Your top 10 reef-safe fish

[AquariGod]

Hello everyone ! I want to know what your top 10 favorite reef-safe fish are , this can include fish like angel's or butterfly's that are hit or miss with being reef safe. This can be fish in your tank currently, used to be, or fish you wish to have ! Tell me what they are

 

[el_ote]

1. bangaii cardinal
2. randals goby for my pistol shrimp
3. blue spot jawfish
4. flame angel
5. tailspot blenny
6. royal gramma (when not super shy)
7. mc coskers flasher wrasse
8. red mandarin
9. black ice clowns (on want list)
10. Dracula goby

sorry I left off a few (...lol...8)

 

[AquariGod]

My 10 is (Greatest to least)

1. A tie between a Copperband butterfly, or a Desjardini Sailfin tang.
2. Bluestar leopard wrasse
3. Ocellaris clown
4. Pearly Jawfish
5. Ignitus Anthias
6. Orange stripe prawn goby
7. Royal Gramma
8. Falco Hawkfish
9. Bangaii Cardinals
10. Blue green Chromis

 

[AquariGod]

Got 8 more el_ote ? Lol

 

[AquariGod]

Nice !

 

[tyler1503]

In no particular order
Valentini puffer.
Copperband butterfly.
Sailfin tang.
Kole tang.
One spot foxface.
Coral beauty.
Leopard wrasse.
Zebra eel.
Black mouth bicolour chromis.
I don't know the fancy names, but the clowns that are all black, they don't have the white stripes. Midnight clowns seems to ring a bell.
Talbots damsel.
I realise some of these are "with caution" but it is possible to pull them off so I kept them on my list.

 

[AquariGod]

Awesome ! I love Valentini's.. they're reef safe ?

 

[tyler1503]

Awesome ! I love Valentini's.. they're reef safe ?

Reef safe with caution. Mine doesn't pick at zoas, but I haven't had him with anything else. It's a bit of a hit or miss unfortunately. Regardless mines going into my reef!

 

[thedasher]

1. McCoskers wrasse
2. Caribbean blue tang
3. Sailfin tang
4. Purple tang
5. Tomini tang
6. Platinum clownfish
7. Foxface
8. Carpenter wrasse
9. Ruby red scooter dragonet
10. Barlett's anthias

 

[AquariGod]

Thanks for the input everyone !

 

[AquariGod]

I was definitely looking at a different type of fish to add to my 110g build, and a puffer would fit that spot perfectly

 

[eatbreakfast]

10. Bangaii cardinals
9. Yellow Tang
8. Firefish
7. Royal Gramma
6. Solorensis fairy wrasse
5. Longnose Hawk
4. Stigmatura blenny
3. Lubbocks wrasse
2. Yellow coris wrasse
1. Ocellaris clownfish

Honorable mentions: Dispar anthias, swales basslet, and sunburst anthias.

My criteria were color, cost, availability and hardiness.

 

[AquariGod]

Ah, I forgot about firefish I love them !!

 

[tyler1503]

I was definitely looking at a different type of fish to add to my 110g build, and a puffer would fit that spot perfectly

There an awesome reef fish if they behave themselves. But I'll warn you, they can be nippers.

 

[mainereefer]

1. bellus angel
2. wantanabe angel
3. pink streak wrasse
4. gold assessor
5. helfrichi firefish
6. mandarin
7. anthias(any peaceful kind)
8. 1/2 black mimic tang
9. designer clowns (blizzard,phantom....)
10. target pistol shrimp (not a fish but awesome personality... )

 

[Preyou]

Surprisingly I haven't seen anyone mention hawkfish in this thread. I absolutely love my flame hawkfish. He has the most amazing personality.

I am also a fan of the crosshatch trigger; but due to the cost, I will also say that I am a fan of the blue throat trigger. Same family and reef safe (with caution).

 

[AquariGod]

I said hawkfish ! I used to love my Falco. He was awesome. Completely peaceful as well.

 

[Preyou]

I said hawkfish ! I used to love my Falco. He was awesome. Completely peaceful as well.

Sorry! I missed your list..... Agreed! Peaceful and I love his eyes and the way they watch you.

 

[AquariGod]

Exactly lol. They are extremely interesting fish.

 

[Bluelobstor]

I decided to put up two lists as the one on the left is for a predator reef and the other one is more conventional. I also consider anything that can be placed with corals as reef safe.

Ribbon eel Lineatus Fairy Wrasse
Skeletor eel Moorish Idol
Warty Frogfish Rhomboid Fairy Wrasse
Marine Betta Ventralis Anthias
Harlequin Tuskfish Powder Blue Tang
Six Line Soapfish Engineer Goby
Fu Manchu Lionfish Ebili Angel
Radiata Lionfish Flame Angel
Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish. Mystery Wrasse
Zebra Eel Yasha Shrimp Goby