Name your 3 fish!

[Joe.D]

1. I paid the most for my Whitetail Bristletooth Tang. Thought he’d be my centerpiece fish.

2. I‘ve only had the Tang for a little over a year, and they keep going up in price.

3. The fish I couldn’t do without? Tough choice between my Solar Wrasse - love his colors and personality - or my One Spot Foxface - love the pop of yellow in the tank. The Foxface managed to turn the bully Tang into his best friend. They are virtually inseparable.

 

[fredhlee]

1. Black Tang
2. Hybrid Archilles
3. Species of Anthias

 

[Rocky Mountain Reef]

1. My holy grail fish for me for decades...Achilles Tang, show size at 8" and magnificent
2. Gem Tang...a fatty too
3. Blotchy Anthia...loves being up by the surface all day long...

 

[Everclear]

1. Queen Angelfish ($90)
2. Don't currently have a tank running
3. Always got to have coral beauty or flame angel

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

1. Gem tang. And I’ve actually bought this one twice due to a freak mishap while I was out of town that killed the first…
2. Potters angel. Bought for like $150 from LADD several years back before the Hawaii ban. Now the only way they are available is $1k captive bred. The other one that gets me is the declivis butterfly… had one of these in college 2010ish and I’m sure I didn’t pay more than $250, could have been much less. Now they go for $1500+ if they’re even available.
3. This one is tough but by definition it’s got to be the majestic angelfish. It was one of the first fish I bought getting into the hobby around 2005 and I’ve more or less had one in every tank I’ve had since then (three separate individuals, sold the first and lost the second in a crash). Someone else mentioned Anthias and that’s got to be a close second. I’d never have a tank without a group of Anthias.

 

[Barncat]

1: Cousteau, my male black snowflake A. ocellaris clownfish, who cost me $67 CAD. I wanted something special for my original clownfish Moby's mate and boy howdy does Cousteau deliver! Such a pretty little friend.
2: Cousteau, although I would never sell him!
3: Cousteau and Moby. They're just so friendly and personable. The little dudes always greet me when I walk up to the tank and they're always swimming around my hand whenever I do tank maintenance.

Cousteau won't stay my most expensive fish for long as there's a $50 giftcard burning a hole in my pocket which I plan on using to acquire a $80 royal gramma. Since I was forced to get a new tank by a freak disaster which destroyed my Fluval Evo 13.5, my clownfish pair and yellow watchman goby Clyde now love in a cushier 30 gallon so now I get to dream about having greater aquatic diversity including more species of coral and more fish!

And yes, one of those fish is going to be a six line wrasse! I also plan on adopting a green clown goby because I think that they're beautiful.

The new tank - I salvaged all of my original live rock and sand so the only new part of it is the sand - I even managed to save my lone coral and rose bubbletip nem! (New lid to come, using both of my old ones for now until I have the resources to build it.)

 

[findingsimple]

1. Majestic angel
2. Majestic angel
3. I think it might have to be Harold the flame hawk. Such a character/cool fish - utility wise I’d go a CBB like many others.

 

[NE reefer]

Do you have any pictures of a mature Asterospicularia colony? I’m thinking of picking one up at a LFS just curious what it would grow into?

 

[i cant think]

Here’s mine;
1. Paid The Most for;
I’m actually unsure, I believe it’s my Tongan Black Foxface but could be my Diamond Tail Flasher as I got 10% off of the Tongan which brought it down from £330 to £280 (USD wise that would’ve been from 420 down to 356). Yet paid full price for the DT.

2. Worth the Most, this is probably my Magnificent now. I’ve seen babies (1.5-2”) sold for £99 or $126 and this guy is likely 7-8” and could go for £450 or $575 if I tried to sell him.

3. Couldn’t live without fish? This is hard… I love my wrasses and angels but at the same time, my first ever rabbitfish was a Magnificent and my dream one has always been a Tongan black.
I think just because it was the first ever fish I actually saw in books and fell in love with, it has to be Ikea, the Regal Angel. Plus she spits at me when she’s hungry!

And just for fun, I’ll add a 4th category;
Fish you got for a price but actually should’ve been more.

Back in June, I spotted a gorgeous Gold Nugget Wrasse in my LFS. Now, they had no idea they even had one so it was sold under a Timor Wrasse. Previously in 2022, there was a period where 100s of these came in and almost everyone had one yet prices were very high - some even in the 300s for a male. This guy was only 30 for me.

Ah… this has changed now as my fish stock has changed…
Most expensive fish is a toss up between these 3;
Vivian’s Leopard, Choat’s Leopard and Multicolour Angel.
Each one was around £200 (~$250)

2. Worth the most? 100% the Majestic Angel which is near enough worth £300 (~$380). I didn’t pay that much, in fact I paid around £180 ($230).

3. Couldn’t live without fish? I can’t pick one! I have managed to obtain my many dream fish - and well, I also have an LFS so I can get in some of the most random fish. But currently I’d say one of the can’t live without fish is my Choati. I have waited so long to get that fish and finally got it after 4 years!
However, the only other fish I know for a fact if it died I’d replace it instantly, my Kaleidos Pencil Wrasse. This guy’s colours are too nice to not have in a tank.