What are some good personality filled fish?

[noxel56]

I’m not sure I have the right sandbed for a Jawfish. Mine is about 2”

 

[Dragon52]

I’m not sure I have the right sandbed for a Jawfish. Mine is about 2”

Yep should be 4-6"

 

[noxel56]

Midas Blennies can be characters sometimes.

I really like the Midas blenny! I’ve heard they can bully smaller gobies, is that true? Definitely something I work be interested in though!

 

[noxel56]

Gramma...wonderful coloration and great community fish. Doesn’t get too big either. For small size and for the most bang for your buck, personality wise it’s the clown fish. Though pugnacious they can be.

Would it play well with a firefish? I might be able to get a hold of a captive bred Helifrechi Firefish so I would rather have that guy tbh.

 

[Dragon52]

I really like the Midas blenny! I’ve heard they can bully smaller gobies, is that true? Definitely something I work be interested in though!

I have Wheelers gobies in my tank & for awhile they actually stayed in the lower unit of his barnacle house. He's never bothered them.

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Grammas probably won't bother the firefish, they seem pretty peaceful.
Also, WHAAAAAT?? That is very lucky my dude! Helfich's are some of the prettiest dartfish out there!

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Would it play well with a firefish? I might be able to get a hold of a captive bred Helifrechi Firefish so I would rather have that guy tbh.

Grammas probably won't bother the firefish, they seem pretty peaceful.
Also, WHAAAAAT?? That is very lucky my dude! Helfich's are some of the prettiest dartfish out there!

 

[LovesDogs_CatsRokay]

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Hello I am 14 years old and in the process of setting up my 40b reef tank. I want some fish for my reef tank but I can’t decide which ones. I was looking for some fish with lots of personality! Preferably fish that are reef safe and generally peaceful. I really want a sandsifting goby but since my tank is only 40 gallons and doesn’t have a refugium, I stress it would not have enough food to eat. Thank you for reading.

i have 3 gobies that all eat frozen. I have a pink spotted goby in my 32 gallon that has grown from a little guy to a big fat 6 inch long guy. He sifts sand but I think gets most of his nourishment from eating the frozen food.

 

[Justin Cook]

I just got done hand feeding my blue spot watchman goby. I will always have one in my systems paired with a pistol shrimp. The watchman goby can be a little, well, slow. I've got wrasses, a clown and a tang that go berserk for food and usually my ol' pal Oscar (the goby) just hangs out waiting for something to pass by. A few years ago I took to using a pipette to drop food close to him and after a while he started swimming to it whenever it was in the tank. Fast forward and now I can put a few pellets in my hand and if I go slow enough, he'll come up and eat out of my palm, just chilling there and eating.

Before I started this unique feeding the watchman goby/pistol shrimp was one of my favorite parts of this hobby and it still is. I don't expect every goby to be like this but watching the 2 of them do there thing really is the best.

 

[ZipAdeeZoa]

If you like hawkfish but don't want the risk look into Plectranthias inermis, also called the geometric hawkfish, pygmy hawkfish and un armed perchlet! Reef safe, behaves just like a hawkfish (although its technically an anthia) and maxes out around 2.5-3 inches- awesome fish and great personality!

 

[noxel56]

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i have 3 gobies that all eat frozen. I have a pink spotted goby in my 32 gallon that has grown from a little guy to a big fat 6 inch long guy. He sifts sand but I think gets most of his nourishment from eating the frozen food.

I really like the diamond watchman better than the others tbh. Did you buy him trained to eat prepared or did he just take a liking to it by himself?

 

[noxel56]

I just got done hand feeding my blue spot watchman goby. I will always have one in my systems paired with a pistol shrimp. The watchman goby can be a little, well, slow. I've got wrasses, a clown and a tang that go berserk for food and usually my ol' pal Oscar (the goby) just hangs out waiting for something to pass by. A few years ago I took to using a pipette to drop food close to him and after a while he started swimming to it whenever it was in the tank. Fast forward and now I can put a few pellets in my hand and if I go slow enough, he'll come up and eat out of my palm, just chilling there and eating.

Before I started this unique feeding the watchman goby/pistol shrimp was one of my favorite parts of this hobby and it still is. I don't expect every goby to be like this but watching the 2 of them do there thing really is the best.

I don’t know which I like more, shrimp goby or sandsifting. So hard to choose

 

[Silverfish]

I plan on having a McCosckers flasher wrasse so I don’t know if they would be compatible.

I have a six line n Mccoskers. Make sure 6-line goes in way after n that he’s a little one. Th fairy wrasse mostly swims in the water column. The 6-line mostly around rock work so they don’t bump heads.

 

[LovesDogs_CatsRokay]

I really like the diamond watchman better than the others tbh. Did you buy him trained to eat prepared or did he just take a liking to it by himself?

I think he just came like that. He was one of the first fish I ever got 3 years ago before I knew enough to ask. My other 2 gobies, a sleeper banded goby and a tiger goby, also came from the lfs already eating frozen. Those 2 actually eat nori also.

 

[noxel56]

I think he just came like that. He was one of the first fish I ever got 3 years ago before I knew enough to ask. My other 2 gobies, a sleeper banded goby and a tiger goby, also came from the lfs already eating frozen. Those 2 actually eat nori also.

Sorry, what is Nori again? Is it some sort of algae, I can’t remember.

 

[Mr_Knightley]

I don’t know which I like more, shrimp goby or sandsifting. So hard to choose

You could have both, as long as you have enough space for the both. In my experience though, sand sifting gobies need a very specialized aquarium to thrive, and shrimp gobies do not.

 

[LovesDogs_CatsRokay]

Sorry, what is Nori again? Is it some sort of algae, I can’t remember.

Dried seaweed sheets

 

[Mr_Knightley]

Sorry, what is Nori again? Is it some sort of algae, I can’t remember.

It's the algae used in sushi making. But there are brands of it made for aquarium use.

 

[noxel56]

Dried seaweed sheets

Ahh, I was kinda close lol.

 

[noxel56]

I want a shrimp goby but I don’t know how the Midas blenny would act towards it. I really love the Midas blenny, just heard I can be agressive towards smaller gobies.