How striking is a marine fish?

[sky414]

blue dot jawfish!

 

[GARRIGA]

Juvenile Emperor Angel fish in the 80s attracted me to salt. African Cichlids attracted me to FW early 70s.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Juvenile Emperor Angel fish in the 80s attracted me to salt. African Cichlids attracted me to FW early 70s.

I wish you could get a juvenile emperor and it would stay that color, haha

 

[BrianneG]

I had a potters angelfish, absolutely loved this little guy
Note:not my photo

I really want one if these. They are absolutely stunning. To bad we can't get them anymore, or so I have been told.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Wow! Those 3 you picked are beautiful! I have personally always like the achilles tang!

Achilles are so cool, one of my dream fish, my next tank will definitely be big enough for one!

 

[ieatbugman]

Panther groupers and mandarin fish for sure

Not my photo, but they are so pretty. They do get absolutely massive though

 

[BristleWormHater]

Leopard blennies will always be one of my dream fish, too bad they eat coral.

 

[BrianneG]

I can't explain why, but I find these guys pretty and something i would love yo ha e in my tank. But I read they get big. Harlequin Sweetlips.
Note: Not my pic

 

[Sophie"s mom]

Achilles are so cool, one of my dream fish, my next tank will definitely be big enough for one!

Yeah mine too! I have always admired them.

 

[ieatbugman]

I can't explain why, but I find these guys pretty and something i would love yo ha e in my tank. But I read they get big. Harlequin Sweetlips.
Note: Not my pic

Ive seen them in my lfs, they are really cool!

 

[Zella616]

I can't explain why, but I find these guys pretty and something i would love yo ha e in my tank. But I read they get big. Harlequin Sweetlips.
Note: Not my pic

My LFS has these right now. Since I'm moving to a bigger tank this weekend, I went in last weekend to find out what would be good additions to slip in before my current fish re-settle. Asked about these! Sadly, they will be too big for my new tank. Beautiful fish though!

 

[BrianneG]

My LFS has these right now. Since I'm moving to a bigger tank this weekend, I went in last weekend to find out what would be good additions to slip in before my current fish re-settle. Asked about these! Sadly, they will be too big for my new tank. Beautiful fish though!

I have seen them to. My tank is 115g and I would love one but the research I did also said to small of a tank as well

 

[PharmrJohn]

Just remembered! What got me into SW was a YT Damsel. First fish I ever got. Was the first in my 1992 tank and the first in my 2008 tank. It'll be the first in my 2025 tank.

 

[drbrivers]

Juvenile chevron tang Ctenochaetus hawaiiensis.

 

[drbrivers]

Chaetodontoplus duboulayi, the scribbled angelfish.

 

[drbrivers]

Chaetodon semilarvatus, golden butterflyfish.

 

[Maritimer]

I remember my first encounter.

As a kid with a ten-gallon tank, my father took me to the aquarium store sometimes, where I could drool over the red swordtails, black mollies, and the incredible, impossible blue of neon tetras. Together, we visited a shop called the Norwalk Aquarium.

The fish on display were unbelievable to my young eyes. As white as metallic milk, with velvety black stripes that made a herd of zebras look muddy - or the reverse; an inky black one could get lost in, with just a few spots of pure snow white - or the reverse again, soft white with elegant movements and impossibly evenly placed, perfectly round _black_ spots.

And the _blues!_ Entire fish so blue that, to my eyes, they could have had Christmas-tree bulbs inside them!

I was hooked. From that moment, I knew that I wanted a tank that I could keep four-stripe, domino and blue damselfish in ... though I never did try a panther grouper.

On another visit to that same shop (in a time very different from today!), we saw two very adorable turtles - turtles whose limbs were more like undersized wings, or large flippers. First, last, and only time I've ever seen loggerhead hatchlings in an aquarium store.

~B.

 

[TheLegendaryBarlowe072]

I remember my first encounter.

As a kid with a ten-gallon tank, my father took me to the aquarium store sometimes, where I could drool over the red swordtails, black mollies, and the incredible, impossible blue of neon tetras. Together, we visited a shop called the Norwalk Aquarium.

The fish on display were unbelievable to my young eyes. As white as metallic milk, with velvety black stripes that made a herd of zebras look muddy - or the reverse; an inky black one could get lost in, with just a few spots of pure snow white - or the reverse again, soft white with elegant movements and impossibly evenly placed, perfectly round _black_ spots.

And the _blues!_ Entire fish so blue that, to my eyes, they could have had Christmas-tree bulbs inside them!

I was hooked. From that moment, I knew that I wanted a tank that I could keep four-stripe, domino and blue damselfish in ... though I never did try a panther grouper.

On another visit to that same shop (in a time very different from today!), we saw two very adorable turtles - turtles whose limbs were more like undersized wings, or large flippers. First, last, and only time I've ever seen loggerhead hatchlings in an aquarium store.

~B.

Love that story, can tell that moment really made an impact in your life.

 

[edsbeaker]

Red Sea Regal Angelfish. I’ve only had one tank big enough to house one, and I miss him.

Not my photo.

 

[RUKelly]

Scorpion fish initially fueled my dreams/nightmares. But there are too many unique and beautiful fish in the world to name.