What Are Some Yellow Reef Safe Fish?

[Rmckoy]

One of the best- Yellow coris wrasse
canary blenny
yellow watchman goby
lemon butterfly
yellow cubicus boxfish

The butterflyfish can be tricky to keep long term IMO

and the box fish .. I was just researching them as I was going to get one .
Beautiful fish . Slower moving but the downfall maybe someone can correct me if I’m wrong .
they can nuke a tank in seconds with the toxic slime coat ..
is that only a few species of box fish or when threatened ?

 

[Tired]

That's all the boxfish I'm aware of. They'll also do that when they die. And they're a large fish that needs a large tank. Plus I don't think they're invertebrate-safe?

 

[Uzidaisies]

That's all the boxfish I'm aware of. They'll also do that when they die. And they're a large fish that needs a large tank. Plus I don't think they're invertebrate-safe?

By the sound of it, they don’t often last long enough to reach full size.

 

[Rmckoy]

By the sound of it, they don’t often last long enough to reach full size.

Any one I’ve ever saw they are tiny …
But the yellow ones aren’t as bad as other species ?

 

[Tired]

The yellow ones grow to eighteen inches long. You've been seeing babies. I'm pretty sure they're all equally bad.

I generally don't advise putting an animal in a reef tank that will release poison when scared. They're designed for open ocean, not a confined space, and can kill pretty much everything in the tank (including themselves) if stressed.

 

[Lavey29]

I have to say my yellow coris wrasse it beautiful, bright and very active. They are a great addition to a reef tank and eat pests also.

 

[vetteguy53081]

The butterflyfish can be tricky to keep long term IMO

and the box fish .. I was just researching them as I was going to get one .
Beautiful fish . Slower moving but the downfall maybe someone can correct me if I’m wrong .
they can nuke a tank in seconds with the toxic slime coat ..
is that only a few species of box fish or when threatened ?

Box has to be very threatened to consider toxins. Run ChemiPure blue and risk will be Lessened

 

[James_O]

Half a royal gramma?

 

[i cant think]

release poison when stressed,

They rarely do this, my LFS has had 3-4 die and none of them wiped out the whole system. While it is possible, the odds of it happening are low unless you get very unlucky.
Even when stressed it has to be something like ammonia to release toxins, they have to go under severe stress.

 

[jaganshi066]

Hello, I really want to add a yellow fish to my 75 gallon (4 foot long) in the future that's a show piece. Yellow tangs are off the list because of how rare they are now and that most people think that they need a 5 foot tank. The other day, I discovered the one spot foxface which is listed as ok for 70 gallons of LA and thought that I finally found something. But after some research, people think they need a 120 gallon tank. I don't really want a yellow coris wrasse. Are there any hidden gems out there?

I have a golden assessor and he’s alwYs out and hanging with the other fish. Really peaceful too!

 

[Singspot]

1. Blueline Rabbitfish (also known as Coral Rabbitfish)
2. Foxface

 

[boacvh]

Hello, I really want to add a yellow fish to my 75 gallon (4 foot long) in the future that's a show piece. Yellow tangs are off the list because of how rare they are now and that most people think that they need a 5 foot tank. The other day, I discovered the one spot foxface which is listed as ok for 70 gallons of LA and thought that I finally found something. But after some research, people think they need a 120 gallon tank. I don't really want a yellow coris wrasse. Are there any hidden gems out there?

+1 one spot fox face will be perfectly fine

 

[UnderseaOddities]

Fox face rabbitfish
Fiji banana wrasse
Yellow coris wrasse
Anthias(any type budgets depending) dispar lyretail squareback sunburst are all pretty cheap and females are usually orange gold or yellow on like 12 species

A pair of royal grammas

A weibels butterflyfish or copperband because they are reef safe and will only pick at nems

A longnose can be trained to be reef safe if it is obtained when small and put on a good mixed diet that contains sponge

You could also get a puffer for a showy fish that has alot of personality then upgrade the tank to a 180 or 200 buying something local off fb marketplace or cl

Or a biota yellow tang if u wanna drop the 145


Alot of stocking options

 

[ReefRusty]

Hello, I really want to add a yellow fish to my 75 gallon (4 foot long) in the future that's a show piece. Yellow tangs are off the list because of how rare they are now and that most people think that they need a 5 foot tank. The other day, I discovered the one spot foxface which is listed as ok for 70 gallons of LA and thought that I finally found something. But after some research, people think they need a 120 gallon tank. I don't really want a yellow coris wrasse. Are there any hidden gems out there?

Whitebelly banana wrasse

 

[TerraMagnus]

Listen ye not to the ravings of the Tang Police. Either fish will do fine in a 4' tank.

Both fish in a 4 foot tank. Very happy here. The yellow tang was purchased captive bred and she looks so much nicer than the wild caught yellow tangs we used to get in the hobby.

The yellow tang and foxface are actually buddies. They cruise the tank together. And they show down on nori together every day.

Neither bothers any of our corals.

Tank is a Red Sea Reefer 350.

 

[Tnops]

There has probably been threads about this but how do you deal with fox face spines?

 

[i cant think]

There has probably been threads about this but how do you deal with fox face spines?

I assume you mean to get them out the bag?

 

[Tnops]

I assume you mean to get them out the bag?

Yea that and that my hand will be in the tank, don’t want to get stung

 

[James_O]

Fox faces have spins on their dorsal fins to prevent predators from swallowing them. As long as you aren’t actively trying to grab it, you should be good. (It won’t purposely try to spike you just out of the blue)

 

[Wyvern]

Yea that and that my hand will be in the tank, don’t want to get stung

Long nitrile glubbs.