell your kidney" level expensive - but beautiful

Lennardi Wrasse?

 

[Hemmdog]

the blue/yellow lined wrasse - i dont know the name - but its "sell your kidney" level expensive - but beautiful

Potter’s? I have one. It was $50 lol.

 

[xaflatoonx]

Close -

blue striped Tamarin.

 

[Hemmdog]

Close -

blue striped Tamarin.

Wow that is a nice fish!

 

[xaflatoonx]

its beautiful in person too - the colors are super sharp and bright - the pictures dont lie in this case.
there are some lucky members on this forum who have a pair in their tank...

I am absolutely in love with this fish - just waaaaaaay out of my range.

 

[Hemmdog]

its beautiful in person too - the colors are super sharp and bright - the pictures dont lie in this case.
there are some lucky members on this forum who have a pair in their tank...

I am absolutely in love with this fish - just waaaaaaay out of my range.

Same.. and here I was thinking I was pretty cool with my potters wrasse... lol

 

[ks2509]

Dream fish for me is a pair of blue throat triggers in a big peninsula tank

 

[Hemmdog]

Dream fish for me is a pair of blue throat triggers in a big peninsula tank

I have a blue throat trigger male. He’s awesome. Get one!

 

[ks2509]

I have a blue throat trigger male. He’s awesome. Get one!

Once I retire and we finally settle down I want to do a 300ish gal peninsula with those as my centerpiece fish.

 

[Hemmdog]

Once I retire and we finally settle down I want to do a 300ish gal peninsula with those as my centerpiece fish.

That will be amazing!

 

[PghReef]

Not out of reach for many but out of reach for me until I get a large enough tank. A regal angel, always loved them.

 

[MIKE NY]

Being a wrasse affectionato I’ve had or have many species of Leopards, Tamarins, Fairies, Flashers and some of the more reef friendly Halio species, but this my dream wrasse when it makes it to our shores and I don’t have to take a loan for...

 

[PghReef]

Being a wrasse affectionato I’ve had or have many species of Leopards, Tamarins, Fairies, Flashers and some of the more reef friendly Halio species, but this my dream wrasse when it makes it to our shores and I don’t have to take a loan for...

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What kind of wrasse is that?

 

[ca1ore]

Would all species of leopard wrasses be okay in the same tank?

If the tank is big enough and you get females, yes.