What are some of the prettiest reef safe fish you have in your tank.

[ajhudson15]

Looking for a good list of really pretty reef safe fish. Im wanting some stuff that has some bright color like a tang. Just seeing what is out there I might not have seen or thought of.

 

[eatbreakfast]

What size tank?

 

[ajhudson15]

Mine personally is a 75 But I also have a 220 lightly stocked I could transfer something to once it outgrows my 75 so the possibilities are endless(within reason lol)

 

[Sipec]

Royal gramma: they have great personality, they rule the tank like a king, they tend to dart in and out of caves and are sometimes aggressive, mine will occasionally peck at my cleaner shrimp during feeding time and used to get snippy with anyone who got to close to his cave. Great fish all in all. Here is a picture of mine:

 

[Kmsutows]

Anthias can be finicky but if you have the time and can feed multiple times a day they are great

 

[FredsNJReef]

-Firefish
-Gammas
-Purple pseudo
-Chalk Basslet
-different blennys are colorful too
-wrasse are amazing

 

[jerburton]

Royal gramma: they have great personality, they rule the tank like a king, they tend to dart in and out of caves and are sometimes aggressive, mine will occasionally peck at my cleaner shrimp during feeding time and used to get snippy with anyone who got to close to his cave. Great fish all in all. Here is a picture of mine:

I 2nd the royal gramma - one of the best aquarium fish out there! Great color, cool swimming habits, peaceful and small bioload

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Man, that's a tough call. Probably my purple tang.

 

[Greybeard]

IMHO, colorful ≠ pretty.

I choose fish, not for bright colors, but for something interesting... behavior, appearance, personality... I think my scopus tang is pretty, in a more subtle way. I think my bi-color goatfish, while not 'pretty', is very interesting. Love my white's blenny. My orange spot rabbitfish might be more 'pretty' by your definition... and is a model reef citizen. Many kinds of wrasses are gorgeous, but with my open top tank, a non-starter. I'll be adding a pair of Genicanthus angels sometime this spring/summer... likely Lamarck's angels. Bright? No... but very interesting, and much more reef safe than their brighter cousins.

 

[Sitys]

Love my black cap gramma, also my seafighter dwarf parrot....

 

[ajhudson15]

I currently have 3 frostbite clown which are stunning. A mag foxface. a yellow eye kole tang, royal gramma, flasher wrasse, diamond goby, and a starry blenny. the starry blenny will be removed soon as he keeps ticking off my scoly by putting sand on it.

 

[Bouncingsoul39]

Swales Swissguard Basslet. I call it the poor man's Candy Basslet. Totally peaceful, reef safe, smaller fish. Almost as bright an beautiful at a fraction of the price. Most pics online do not do them justice as the fish is in various states of stress. Once comfortable, they have amazing color.

Pink Streak Wrasse. Another fish that most pics don't do justice. Totally peaceful, reef safe, small wrasse species with magenta and purple stripes, bright orange eyes. Very colorful and interesting to watch.

 

[Just_Pete]

Tail Spot Blenny

https://goo.gl/images/AjyJo1

 

[ajhudson15]

I would love to get a small Achilles tang and raise him in the 75 and then move to the 220 once bigger but im not sure I can justify the cost lol

 

[Dan I]

Golden Midas Blenny are one of my top favorite fish. Right after that, my Marina Betta is so awesome and beautiful.

 

[K. Steven]

My Lubbock's fairy wrasse has some great colors.

 

[kswan]

A flame hawkfish adds nice color and is very fun to watch.

 

[Greybeard]

Golden Midas Blenny are one of my top favorite fish. Right after that, my Marina Betta is so awesome and beautiful.

I've always loved marine betta, but every one I've had over the decades is either (A) always hiding, or (B) very aggressive towards smaller fish and shrimp.

Midas blenny (and many other blennies) are an _excellent_ choice for a reef.

 

[ajhudson15]

I love my starry blenny but he is just killing some of my lps by throwing sand all over them. He will probably end up in the 220 as well. Anyone ever had any good experience with puffers. I would love to add a small one like the honeycomb. I have had a few in other tanks with inverts and they never bothered them but I don't want my cuc in my reef to start disappearing

 

[rstrann]

I would love to get a small Achilles tang and raise him in the 75 and then move to the 220 once bigger but im not sure I can justify the cost lol

When I face this question, I ask myself "how many times do I live?" followed closely by "do I have enough room on my credit card for it?"