Red and white reef fish?

[Noah Hemingway]

What is a red & white (preferably striped) reef safe fish? I know this sounds like an odd question but my first ever marine fish was a candy cane hog fish - he was SO beautiful and I would love to have another but don’t think I would risk one in my reef! So what’s something with a similar look that would be reef safe?

 

[bday1335]

Peppermint Angel lol

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Longnose hawkfish? Sometimes.

 

[JosephM]

Dracula goby and Randall’s shrimp combo

 

[JCM]

pygmy or longnose hawkfish

 

[guylaga]

Peppermint Angel lol

Clicked on this thread to say that lol..

 

[Crustaceon]

Clicked on this thread to say that lol..

Same here. It’s the perfect fish for a new reefer.

 

[Tamberav]

Yasha goby or Wheeler's shrimp goby

 

[sp1187]

what's at risk? inverts? sessile inverts? coral/ what are we protecting?

 

[Noah Hemingway]

what's at risk? inverts? sessile inverts? coral/ what are we protecting?

coral & inverts

 

[Noah Hemingway]

and very affordable

 

[UkiahTheTurtle]

possum wrasse

 

[Sigmund]

Red Striped Tilefish

 

[Noah Hemingway]

Red Striped Tilefish

Used to have one! But they’re so bad for jumping

 

[kingjoe]

What is a red & white (preferably striped) reef safe fish? I know this sounds like an odd question but my first ever marine fish was a candy cane hog fish - he was SO beautiful and I would love to have another but don’t think I would risk one in my reef! So what’s something with a similar look that would be reef safe?

How about a Skunk Tilefish? Nice patterns/colors, get ~5" long. You'll need a complete tank cover, though- they are jumpers. They prefer a 2-3" sand bed to burrow in at night.