What Fish Do You Wish Would Never Grow Up?

[Rubymoon286]

Dragon Wrasse for sure.

 

[flampton]

Dragon Wrasse for sure.

This... which is funny because most wrasse are the complete opposite.

 

[flampton]

Oh and i absolutely love juvenile blueline triggers.

 

[maroun.c]

Gem tang.

 

[Zionas]

I’d add any of the large-large angels or even Genicanthus angels so they can be kept in tanks under 100 gallons. For the large-large angels however if they could retain their adult coloration while staying 5-6”, that would be awesome.

 

[mort]

I think an adult chevron is far nicer than a juvinile as well.

The one fish that is far prettier as a juvi/female is a timor wrasse.

 

[Tamberav]

Dragon Wrasse hands down

 

[fishybizzness]

Caribbean drum. Juvenile and adult are very different fish!

 

[SAWFISH]

Dragon Wrasse for sure.

Dragon Wrasse hands down

If a dragon wrasse would stay looking like the juvenile below AND not eat coral, it would be in my tank.

 

[Tamberav]

I would let it eat my coral...cuz that is how amazing it looks.

 

[SAWFISH]

Oh and i absolutely love juvenile blueline triggers.

From what I can tell the main difference is the brightness of the stripes, is this what you are talking about? The images of juvenile have bright almost cyan stripes, while the adults have darker blue stripes. The body also looks a little brighter yellowish in the juveniles than the adults.

 

[flampton]

Excuse the small image. I like the look of the mask over the eyes and the other barring with the blue dots.

 

[vanpire]

Excuse the small image. I like the look of the mask over the eyes and the other barring with the blue dots.

That's a good looking fish. I would love to have one if it didn't grow so large.

 

[SAWFISH]

Excuse the small image. I like the look of the mask over the eyes and the other barring with the blue dots.

Yes, I agree the white mask blotches and the mask do look pretty cool. In this case though I think I would prefer to stick with the adults coloration! To each his own I guess

 

[Thomashtom]

Yes, I agree the white mask blotches and the mask do look pretty cool. In this case though I think I would prefer to stick with the adults coloration! To each his own I guess

Better have some tough fish as tankmates!!! Lol

 

[McCarrick]

Emperor angel

+1 on the emperor angel. First one I thought of when I saw this post!

 

[SAWFISH]

Clarion Angel

The lines on the juvenile are so stark it almost looks like someone drew on the original picture with a marker

 

[A sea K]

We LOVE this fish. He's a bit bigger now, but we'd love him to stay the cute small fish he was.

They had a tiny one at my LFS when I stopped in the other day. I could not believe how cute the little guy was. He would follow my every move like a little puppy. I just couldnt believe it.

 

[ReefBeta]

I think an adult chevron is far nicer than a juvinile as well.

The one fish that is far prettier as a juvi/female is a timor wrasse.

What does timor wrasse turn to as adult? I thought it doesn't change much.

 

[mattzang]

What does timor wrasse turn to as adult? I thought it doesn't change much.

i think @evolved has a pic of one in the all about reef safe wrasses thread too