What is the prettiest fish you have ever kept

[Reefer Reboot]

Juvenile Garibaldi. Temperate temperature tank. Illegal now (at least in California) but back in the day you could buy imported ones from Mexico.

(Not my pic)

 

[Anchor]

Juvenile Garibaldi. Temperate temperature tank. Illegal now (at least in California) but back in the day you could buy imported ones from Mexico.

(Not my pic)

I would love to set up a tank just for a pair of these.. It is my favorite fish overall. I hear they are terroristic though... Like many Damsels are.. I have a golden Domino right now.. He eats everything.. and with the right tankmates, has been a model citizen.

 

[Greatdane]

Why are they illegal

 

[H3rm1tCr@b]

Probably my school of blue chromis. I just love their shimmering hues of blue and green. And they just glitter under a bright light. (Too broke to afford any other pretties. )

 

[gherewolf]

Hands down most beautiful fish I’ve kept (and I’ve had a lot) was a rhomboid fairy wrasse. I’ve never seen a picture that does that fish true justice you just have to see them in the flesh. The gold looks like gold not yellow, with the blue and purple! Absolutely breathtaking fish. A close second was a Lineatus fairy wrasse. A true stunner.

Have to agree with you on both and in the same order. Rhomboid and then lineatus. Both stunning fish.

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Thankfully reef2reef doesnt allow downvoting because this post would get downvoted into oblivion for my choice of ugliest....pufferfish
There I said it.

Earl is not happy with this and spits water on this comment lol.

But seriously (and I still love you @Crabs McJones), my Mandy pair is my favorite for my prettiest fish.

 

[Lodi_Reefer]

Gold flake angel

 

[pcon]

Don’t think I saw anyone else say it, so I will. Paracentropyge venusta, purple masked angelfish, the scientific name is Latin for pretty.

 

[Reefer Reboot]

Why are they illegal

State Marine Fish.

 

[Christa50]

Chaetodon bennetti

 

[Greatdane]

State Marine Fish.

Ok

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Sunkist my orangeback basslet

That one is cool! Is it rare? I don't think I've seen one before.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Red coris wrasse

 

[albano]

Sunkist my orangeback basslet

That one is cool! Is it rare? I don't think I've seen one before.

Was readily available in shipments from Caribbean/Fla Keys in the 80s and 90s. Now I rarely see them offered. When I did have them they usually stayed hidden in the rock work.

 

[tp5056]

Red coris wrasse

I used to have one of these ... beautiful fish but was a total jerk ... flipped over every coral and killed all my cleanup crew!

Impossible to catch also ... I love wrasses but never again with this one! LOL

 

[madweazl]

Toss up between a navarchus angel and a clown trigger.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Lenardi wrasse , potters angel

 

[albano]

Lenardi wrasse , potters angel

What about the blue potters angel?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I used to have one of these ... beautiful fish but was a total jerk ... flipped over every coral and killed all my cleanup crew!

Impossible to catch also ... I love wrasses but never again with this one! LOL

LOL- Funny is I got rid of it due to flipping all my frags over the tank and some got lost due to falling into crevices.

 

[vetteguy53081]

What about the blue potters angel?

BLUE ??