If you want to add some personality to your tank, add THIS fish to your tank!

[Gumbies R Us]

As reef keepers, we love fish that can bring fun to our tanks. Maybe it is a fish we love to watch or has interesting interactions with the other inhabitants in our tank. What is the one fish you can add to your tank that truly adds some personality? Photo Credit: @MtnDewMan

 

[shakacuz]

for me its likely a blenny, or neon goby! i've had both and they ended up being really personable. blenny always swimming around inspecting what you're doing or what the other fish/invertebrates are doing. neon goby would love to perch on my hand and "eat" bubbles off of them whenever my hand would be inside the tank.

 

[Uncle99]

The Copperband.
Very inquisitive fish.
Not shy at all.
Trusts me, can feed him by hand!

 

[Dbichler]

Emperor angel or desjardini tang have the most personality in my tank. Huma huma also but he eats anything small enough to fit in his mouth so don’t recommend them.

 

[GARRIGA]

Had a pair of maroons in the 90s. Goal is to get another paid and exactly that pictured. Wish they stayed white.

 

[kdx7214]

My yellow coris wrasse is quite a fun little fish. He's the only one in the tank that doesn't run for cover when I have my hands in. He also loves to follow me around the tank, even when I'm not working in it.

Now if you want nasty personality, get a female clownfish or a damsel

 

[kchristensen8064]

For me it would be my valentini puffer, very curious and will eventually get it to eat from my fingers.

 

[i cant think]

For me it would be any pencil wrasse, they’re literal puppies when settled, constantly begging for food!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

The Copperband.
Very inquisitive fish.
Not shy at all.
Trusts me, can feed him by hand!

Has it ever nipped at any of your coral?

 

[Uncle99]

Has it ever nipped at any of your coral?

Nothing yet.
Hasn’t touched the clams either.
Nor the BTA, or just not yet.

But wiped out the Aptasia completely in a week after a month of doing nothing.

Great fish. Worth the risk. Believes he’s “people” and interacts with me.

 

[Rp8]

Copperband or puffers

 

[Serpentman2024]

This guy adds a ton of personality to my tank. I find him perched everywhere in my tank. Despite their (hawkfish) reputation, so far he's left my cleanup crew and inverts alone.

 

[JayM]

I'm sure there's plenty with personality, but I have 2 in my tank that stand out. A Flame Hawk and a Midas Blenny.

Hawkfish is like the butler in Mr. Deeds. He'll be perched on a rock, disappear, then re-appear on the other side of the tank.

Midas does the normal blenny stuff usually, but I've made the mistake of getting sand in his barnacle when doing maintenance and he immediately will start grabbing mouthfuls, and dumping it on the other side of the tank with a short pause in-between to look at me like "thanks a lot, jerk".

 

[Sophie"s mom]

As reef keepers, we love fish that can bring fun to our tanks. Maybe it is a fish we love to watch or has interesting interactions with the other inhabitants in our tank. What is the one fish you can add to your tank that truly adds some personality? Photo Credit: @MtnDewMan

My diamond goby is just a hoot!!! I love watching him move sand all over the tank! He is very bold and has a huge personality. He will pick snails up and move them across the tank if he feels like they are in his way.

 

[VintageReefer]

My anthias, always out and active, they come right to the glass to greet me

 

[apb03]

Since others have already taken my picks of a Puffer or Copperband, I'll go with the Cleaner Wrasse.

It's fun to see them move from fish to fish and observe their interactions. The harassment often causes the target fish to be annoyed, which is hilarious.

I have a Biota, so it eats frozen, too.

 

[vlangel]

I also love blennies and gobies. A lot of personality in a pint sized body, (which is good news for us nano tank keepers). I know the thread said 'fish' but how about how fun shrimp can be?

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Bimac, jawfish or puffer.

 

[Rusty_L_Shackleford]

That I own: a pair of wild true percs. They have way more personality than the designer breeds. It almost feels like we've bred the soul out of them.

That I can't have: porcupine puffer. Theyre very smart and are like an underwater puppy.

 

[dwarfseahorse]

As reef keepers, we love fish that can bring fun to our tanks. Maybe it is a fish we love to watch or has interesting interactions with the other inhabitants in our tank. What is the one fish you can add to your tank that truly adds some personality? Photo Credit: @MtnDewMan

As reef keepers, we love fish that can bring fun to our tanks. Maybe it is a fish we love to watch or has interesting interactions with the other inhabitants in our tank. What is the one fish you can add to your tank that truly adds some personality? Photo Credit: @MtnDewMan

I get a lot of entertainment watching my Yellow Watchman Goby and my Pistol Shrimp. The Pistol Shrimp digs tunnels and makes caves all over my tank. The Watchman Goby is always right there to make sure nothing bothers the Pistol Shrimp while he is working so hard. The Watchman Goby and Pistol Shrimp live together in the tunnels. If I see one, the other is seconds behind. At first, I was worried that the Pistol Shrimp was re-doing the look of the tank but turns out he has great taste in his construction and absolutely amazes me. It never has any effect on my corals and my Firefish Goby’s have decided to live in one of the tunnels the Pistol Shrimp has created, instead of the regular place they use to hang out at. I do have a thick layer of live sand and lots of live rock with caves for all of this tunnelling and construction.