What are your most peaceful fish?

[Chrysus]

It’s been a long time since I’ve been on the forum and my tank recently crashed hard. I’m upgrading it and restarting it, but I’m hoping to get some inspiration for fish. I’ve done the kind of semi-aggressive clowns/damsels/hawks/puffers etc before and would like to go a different direction this time.

So I’m wondering: Who are the model citizens in your tank? Those that just don’t seem to bother anyone or anything?

I’m aiming for mostly nano fish/up to 4” but I’m interested in what everyone else has had success with and enjoyed in the tank. Small invert safe is a huge bonus.

 

[Jubei2006]

Bangaii cardinal, purple firefish, bicolor blenny in my tank (dont know that my bicolor didnt eat one of my acans though).

 

[Slocke]

+ foxface, royal gramma, longnose hawkfish, flasher wrasse

 

[Jubei2006]

+ foxface, royal gramma, longnose hawkfish, flasher wrasse

Have a magnificent foxface, he's taken to chasing my Tomini (flame) Tang

 

[Screwgunner]

Fox face ,yellow tang, flame angle, neon goby, 2 clarkii clowns,8 blue green chromis. Most peaceful judge rules Neon goby. He does clean the other fish . What a sight to see.

 

[HB AL]

They are all peaceful. Vid is from a week ago not Feb.

 

[Slocke]

Have a magnificent foxface, he's taken to chasing my Tomini (flame) Tang

Really!? Never heard of that, guess there's always an exception.

 

[Smoke-Town]

Bangai cardinal, blue reef chromis, radiant wrasse, orange spot goby, Citron clown goby, matted file fish, pajama cardinal

 

[Jubei2006]

Really!? Never heard of that, guess there's always an exception.

Yeah I was surprised too. However it hasnt gotten to the point of torn fins or anything. My Desarjini Sailfin (boss of the tank) has tried to grab the Foxface a few times by the dorsal fin so IDK. My Blonde Naso is pretty chill though. Just gonna be huge when grown.

 

[Screwgunner]

They are all peaceful. Vid is from a week ago not Feb.

I love triggers. Nice tank!

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Anthias hands down, also hawkfish.

 

[dstockwell]

Cardinals maybe far more than peacefull, almost to the point of putting you to sleep.

 

[doubleshot00]

One Bangaii cardinal, one firefish, possum wrasse, tailspot blenny and flasher wrasses are some of the most peaceful ive seen.

Yall writing hawkfish and tangs that are peaceful

 

[doubleshot00]

Have a magnificent foxface, he's taken to chasing my Tomini (flame) Tang

Magnificent imo are so different than the one spot and all yellow. They can be jerks.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

One Bangaii cardinal, one firefish, possum wrasse, tailspot blenny and flasher wrasses are some of the most peaceful ive seen.

Yall writing hawkfish and tangs that are peaceful

Im knowing about the hawkfish when it goes mental. Had a long nose chomp a fire shrimp in 2, lol. Otherwise perfect citizen!

 

[Jubei2006]

Cardinals maybe far more than peacefull, almost to the point of putting you to sleep.

I refer to ours as "creeper". Dont even see him move, but he just appears wherever I am around the tank.

 

[Chrysus]

Im knowing about the hawkfish when it goes mental. Had a long nose chomp a fire shrimp in 2, lol. Otherwise perfect citizen!

I watched my Flame Hawk attempt to eat my Fire Cleaner (that is pretty much as big as him) today. Thankfully he wasn’t successful and hopefully he doesn’t continue trying lol. He is generally a very good citizen otherwise as well. Stands his ground but doesn’t instigate. My falco seems to be the same.

Interesting to highlight that what may be considered peaceful in one tank would definitely not be in another! Seems like hawks are very well behaved with fish that have a bit of sass, but from all my reading they’re not reliable with the more docile guys.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I have a falco and long nose together, they can care less about each other.

 

[design.maddie]

If I think back over the years the one that will stick out would have to be the Yellow Watchman Goby.

 

[PeterEde]

Current inhabitants
2 ocelaris clowns
3 spot domino damsel
3 chromis
1 hawkfish
1 chocolate goby
1 lawnmower
1 6 line wrasse

I recently added a bi colour who was murdered in less than a day. I had 2 suspects. The Hawk and the wrasse

I added the lawnmower. The wrasse harassed it for a few days but the Flamehawk is still chasing him after nearly a week. But it has subsided.

So for me all fish but the Flamehawk.
I had a onespot foxface who used to act as the tank police and get between fighting fish. It's since moved onto a bigger tank. So I have no police.