reef safe favorites?

[jaydm93teg]

ok guys i had to get rid of my fav. fish yesterday....my angle was just tearing up all my corals so i wanted to get an idea from all of you what you favorite reef safe fish that you OWN and is in your tank. I know no 2 fish are alike but lets hear what you got.?

Thanks

 

[flyingarmy]

Six Line Wrasse
Cherub Pygmy Angel
Copperband Butterfly

 

[gwhiz]

Hard to pick a favorite

Yellow tang
Sailfin tang
Coral Beauty
Foxface
Crested Blennie

 

[jcusmarine]

Purple Tang
Six Line Wrasse
Clowns
Jester Goby

 

[xyzpdq0121]

Flame Angel
Jawfish
Flame Hawk
Bi-colored Angel
6-Line Wrass
Like Charlie said, there are some awesome looking anthias out there

 

[revhtree]

My list are fish from the past and present that I have enjoyed. Some of these can't be kept in smaller tanks and some are hard to keep. These have been my all time favorites.

Purple Tang
Powder Blue Tang
Naso Tang
Achilles Tang
Paired Onyx Clowns
Bartlett Anthia's (3 or more)
Solar Wrasse (really any reef safe wrasse)

 

[FutureInterest]

Obviously my favorite is going to be a wrasse of some sort. Here are some of my favorites in no particular order:

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1378+2648&pcatid=2648">McCosker flasher wrasse</a>
[IMG]http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1378+361&pcatid=361">Radiant wrasse</a>
[IMG]http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/marinedepotlive_1986_22541856">Lineatus wrasse</a>
[IMG]http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/melanuruswrasse/">Melanarus wrasse</a>
[IMG]http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/hawaiianflamewrasse/">Hawaiian flame wrasse</a>
[IMG]http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-08/ht/index.php">Any other flasher</a>

 

[jaydm93teg]

the tank is a 80 gallon.......here will be my stock list what do you think will help bring more color to the tank.

3 Green Chromis.....already in the tank
1 firefish....already in the tank
1 regal tang
2 maroon/gold bar clowns


u think i can get 2 more fish in the tank?

 

[jaydm93teg]

yeah see i have a WIDE OPEN TOP haha not even eggcrate on it yet

 

[george]

When I had a tank:

hands down the Mandarin was the most fun to watch for beauty and the cool way they scoot around the rock.

 

[jaydm93teg]

yeah i will stay away from the wrasse

 

[stickx911]

bangaii cardnials (pair)
firefish

 

[jmaneyapanda]

quarantining and in tank photo of :thumbs: my favorite.
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[jmaneyapanda]

In all reality, I thin "reef safe" is an absurd term for this principle. What does it mean? doesnt eat corals? Inverst? crabs? Or just doesnt eat much</em> of these?

I personally love angels, so I have a couple (with one more going in soon), and will risk a little PE or some LPS for their beauty.

 

[jaydm93teg]

well the thing with my angel is that he nipped at everything so much that none of my zoas were coming out..........my frogspawn was retracting back into its stem.....my plate coral was all retracted........in fact the only thing it wasnt messing with was a mushroom.......everything else was looking like crap

 

[xyzpdq0121]

Panda's fish got me thinking... I want a large tank with some Lookdown fish... They are so cool looking!

 

[Reefplumber13]

Barbara;188147 wrote: The "green" manderin (which is actually blue.....???) was the reason I entered into this hobby in the first place. I always loved seeing these fish at the store and wanted one of my own. I've had a total of 3 (one currently), and mine are pretty reclusive. I wish mine would come out more because they are by far my favorite in terms of color and beauty. Alas, I don't see much of mine.

im with barb im saving a spot in my tank for one of this guys

but also i wold say
flame angel-im getting one
hawkfish -im getting one
6-line- i have one

 

[Reefplumber13]

jmaneyapanda;188154 wrote: quarantining and in tank photo of :thumbs: my favorite.

what the that

 

[momma&amp;papafishels]

jgilley84;188242 wrote: what the that

It's a Coelacanth, a prehistoric fish that was thought to be extinct for thousands of years, until they found one in 1938.

 

[momma&amp;papafishels]

Can't edit....

I should have said MILLIONS of years until they found one ALIVE in 1938.