Fish/Inverts You Wish Were Available in the Hobby?

[zheka757]

that's not a reef safe fish

 

[CoralB]

that's not a reef safe fish

Maybe !!, until he ticks her off and she starts throwing things lol!!!

 

[ZoWhat]

that's not a reef safe fish

It's Daryl Hannah....so WHO CARES

 

[CoralB]

It's Daryl Hannah....so WHO CARES

You haven’t seen her lately I’m guessing lol!!!

 

[ScubaFish802]

Sand dollar

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

Open up Hawaii. It’s a sustainable fishery. Always was and was regulated properly during it’s availability.

 

[Spare time]

I would love it if someone would captive breed some of the massive clownfish species out there

 

[Spare time]

Is that reef safe?

 

[Dburr1014]

You haven’t seen her lately I’m guessing lol!!!

Darryl Hanna as in the movie summer lovers or fields of the lord.

 

[Big Smelly fish]

Coral colonies like you could get 15 or so year’s ago cheaper then the tiny overpriced frags of today.

 

[beesnreefs]

Hawaiian cleaner wrasse is my first thought they're beautiful.

Looks like @Biota_Marine breeds them (although no stock available right now): https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/hawaiian-clean

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Sand dollar

Actually, if you live in the US you actually can find a couple tropical sand dollar species
here https://gulfspecimen.org/specimen/echinodermata/sea-urchins-and-sand-dollars/
I have no idea how reef safe they are, but they're pretty cool regardless. Rusalty also (at least used to) carry baby sand dollars, but they're listed as out of stock on their site.

https://www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.com/invertebrates-sea-critters/baby-sand-do

 

[Slocke]

Looks like @Biota_Marine breeds them (although no stock available right now): https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/hawaiian-clean

Yep
I'd certainly get one if I could but seeing as they're hidden on the last page of their shop I'm guessing they're very rarely available. I wish they did regular cleaner wrasse too as they train them to eat frozen which would make them so much easier to keep.

 

[Slocke]

Yep
I'd certainly get one if I could but seeing as they're hidden on the last page of their shop I'm guessing they're very rarely available. I wish they did regular cleaner wrasse too as they train them to eat frozen which would make them so much easier to keep.

Saying that there are a bunch of species I'd keep if they were captive bred. Ribbon eels are awesome but so hard to get eating. Also after some awful problems with neurological diseases in wild caught fairy wrasse I'd love to see them be successfully bred.

 

[ScubaFish802]

Actually, if you live in the US you actually can find a couple tropical sand dollar species
here https://gulfspecimen.org/specimen/echinodermata/sea-urchins-and-sand-dollars/
I have no idea how reef safe they are, but they're pretty cool regardless. Rusalty also (at least used to) carry baby sand dollars, but they're listed as out of stock on their site.

https://www.aquaculturenurseryfarms.com/invertebrates-sea-critters/baby-sand-do

That is actually pretty cool! I can only assume one would eventually deplete the life in the small sandbed in my tank and then starve to death. But one can dream!

 

[Spare time]

There is supposed to be a bristle worm eating snail but I never see it. I don't know if they are just not very compatible with reef critters in our tanks or what.

 

[Biota_Marine]

Looks like @Biota_Marine breeds them (although no stock available right now): https://shop.thebiotagroup.com/products/hawaiian-clean

This one is big on our list this year to get back into commercial production. I'm hoping to have some better news closer to November-December on the production of these guys. Until now it's just been a very small amount every few years.

 

[itselenababe]

Definitely west Australian mandarin

 

[reefcleaners]

Just a little baby Olive Ridley for a few weeks is all, I will put it back when he is bigger.

 

[LPS Bum]

Straightforward question here: is there a fish or invert you want to own/see in the hobby but can’t find or get (either because it’s rare, because it’s not available in your country, or because it’s just not sold at all)?

Think of it like a fish or invert you would custom order if the price was right.

What is (are) your unavailable fish/invert(s)?

At the moment, mine would be Synalpheus regalis, the “Eusocial Pistol Shrimp” and any of its associated sponges.

Clarion Angel, at least for a reasonable price.