What Fish Have Great Personality?

[van7271]

Blennies are great. I know you said no gobies but try a watchman goby and a pistol shrimp together. Great relationship and never boring.

 

[AquaRaider44]

Midas blenny is an amazing fish. Love mine to death.

 

[trj81089]

Tailspot blenny

 

[Lindaanne60]

My pajama cardinal is my favorite. He just floats around the tank nice and slow. Had for about 6 years.

I had a group of three. They’re great in groups

 

[Zionas]

Get a cover and get a Hawkfish, especially the Flame. I will have a much larger setup than yours and I will most certainly get a pair of Flames.

A basslet like Royal Gramma, Blackcap, Swissguard, or an Assessor basslet would also be good. I wish the assessors were more readily available.

 

[DHill6]

fairy wrasses can go in 20's mandarins realistically can't as there is no way to sustain a copepode population and would be unrealistic to keep adding copepods

Mandarin from Biota, captive bred eats TDO pellets and pods

 

[DHill6]

Dwarf white spotted goby from Biota, captive bred

 

[Tamberav]

I have a rimless cube, so I don’t have a lid at the moment.

Blennies but you need a lid.

 

[Zionas]

Give me an Assessor or two!

BTW to the OP, a Yellow Watchman Goby or another Cryptocentrus genus goby would be good also. Pair it with a Pistol Shrimp.

But I suggest you get a lid regardless of what you choose. Treat 95% of fish as jumpers.

 

[DeniableArc]

I am trying to find a unique fish with some good personality for my 20 gallon tank, something besides the normal goby and clownfish.
What comes to your mind?

My red flame hawk has all the personality in the world, great fish all round.

 

[Cory]

Honestly my emperor angelfish has one of the best personalities ive seen. Always out. Not afraid of my hand. Eats a lot. However is a bit of a bully. May eat softies.

Next is a dog faced pufferfish. Begs for food. Fearless.

 

[panran]

Jawfish are my absolute favorites. So much personality & so cute - an extreme combination of curiosity & carefulness. They amazingly back into their tunnel from anywhere in the tank. Amazing! But I had one that did jump out of the tank a couple of times-fortunately I was right there-but he would not stand for absolute darkness so I left a table lamp next to the tank at night. He seemed to tolerate that.

 

[BiggestE222]

I am trying to find a unique fish with some good personality for my 20 gallon tank, something besides the normal goby and clownfish.
What comes to your mind?

Cinnamon clowns.

 

[JayA]

blennies have loads of personality - particularly bicolor IMO.

 

[Peter Houde]

Jaw fish

trigger

Midas

What triggerfish can turn around in a 20 gallon tank?

 

[Peter Houde]

A 20 gallon saltwater tank is extremely limited to what you can have. Live aquaria has a nano fish section. I’d recommend a tail spot blenny yellow or white banded or Tanaka wrasse. You have to be very careful not to overload your tank and especially the kind of fish. There’s not much swimming room in it.

Amen! Wildlife pays the ultimate price for our learning curves.

 

[Peter Houde]

Honestly my emperor angelfish has one of the best personalities ive seen. Always out. Not afraid of my hand. Eats a lot. However is a bit of a bully. May eat softies.

Next is a dog faced pufferfish. Begs for food. Fearless.

Puffer: 13 inches
Emperor: 15+ inches, minimum 220 gallon tank.

 

[Sea escape]

My diamond goby and lawnmower Blenny have great personalities.

 

[Philip Chin]

Jawfishes!!!

 

[GuilhermeLba]

Get a yellow watchman goby great fish! Mine eats from my hand and swims up to the glass when I sit down to look at the tank and cause it’s a goby it will be fine in a smaller tank assuming you have a sand bed.

How did u train your watchman to do that? I just bought a new one, 3 days now on my new fish tank, a lil bit too scared, but I would like to see it free, just like yours. Give me some tipss please