Oddball Fish

[FishAreCool]

What are some easy to care for, reef safe, oddball fish that can fit in a 16 gallon biocube.

 

[FlyinAg]

Is a tailspot blenny oddball enough? They have a lot of personality.

 

[FishAreCool]

Yes

 

[Doubleu1992]

mollies you don't see them in many reef tanks haha

 

[FlyinAg]

Haha true on the mollies!

Scooter blennies are also cool if you can sustain their diet or get them on prepared food.

Watcan goby/pistol shrimp are neat...

Maybe a pipefish? But they also require special diets i think...

 

[davidcalgary29]

A Caribbean black clingfish will do nicely for this category. Runner-up: filefish are often quite weird, and a pygmy whitespotted filefish would be perfect for a nano tank.

 

[FishAreCool]

Thank you for all the replies! Anyone else?

 

[Slocke]

Catalina Goby are weird but also very very pretty and glow in the right lights. Need a slightly cooler tank though.

 

[i cant think]

What are some easy to care for, reef safe, oddball fish that can fit in a 16 gallon biocube.

What do you class as oddball?
IMHO, TailSpot Blennies aren’t oddball however I guess oddball depends on the person.

 

[FishAreCool]

Something unique that is out of the ordinary.

 

[i cant think]

How about these guys;

Im just doing my usual trick of getting you tagged and then explain
These guys are my Pseudocheilinops ataenia trio. Others will most likely know this species as the Pink Streak Wrasse or Cryptic Wrasses. Obviously in a 16G tank I don’t recommend a trio of these guys (Honestly it’s not recommended to try a trio of these guys in general). I have my trio in a 3’x16”x1’ tank however I’ve had these in a smaller tank.
Another one I recommend is a Wetmorella tanakai. Again, I’m aiming for a pair of them however I recommend only a singular species in a 16G tank.
The photo isn’t mine (I used to own this species previously however I don’t have a photo… unless you want to see him being eaten by an urchin).

 

[i cant think]

How about these guys;

Im just doing my usual trick of getting you tagged and then explain
These guys are my Pseudocheilinops ataenia trio. Others will most likely know this species as the Pink Streak Wrasse or Cryptic Wrasses. Obviously in a 16G tank I don’t recommend a trio of these guys (Honestly it’s not recommended to try a trio of these guys in general). I have my trio in a 3’x16”x1’ tank however I’ve had these in a smaller tank.
Another one I recommend is a Wetmorella tanakai. Again, I’m aiming for a pair of them however I recommend only a singular species in a 16G tank.
The photo isn’t mine (I used to own this species previously however I don’t have a photo… unless you want to see him being eaten by an urchin).

Forgot to add I have an article on Pseudocheilinops and I will most likely do an article on Wetmorella once I get a pair (Although their care is relatively the same).

 

[FishAreCool]

Thank You! Nice article!

 

[davidcalgary29]

Catalina Goby are weird but also very very pretty and glow in the right lights. Need a slightly cooler tank though.

They're so lovely, but I couldn't keep mine for more than a year and a half in an unheated tank. I wouldn't try one again without a chiller.

 

[i cant think]

Catalina Goby are weird but also very very pretty and glow in the right lights. Need a slightly cooler tank though.

While these are beautiful, they really want a tank where very few coral can actually thrive (If not survive). 1 year is usually the max life span these have in temperate reef tanks however even then you have to be really good with care of the tank. This is a species like the Blue Spot Jawfish which is sold for Warm Water Reefs but actually needs a cooler tank where most coral won’t grow.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Flashlight fish
D

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I will +1 pipefish
D

 

[Slocke]

While these are beautiful, they really want a tank where very few coral can actually thrive (If not survive). 1 year is usually the max life span these have in temperate reef tanks however even then you have to be really good with care of the tank. This is a species like the Blue Spot Jawfish which is sold for Warm Water Reefs but actually needs a cooler tank where most coral won’t grow.

Yeah, I was thinking I'd want to try them and a bluespot Jawfish in a chiller tank someday. A US/Mexico west coast theme. I saw a big group of them at an aquarium and for a small goby they're magnificent.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Reefbeautys had these cpl months ago.
D

 

[Eric Cohen]

I like some goby w/shrimp pairs in a small tank. There are some oddball gobies that will pair up nicely. Randall’s goby is so nice…..not super rare but too nice to care. Other options too for sure.