What’s your favorite fish?

agame2021 · Sep 30, 2021

DJ Lone1 said:
Would like to see when finished

Might take some time. It’s expesive need to get the system fully rigged first before I get the fish. Looking at about $2k more that I need to save to reach my plans for this tank. In the next 10 years I want to do a bigger tank with a circus harem!

Gtinnel · Sep 30, 2021

I've always loved the melanarus wrasse. It's a beautiful fish that is affordable and also eats some pests. What's not to love.
Purple tangs are a close second for me.

Blknovass · Oct 1, 2021

Be careful a few fish posted here are not considered reef safe. Best reef fish I have had are clowns ,yellow watchman goby and my all time favorite purple tang. The tang however depending on the size can be a bully to it’s tank mates. If you do a purple tang let that be the last fish u add to the tank.

Adrift · Oct 1, 2021

agame2021 said:
Might take some time. It’s expesive need to get the system fully rigged first before I get the fish. Looking at about $2k more that I need to save to reach my plans for this tank. In the next 10 years I want to do a bigger tank with a circus harem!

From what I’m dealing with it’s oops need this more money. Forgot about this more money. Bought that but crap need this to hook up that, more money.

Adrift · Oct 1, 2021

Mibu said:
Copperband Butterflies :)

My LFS have offered me a copper. The copper is eating bits of mysis but that’s it. They are holding it still and have it in their QT which has been there for two weeks and a half. It has a SOLD but only for a week. So how can I “train” it to eat. What can I expect out of it in a reef tank? Is it...

www.reef2reef.com

This thread has a lot of the links to picking a good cbb.

You Can Succeed with the Copperband Butterflyfish | Reef Builders | The Reef and Saltwater Aquarium Blog

Copperband butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus) are among my favorite fish and have almost always been a staple in my tank since the saltwater hobby started in the 70s. It’s not just the beauty of the…

reefbuilders.com

Thank you for the thread have saved to my browser favorites.

Billldg · Oct 1, 2021

I have a 225 gal tank, so similar to yours, and, all my fish are my favorite for different reasons. If I had to actually pick a fish, I can't, as it would be between 2 fish. I have 4 Blue/Green Chromis, 1 Divided Leopard wrasse, 1 Orange Back Fairy wrasse, 1 Pintail Fairy wrasse, 1 Eightline Flasher wrasse, 1 Tomini tang, 1 D. Salinfin tang, 1 Purple tang, 1 Gem tang, 1 Achilles tang, and 1 True Blonde Naso tang. The Achilles tang and the True Blonde Naso tang are my favorite fish.

Adrift · Oct 1, 2021

Billldg said:
I have a 225 gal tank, so similar to yours, and, all my fish are my favorite for different reasons. If I had to actually pick a fish, I can't, as it would be between 2 fish. I have 4 Blue/Green Chromis, 1 Divided Leopard wrasse, 1 Orange Back Fairy wrasse, 1 Pintail Fairy wrasse, 1 Eightline Flasher wrasse, 1 Tomini tang, 1 D. Salinfin tang, 1 Purple tang, 1 Gem tang, 1 Achilles tang, and 1 True Blonde Naso tang. The Achilles tang and the True Blonde Naso tang are my favorite fish.

That’s an impressive resume of fish Billdg!

Billldg · Oct 1, 2021

Adrift said:
That’s an impressive resume of fish Billdg!

I just added a picture above to the original post.

jtf74 · Oct 1, 2021

Copperband. Only one bold enough to eat directly out of the cup when I feed. Love watching it eat aiptasia I've dropped in the tank. Would include pic but they all look the same.

Not an IT guy · Oct 1, 2021

I don’t have one but a Goldflake angel

agame2021 · Oct 1, 2021

Adrift said:
From what I’m dealing with it’s oops need this more money. Forgot about this more money. Bought that but crap need this to hook up that, more money.

Lol my wife made me sit down and plan it out so there would be no more “surprise purchases”… guess I pulled the buy now and ask forgiveness later one to many times I’m sure I will find more stuff to buy for it as time goes on!

jt8791 · Oct 15, 2021

Used to be Ocellaris clowns but they are dull in comparison now, new favorite fish are my pair of blood orange clowns.

Zionas · Oct 15, 2021

My favorite large angels are (in no order):
1. Blue Line / Maze
2. Majestic
3. Goldflake
4. Regal (especially Yellow Belly)
5. Bandit

My favorite dwarf angels are (in no order):
1. Venusta
2. Multibar
3. Flame
4. Shepard’s (there is a theory that they’re established hybrids between Rusty and Flame Angels that later turned into a full species
5. Good old Coral Beauty

Fish I think are underrated (not necessarily rare):
1. Many Halichoeres wrasses
2. Chrysiptera damsels (some of the rare ones like Starcki and Tricincta, Annulata even better are ones I’d love to have someday, the common Azure, Talbot’s, and Taupou are very nice too)
3. Hawkfish (Flame and Longnose)
4. Skunk Clowns (especially the Orange)
5. Grammas and Reef Basslets (Gramma and Liopoproma, some of them live in VERY deep water)
6. Serranus basslets, perches (I’d love to see more of these, but I’m mostly out of luck as an Asian hobbyist)

Tchung23 · Oct 23, 2021

Karen00 said:
Are those the flaming prawn gobies? If so those are in my top 5 of favorites. I'm trying to find some of those guys. No luck yet here in Toronto. :-(

I just picked one up. And I live in toronto. Pm me if you want a lead.

Spieg · Oct 23, 2021

Most any of the Flasher Wrasses (not my photo)

i cant think · Oct 23, 2021

I have 2 tanks and there is no favourite out of them all however if I had to order them I would go with,
The large tank:
- Magnificent foxface,
- Lubbock’s fairy wrasse (Indo male)
- Lubbock’s fairy wrasse (Cebu male)
- Radiant wrasse (Female, the male colours don't please me as much if I’m honest)
- Copperbanded butterflyfish (Male)
- Spot breast angelfish (Male)
- Scott’s fairy wrasse (Male)
- Black photon clownfish (Female)
- Blue eye kole tang
- Jade wrasse (Female/Juvenile, definitely not my favourite anymore as she is slowly becoming destructive)
The nano cube:
- Blue star leopard wrasse (not even a 1” juvenile yet but she eats everything, so I’m happy about that)
- Naoko fairy wrasse (Male, probably 1.5”)
- Dot dash Blenny
- Yasha goby (Male, although he hides in behind the front rock he really is a beauty when I see him, especially early in the morning when I see him and the naoko sleeping next to eachother with one on the look out)
- Cryptic sixline wrasse

Here’s a photo of my two favourites in both tanks