What is your favorite inexpensive fish?

[Ocean_Queenie]

Astrid our Starry Blenny is hilarious. I’m sure she is sometimes dancing! She also likes to sit with new arrivals - corals or urchins etc.. She has bags of personality and was relatively inexpensive.

Aww…I named ours Starry lol

 

[doubleshot00]

In each of my tanks.
My tank Bangaii cardinal
Nano tailspot blenny
My sons tank springeri damsel

 

[Tangs-A-Lot]

nowadays i see them for around 1500-2000

My LFS had Gems for $599.
Tried to explain to the wife that was an awesome price.

It didn’t work

Ummm, I’ve seen a few places recently having them for sub $400. There were like about 3 locations 45 minutes away from me in differing directions that had them.

 

[merkmerk73]

Royal grammas are usually pretty inexpensive and they add great color to the tank. And I love my tiny little yellow clown goby. He perches in different spots of the tank all day and he’s so small that I think the other fish don’t even see that he exists.

He nibbles acros though. >

My favorite is the Springeri Damsels

They're pretty chill and peaceful in my tank after I went from 3 to 2.

 

[killer2001]

Saltwater mollies. Cheap. Can tolerate wide range of salinity swings, come in multiple colors. Will pick at algae from time to time. Not picky eaters. I've had mine in temperatures as low as 65 degrees and they didn't die. Truly an all around peaceful fish, that tends to hang in the mid to upper region of the tank.

 

[Seancj]

I like the regular old Green Chromis! They are actually quite pretty when the light hits them just right, especially under bright white LEDs or halides. I also like how they are always out swimming around in the water column.

 

[Reeflix]

Ummm, I’ve seen a few places recently having them for sub $400. There were like about 3 locations 45 minutes away from me in differing directions that had them.

Well, I did see these online, and I guess those are more expensive

 

[Wild1]

Most of my fish are relatively inexpensive but I have 2 masked gobies from KP Aquatics that were very reasonable. They were secretive in the beginning but now are always out.

dang-sels, if you dare....lol, AND I didn't write Dang

 

[rtparty]

Red firefish

 

[Tangs-A-Lot]

Well, I did see these online, and I guess those are more expensive

Of course, there is no main pricing guidelines that all LFS/online vendors would team up and follow. There is one store near me that is in a wealthy area and they have them for $1,500 +.

There will also be differences in prices depending on size, as well as location as mentioned above.

If I’m not mistaken, there was even a flash sale-one day only sale advertised on here a month or so ago that had Gem Tangs for $250.

 

[BeanAnimal]

I prefer cod, but any inexpensive wild caught whitefish will do, it is all about the breading. All beer batter is not created equal.

 

[PapaFishRocks]

Ummm, I’ve seen a few places recently having them for sub $400. There were like about 3 locations 45 minutes away from me in differing directions that had them.

Please tell me you are in the Houston, TX area.

 

[littlefoxx]

Mo-Mo! He is always sticking his head out of his barnacle and being cute

 

[littlefoxx]

Also this beautiful girl. LFS gave her to me for 15 bucks.

 

[2020 Worst Year]

My LFS had Gems for $599.
Tried to explain to the wife that was an awesome price.

It didn’t work

nowadays i see them for around 1500-2000

 

[Kfactor]

star blenny

 

[Pistondog]

Tailspot blenny and 6 line wrasse.
Both hard workers and great to watch.

 

[Reeflix]

I guess what my phone recommends for gem tangs is a scam lol!

 

[DIYreefer]

Looking at my tank right now, it seems as though all of my fish are (relatively) inexpensive. Along with my teenage yellow tang I have a trio of green chromis, 4 lyretail anthias, a clownfish (that I've had since before my oldest was born and she's 17 now... he only has one eye!), powder blue tang, naso tang, scopas tang, tomini tang, and a diamond goby. I love them all!

 

[Tangs-A-Lot]

Please tell me you are in the Houston, TX area.

I believe the ones near me, if they still have the good prices were Petes Aquariums - $389 (yes to shipping), NYAquatic - none on website now and 2 on Long Island, NY (I think Aquarium Shop Westbury was one and the other was farther out and had other interesting pets like flying squirrels, but I don’t think they shipped) … JerseyCorals had them for $320 recently - just checked, now is $519.