Holy Grail Fish

[Grootzilla]

My dream fish prior to really getting into the hobby was just regular clownfish so I guess I've met that goal. I love them and any tank I run will have at least one in it.
But now that I've been in the hobby for a little bit my Holy Grail fish(es) that I do not have would have to be:
-Powder Blue Tang (Don't have a tank big enough but they are so beautiful and have so much personality even if they are bullies lol)
-Mandarin Dragonet (Either green or red would be lovely, however I do not have the time or resources to spend on training them to eat specific foods)
-Randall Goby (Haven't been able to pin one down so far but one day!)

None of them are super expensive or rare but I still love them all so much and hope to keep them one day.

 

[Wrangy]

A shortish video of all my lovelies enjoying some clams on the half shell :) I am really happy with how my fish-list is growing, c. mitratus to come next :)

 

[kchristensen8064]

My holy grail fish that I have yet to have are. Desjardins Sailfin Tang. I'm in the process of planning my dream tank, that will finally be big enough to have one of these. My other would be a Gulf Signal Blenny. This one just doesn't seem to be available, though I have spent quite a bit of time looking. Maybe one day...

 

[Hot2na]

mine is : Wild caught clarion angelfish...had one already in the early 80's...they were only $750-$1000 back then...

 

[Jose A Venereo]

A. la
tifasciatus

 

[AZMSGT]

Purple Tang.. I want a pair in my DT. But I need to get my DT up and running first :(

 

[Thomashtom]

Waited a long time for these guys. Finally, the captive bred Conspics became available. One is 2 years old and the other is 16 months old.

Really nice!! Probably my favorite angel!! Good luck!!

 

[lion king]

I've hit the trifeca, I added another to my line up/ A purple rhinopias, a black foot lion, and a yellow fuzzy.

 

[Wrangy]

I've hit the trifeca, I added another to my line up/ A purple rhinopias, a black foot lion, and a yellow fuzzy.

Oh lawdy!! He's S T U N N I N G :D :D :D

 

[OrionN]

I have been on the hunt for perfectly shape Onyx Percula forever. Never got any until recently. Corpus is not like large city market. Nothing ever get here for very cheap.
I MO two WC Perculars 2 months ago, one turned Onyx under my care. Then yesterday, after work I decided to stop by the only LFS (other than Petco) here in Corpus and stumble on this Percula somebody "donated" back to the store. This LFS doesn't buy fish back, doesn't trade fish. If you want you can donate your fish to the LFS only. When you are the only game in town, you can get away with doing a lot of things. Petco does not take anything back periord.
Enough words. In the pictures below, the larger, yellow fish is the new addition to my QT and the smaller Onyx was the one I MO from Aquatic Collections several months ago. Just a few hours and they proceeded to pair and kick the other wild Percula out of the anemone.
The unusual thing about this Onyx Percula is that she have a very fine black line around her fins. I never seen any Percula, with as much black as she has on the body with such fine pencil line around the fins. Gives her a different looks than all the other Percula/Onyx Percula I have seen.

 

[CindyKz]

Bellus Angels....planning for 1 male, 2 female in my 180 gal.

 

[Jase4224]

I’m 32 this August and when I was less than 10 years old I opened a book that showed fishes of Australia. I saw the Harlequin Tuskfish and dreamed of owning this fish. Had no idea the saltwater hobby even existed until I was 15 and eventually purchased a Tusk in my early 20’s - absolutely amazing fish. Unfortunately had to pull the tank down due to a leak but now my RSRxxl750 is up and running I’ll be getting my holy grail fish: another Harlequin Tuskfish :)

Also a close second is the Fu Manchu Lionfsh. Beautiful fish. One day..

 

[lion king]

I’m 32 this August and when I was less than 10 years old I opened a book that showed fishes of Australia. I saw the Harlequin Tuskfish and dreamed of owning this fish. Had no idea the saltwater hobby even existed until I was 15 and eventually purchased a Tusk in my early 20’s - absolutely amazing fish. Unfortunately had to pull the tank down due to a leak but now my RSRxxl750 is up and running I’ll be getting my holy grail fish: another Harlequin Tuskfish :)

Also a close second is the Fu Manchu Lionfsh. Beautiful fish. One day..

Harlequin tusk is an awesome fish, I have two fu manchus, one is over 7 years old and the other is this unusual pink tone.

 

[Blutspitze]

While neither expensive or rare, I really want a Mandarin Goby. Since I started my tank I've been working to try and get a good rotifer/pod population established so I can have the best chance. Recently I started an external phyto/pod growing chamber that I hope will work, but hasn't yet :(

 

[OrionN]

I’m 32 this August and when I was less than 10 years old I opened a book that showed fishes of Australia. I saw the Harlequin Tuskfish and dreamed of owning this fish. Had no idea the saltwater hobby even existed until I was 15 and eventually purchased a Tusk in my early 20’s - absolutely amazing fish. Unfortunately had to pull the tank down due to a leak but now my RSRxxl750 is up and running I’ll be getting my holy grail fish: another Harlequin Tuskfish :)

Also a close second is the Fu Manchu Lionfsh. Beautiful fish. One day..

Harlequin Tusk is such a beautiful fish.

 

[DibsOnMcRibs]

I’m pretty obsessed with captive bred fish. So far, I’ve done a good job of keeping my tank 100% CB. As such, I keep waiting for the captive bred blue tangs to make their way back to the market.
The last one I ordered died prior to shipment.

 

[Jase4224]

I’m pretty obsessed with captive bred fish. So far, I’ve done a good job of keeping my tank 100% CB. As such, I keep waiting for the captive bred blue tangs to make their way back to the market.
The last one I ordered died prior to shipment.

Nice, what is your current collection of CB fish?

 

[DibsOnMcRibs]

Nice, what is your current collection of CB fish?

Two mandarins, a yellow tang, a bangaii and a pair of clowns. I wouldn’t hate adding a purple tang to the mix either

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

I have one of my holy grail fish, the multibar angelfish. Used to have another a potters angel and would love another.
Others i yet to have include;
-Cirrhilabrus isosceles, rhomboidalis
-halichoeres pallidus, iridis, melasmapomus
-anampses chrysocephalys
-paracentropyge venusta
-apolemichthys arcuatus, xanthocephalus
-chaetodontoplys conspiculatus
-any prognathodes or roaps buttetfly
-ventralis, sunset, randalls anthias.

Thats maybe too many to consider them to be holy grails lol.

 

[Wrangy]

Loving the posts everyone :D keep them coming!! I love hearing about what everyone wants whether it's a simple yellow tang to the newly announced gramma dejongi from Biota!!