Underrated fish

[silver surfer]

I have many “holy grail” fish in my display but I believe this hobby has many underrated fish. I have a new fish in QT and I believe it doesn’t really get much attention. But this fish in a well established reef tank can be a “holy grail” fish.

The powder brown tang. What are some others?

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[drnecropolis]

Not the holy grail by any stretch, but two of my favorites have always been dragon goby and Lawnmower blennys.. just so much personality.

 

[Anthony king]

I always been fond of puffers my favorite for a minute has been my porcupine puffer georgeo

 

[popsbjd]

I'm a big fan of radiant wrasses. Once I have my aiptasia sorted out, I'm going to start searching for one.

 

[gill]

My Tamarin wrasse.

 

[silver surfer]

That’s a nice fish. How long have you had the TW


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[gill]

That’s a nice fish. How long have you had the TW


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Got it local from The Fish Store about 2 years ago. Nervously put it through QT and copper and it survived. Doing great. Grows VERY slowly though. Eats everything.

 

[dogfish]

I'm a big fan of radiant wrasses. Once I have my aiptasia sorted out, I'm going to start searching for one.

We have aiptasia too and can’t find anything that will eat the stuff! It’s getting bigger

 

[dogfish]

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My Tamarin wrasse.

Does it eat aiptasia?? Bristleworms?

 

[scuba steve]

My favorite that I always have in any tank, the Pearly jawfish

 

[Tanster2]

I had a redfin fairy wrasse that loved to sit in my hand whenever I was in the tank. Those guys have a ton of personality. Probably my favorite fish so far

 

[Reefried]

My vote goes to my longnose hawk, he is always very attentive when I am near the tank following me right out front and curious as to what I am doing

 

[gill]

We have aiptasia too and can’t find anything that will eat the stuff! It’s getting bigger

I battled it for years. Then bought a filefish. Aiptasia are gone, the filefish doesn't seem to bother corals.

 

[dogfish]

I battled it for years. Then bought a filefish. Aiptasia are gone, the filefish doesn't seem to bother corals.

The last filefish I bought ignored aiptasia and picked at my Duncan so I took it back. Need to get my QT’d fish out of the QT tank and i to the display so I can start QT’ing a new filefish

 

[Dmitri]

Filefish, a hit or a miss like anything else really... I had one for over a year then one day it decided to eat my fancy torch over night. That was a bummer to say the least... had to get rid of it quick

My pick for underrate fish is goldflake angel, great personality and as bonus it eats aiptaisia!

 

[dogfish]

Filefish, a hit or a miss like anything else really... I had one for over a year then one day it decided to eat my fancy torch over night. That was a bummer to say the least... had to get rid of it quick

My pick for underrate fish is goldflake angel, great personality and as bonus it eats aiptaisia!

Do they all eat aiptasia or just yours?

 

[Dmitri]

Do they all eat aiptasia or just yours?

I’ve only had experience with one fish.

 

[popsbjd]

I battled it for years. Then bought a filefish. Aiptasia are gone, the filefish doesn't seem to bother corals.

I bought a boatload of berghias from @kbuck 3 weeks ago. It's not the most economical solution nor the quickest but I have confidence that they will be sorted out in a few months.

 

[ActiveAngel]

Maybe not the most amazing fish, but certainly underrated; Blue Sapphire (Springeri) Damsels. But Don’t Confuse them for blue damsels

I still have 3 that I got for $4 each. Beautiful Metallic Blue Color. Not aggressive. Hardy as a damsel. And excellent at pest control.

and I agree; lawnmower and starry Blennies are the best!

 

[John Bowers]

My current filefish ignored the aptasia for about 6 months, but then decided to try them and has kept the tank 100% aptasia free since then (about a year).