What are the most underrated fish?

[Daniel@R2R]

I like pipes and some anthius, but none of the common ones.

That pipefish looks awesome! I've never seen one like that!

 

[Cory]

Orange spot rabbit fish. Peaceful, mostly fearless and eats from my hand. Eats hair algae and any fish foods. Hes big now at 9".

 

[Paul B]

That pipefish looks awesome! I've never seen one like that!

Those are the types of fish I search for. I try not to buy anything common. That is a Janss pipefish. They are supposed to be hard to care for but this one is maybe 4 years old so far and in general most pipefish only live five or six years so we will see.

 

[Cell]

How about just a plain old firefish? It's cheap. Every Petco has them. But it really is a pretty and unique fish.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Geometric pygmy perchlet and multibar angels

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Geometric pygmy perchlet and multibar angels

Is that top guy a type of hawkfish?

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Hes plectranthias inermis, part of the anthias subfamily in serranidae, acts like a hawkfish, but is more peaceful.

 

[Sailingeric]

Damsels. I know there is a lot of haters out there but I have 5 in my tank and they all are model citizens. I have a azure, a yellow tail, a blue, a talbot and a three stripe. They add a lot of color, hardy, and cheap.

 

[LovesDogs_CatsRokay]

Lavendar tangs are rarely mentioned or seen in tanks. I have 3 of them in my 300 instead of the basic common 3 yellow tangs.

Saw a lavender at my LFS last week. Never saw one before. It was beautiful!

 

[Paul B]

I have one of those, great little fish.


I also like these.


But my absolute favorite is my clingfish. Now those have arguably the most vivid colors which just Pop. ;Smuggrin

 

[Jay Hall]

I agree with you. I have a fuzzy dwarf, and he’s my favorite fish that I’ve owned. Bold, personable, and very entertaining once they get comfortable.

I am so sorry i didn’t even see this reply!! Unfortunately I have got rid of my lionfish due to his big size and not having space atm for a bigger tank!!.. but yeah 100% lions are my fave!

 

[Jay Hall]

I love lions! I want to keep them again...but they'd eat everything in my tank. LOL

sorry didn’t see your reply.. yeah I loved mine.. wish I could of tried finding mine a mate.. would of been amazing having little lions around haha.. but I had to let mine go as he was out growing my tank!! Only good thing is my nitrates won’t be hitting roof anymore!!! Lol

 

[sfairtx]

Melanurus Wrasse (Halichoeres Melanurus). Beautiful, hardy, peaceful, and an avid hunter.

 

[jreece11]

This

Love my yellow tail tamarin wrasse.

this wrasse is beautiful. I haven’t seen any for sale. How hard was the acclimation and did it go through a copper-based QT?

 

[jreece11]

I loved my Fowleri tang before my tank breakdown. He would eat out of your hand. He could also drastically change his body color depending on his mood. Was very passive too and got along with other tangs.
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Gorgeous tang! Never seen one in a tank before. I think my 280G is too small based on the max size. How big of a tank did you keep it in?

 

[Squidward]

Gorgeous tang! Never seen one in a tank before. I think my 280G is too small based on the max size. How big of a tank did you keep it in?

I've got one currently 5-6" in my 300g. Real peaceful tang that gets along with everyone else. Has always been my 2nd favorite tang behind the Achilles.

 

[tweeter]

Gorgeous tang! Never seen one in a tank before. I think my 280G is too small based on the max size. How big of a tank did you keep it in?

He's sooo beautiful! I've always wished I had a tank big enough to keep one! Yours is colored up so nice!

 

[Zionas]

What size did you get them at? If you get them large they may not have much life left in them.

 

[NashobaTek]

Pinnatus batfish, they're beautiful as juvies. I know they get big and ugly as adults, but they're great algae eaters as well ( according to the research done on the adults). It's a fish I know few people will ever see in a home aquarium. But I love them, my dream fish.

 

[Difrano]

Yellow line/ blue line cleaners. They are awesome fish always scouting around getting into rock holes and caves they are small but not being bothered by big boys, and is awesome when they decide that is time to setup a cleaning station my tang loves it.