Favorite *Small* Fish

[mkutsch]

If you're not that experienced? A fire fish or green banded goby. If you're experienced? Blue striped pipefish. If you have money and experience? A flaming prawn.

 

[mkutsch]

Also, you really need experience for the pipefish, and I lost mine to not small enough mesh covering, found it dead in the morning out of the tank....

 

[mosesobe1]

My favorite the Royal Gramma.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+21+53&pcatid=53

 

[mosesobe1]

Here you have a better picture.

 

[tom reilly]

Royal Gramma. very colorful.

 

[oldcrusty]

I don't have one, but I love catalina gobies. Here's a link: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/...G-B-4395&t=1&gclid=CMvFx-WClc4CFcEmhgod7wwH0g

Clown gobies are really adorable too

Catalina gobies require colder water conditions than the average fish. usually below 72 degrees I have had some in my beginning years of Saltwater Aquariums usually didn't last more than a couple of months. Didn't use chillers then.

 

[oldcrusty]

Catalina gobies are cold water fish.
Trimma gobies, Eviota gobies, nocturnal goby, cleaner gobies, flaming prawn goby, white cap goby, most other small gobies and blennies will work. Possum wrasse, pink streak wrasse, assessors, and small liopropoma or lipogramma basslets will also work.

They do make some small affordable chillers that are a PC processor heat sink with a Freon tube through it that chills the water for around 75 dollars designed for 20 gallon tanks and smaller on ebay

 

[mkutsch]

Royal grammas are truly stunning, yes, unfortunate that they get a bit bigger than 3 inches... If you want something colorful (and too unappreciated nowadays, in my opinion...) and reef safe, I would suggest a possum wrasse (white lines are the most colorful). Hardly reaching 2 inches, and a peculiar look, they're pretty cool fish.

 

[mkutsch]

Flaming prawn goby

Never seen one like that...beautiful fish!

 

[roberthu526]

Royal gramma!
You can't beat the color with a fish that size!

 

[bruleyii]

Im loving my black cap I got. The black compliments the dark purple really nicely.

 

[mkutsch]

They're cool.

 

[Delta1389]

Love my Arabian pseudochromis.

 

[LetItReef]

Yellow line Goby

 

[mkutsch]

Eviotas are cool. Don't have a picture offhand, but my juvie has a large personality.

 

[tj w]

How beautiful!!

 

[mkutsch]

One juvenile eviota:

As all of you guys should know, pictures never do any justice, especially my crappy ones...

 

[jp_75]

how you guys feed these small fish? i like most of the gobies but afraid they die! i usually mix lrs nano,mysis and brine.

 

[eatbreakfast]

how you guys feed these small fish? i like most of the gobies but afraid they die! i usually mix lrs nano,mysis and brine.

Cyclops, fish eggs, baby brine, reef plankton.

 

[jp_75]

but spot feeding?
thank you