bowfront26 Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 list your top 3 fish and why off the top of my head true perc. beautiful, hardy, personality, pair up easily, will host in a number of corals or anemones, peaceful blue/green chromis cheap, hardy, peaceful, very nice looking, will school... hmmmm I may have to get another when my Yellow tang out grows his home. purple firefish beautifull colors, peaceful, Link to comment
gobygirl3 Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Neon goby stays small enough for nanos, hardy, peaceful most clowns only the small species bicolor blenny stays fairly small, non aggressive, algae eating machine Link to comment
bowfront26 Posted March 6, 2005 Author Share Posted March 6, 2005 i wish i could find neon gobys here Link to comment
qwertyuiop Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 raidfords goby personality, hardy, colorful royal gramma colors, peaceful, hardy six-line wrasse personality, hardy, size, corlors Link to comment
bowfront26 Posted March 6, 2005 Author Share Posted March 6, 2005 you have a 6 line and royal grama in the same tank. No fights? Link to comment
tMoney Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Fridmani Pseudochromis: :woot: bright and beautiful coloration Black and White Percula: atypical clownfish coloration, hardy Yellowhead Jawfish: personality, personality, personality, unsusual habits Link to comment
B16A2NR Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Booooorrrrinnngggggg. My top 3: 1. Yasha haze goby: rare, vibrant, symbiotic with pistol shrimp, actually has a personality 2. Onyx Perc: rare and un-cliche, "cute", symbiotic with anemones 3. Pygmy Cherub Angel: Small dwarf angel for nanos, always swimming in search of food, safe with corals and inverts. Link to comment
fungia Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 ok- nobody said "top 3 for nano's" since I have 11 gal, 600 gal and 20,000 gal reefs to play with, here goes... 1- Achilles tang. beautiful colors, active, and has the hard-to-keep factor 2- Pholidichthys leucotaenia (engineerfish aka convict blenny). looks like a moray eel, but stays small and not aggressive towards other fish. Super-cool undulatory swimmer adept at both forward and backward swimming. Plus, it was the subject of my M.S., so how could it not be a fav! 3-Bartlett's anthias. Bubble gum colors, great social behavior when kept in large groups, and they can change sex from females to males, so how can you go wrong? Much cooler than a clownfish that will bite your hand when you try to feed their anemone ;-) of course, I wouldn't put any of these in a nano- I personally have a mantis shrimp in my 11 gal so fish are out of the question..... Link to comment
BKtomodachi Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 1) Ocellaris clowns.... hands down you just cannot beat a clown. 2) Moorish Idol- once they are established that are most beautiful. 3) Pink Lyretail Anthias "Supermale"... see one and you'll know what I mean. Link to comment
Travis Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Originally posted by fungia ok- nobody said "top 3 for nano's" since I have 11 gal, 600 gal and 20,000 gal reefs to play with... Man, a 20,000 gallon reef? This is off topic, but I'd LOVE to see pictures Link to comment
bobioden Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 1- False perc - personality plus 2- 6-line Wrasse - personality plus 3- Blackcap Basslet- personally plus Why? because that is what I have and that is what I like Link to comment
balla816 Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 mandarin goby colors and the way it swims is hypnotic volitan lionfish the look of it niger trigger its fun to watch him eat things too bad i cant put any of them in my tank Link to comment
imafishboy Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 FUNGIA...HOW THE HECK DO YOU HAVE A 20000GALLON REEF TANK?!?! thats like....a pool!!!!... do scuba dive in there or somehting? heh Link to comment
Travis Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 Are you the care taker of a public aquarium? Link to comment
davinaster Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 1) mandarin 2) mandarin 3) mandarin always has been, always will be. Link to comment
PeTe PoLyP Posted March 6, 2005 Share Posted March 6, 2005 in no specific order Hirachi firefish: colors, very docile, Juvi koran angels.....for the obvious reason Fu man chu lionfish: simply awesome if you ask me Link to comment
fungia Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 FUNGIA...HOW THE HECK DO YOU HAVE A 20000GALLON REEF TANK?!?! thats like....a pool!!!!... do scuba dive in there or somehting? heh more like an elevator shaft- it's an 18 ft cube! and yes, I scuba in it every week. Honestly, the previous tank (7k gallons) was much more fun because I could snorkel and it looked more like a reef. The 20k gal tank is an experimental prototype for a much larger one to be built in the near future. See www.calacademy.org for more info but, this is a site about nano reefs...... Link to comment
FAC_WNY Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Hmmm..."dream fish".. 1. Achilles Tang--hard to keep factor (as previously stated)..and they're just gorgeous. 2. Titan Trigger--I love triggers..so why not go with one of the biggest? 3. Leopard Wrasses--Gorgeous, expensive....but mostly just gorgeous. Cheers, Fred Link to comment
newbiecarlz Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 Choerodon fasciata = harlequin tusk fish beautiful fish that can be kept in an aquarium (but best viewed on the reef IMO) this is a pic i snapped of an unfortunate individual in a holding pond at a research station. unfortunate because it was awaiting disection (by me :*( ) during a parasitology course a few weeks ago.. Link to comment
jdmreef Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 1.mandarin fish 2.onyx clownfish 3.emperor angel Link to comment
666 Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 ya same as jdm except change the clown for a yasha goby. Link to comment
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