Oddball Fish

[FishAreCool]

What are some easy to care for, reef safe, oddball fish that can fit in a 16 gallon biocube.

 

[FlyinAg]

Is a tailspot blenny oddball enough? They have a lot of personality.

 

[FishAreCool]

Yes

 

[Doubleu1992]

mollies you don't see them in many reef tanks haha

 

[FlyinAg]

Haha true on the mollies!

Scooter blennies are also cool if you can sustain their diet or get them on prepared food.

Watcan goby/pistol shrimp are neat...

Maybe a pipefish? But they also require special diets i think...

 

[davidcalgary29]

A Caribbean black clingfish will do nicely for this category. Runner-up: filefish are often quite weird, and a pygmy whitespotted filefish would be perfect for a nano tank.

 

[FishAreCool]

Thank you for all the replies! Anyone else?

 

[Slocke]

Catalina Goby are weird but also very very pretty and glow in the right lights. Need a slightly cooler tank though.

 

[i cant think]

What are some easy to care for, reef safe, oddball fish that can fit in a 16 gallon biocube.

What do you class as oddball?
IMHO, TailSpot Blennies aren’t oddball however I guess oddball depends on the person.

 

[FishAreCool]

Something unique that is out of the ordinary.

 

[i cant think]

How about these guys;

Im just doing my usual trick of getting you tagged and then explain :)
These guys are my Pseudocheilinops ataenia trio. Others will most likely know this species as the Pink Streak Wrasse or Cryptic Wrasses. Obviously in a 16G tank I don’t recommend a trio of these guys (Honestly it’s not recommended to try a trio of these guys in general). I have my trio in a 3’x16”x1’ tank however I’ve had these in a smaller tank.
Another one I recommend is a Wetmorella tanakai. Again, I’m aiming for a pair of them however I recommend only a singular species in a 16G tank.
The photo isn’t mine (I used to own this species previously however I don’t have a photo… unless you want to see him being eaten by an urchin).

 

[i cant think]

How about these guys;

Im just doing my usual trick of getting you tagged and then explain :)
These guys are my Pseudocheilinops ataenia trio. Others will most likely know this species as the Pink Streak Wrasse or Cryptic Wrasses. Obviously in a 16G tank I don’t recommend a trio of these guys (Honestly it’s not recommended to try a trio of these guys in general). I have my trio in a 3’x16”x1’ tank however I’ve had these in a smaller tank.
Another one I recommend is a Wetmorella tanakai. Again, I’m aiming for a pair of them however I recommend only a singular species in a 16G tank.
The photo isn’t mine (I used to own this species previously however I don’t have a photo… unless you want to see him being eaten by an urchin).

Forgot to add I have an article on Pseudocheilinops and I will most likely do an article on Wetmorella once I get a pair (Although their care is relatively the same).

 

[FishAreCool]

Thank You! Nice article!

 

[davidcalgary29]

Catalina Goby are weird but also very very pretty and glow in the right lights. Need a slightly cooler tank though.

They're so lovely, but I couldn't keep mine for more than a year and a half in an unheated tank. I wouldn't try one again without a chiller.

 

[i cant think]

Catalina Goby are weird but also very very pretty and glow in the right lights. Need a slightly cooler tank though.

While these are beautiful, they really want a tank where very few coral can actually thrive (If not survive). 1 year is usually the max life span these have in temperate reef tanks however even then you have to be really good with care of the tank. This is a species like the Blue Spot Jawfish which is sold for Warm Water Reefs but actually needs a cooler tank where most coral won’t grow.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Flashlight fish
D

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I will +1 pipefish
D

 

[Slocke]

While these are beautiful, they really want a tank where very few coral can actually thrive (If not survive). 1 year is usually the max life span these have in temperate reef tanks however even then you have to be really good with care of the tank. This is a species like the Blue Spot Jawfish which is sold for Warm Water Reefs but actually needs a cooler tank where most coral won’t grow.

Yeah, I was thinking I'd want to try them and a bluespot Jawfish in a chiller tank someday. A US/Mexico west coast theme. I saw a big group of them at an aquarium and for a small goby they're magnificent.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Reefbeautys had these cpl months ago.
D

 

[Eric Cohen]

I like some goby w/shrimp pairs in a small tank. There are some oddball gobies that will pair up nicely. Randall’s goby is so nice…..not super rare but too nice to care. Other options too for sure.