What is the one fish or coral you wish you could have in your tank?

[Biokabe]

Would love to have Anthias, but don't have the time for there high maintenance needs.

They need fed multiple times a day. There's nothing that says you need to feed them multiple times a day.

An auto-feeder is the solution for anthias. Preferably an Avast Plank if you can stomach the cost of it. Personally, I think it was the best purchase I've ever made for my tank. I've kept my lyretail anthias alive for several years, fat and happy. You can use freeze-dried food with it instead of just pellets, so you don't get the nutrient spikes you get with pellets in an autofeeder (or at least, not to the same extent). In my opinion, well worth the money.

I feed a blend of BRS freeze-dried foods (mysis, calanus, copepod, rotifers, golden pearls, plankton), TDO Chroma Boost, seaweed pellets, Coral Frenzy, Benepets and EasySPS. The fish absolutely love it, and the corals also seem to respond well.

 

[Acrocrazy725]

I feel like everyone has that one fish or coral they wish they could have in their tank to make it a little bit better but can't. Maybe it's due to the fish/coral being too out of budget, maybe it's something that is hard to come across, or maybe it wouldn't work well in your tank. I'm curious to hear what fish or coral you wish you could have in your tank!

I would have to say clown trigger, lion fish, frog fish and angels. Mostly all my want list are 100 % Fowlr. Since I am coral heavy with only one tank now. With no plans on second, it is an impossibility.
some day, maybe.

 

[sde1500]

Pair of crosshatch triggers and a clarion angel. Current tank size and probably any current or future budget makes them unlikely.

 

[Create New]

Orange spot filefish but wouldn't trust them with my corals lol

 

[Reef_Imagined]

Helfrichi firefish
First, it is very expensive.
Second, my Exquisite firefish will probably beat the crap out of it.

 

[jabberwock]

Panther Grouper

 

[Rmckoy]

Foxface rabbit fish: too small of a tank at 75 gallons

Mandarin fish: not interested in specialized diets

A foxface is a beautiful fish and one that has been in every one of my systems .
a 75 gal is listed as the min required size but it would also depend on what else is in the system .
They are mostly shy but can hold their own against more aggressive fish ( it’s almost lile
No one will mess with them.

 

[Rmckoy]

Foxface rabbit fish: too small of a tank at 75 gallons

Mandarin fish: not interested in specialized diets

Get a green spotted mandarin .
as long as you have a mature system they will eat and seam to be hardier compared to the blue mandarin .

 

[Rmckoy]

Panther Grouper

Had one … not bad as a tiny juv .
turns out to be the biggest a hole and will eat everything .

 

[Rmckoy]

Queen angelfish .

 

[Rmckoy]

Any of the harder to impossible to keep butterflyfish .
i would give up ever doing corals again if there was a way to successfully keep these long term in captivity

 

[threebuoys]

I would love to have one or two trigger fish. Alas, I can't afford to feed them coral every day! If I ever get an overabundance of coral, perhaps I'll get one to use to manage my landscape.

 

[Rmckoy]

I would love to have one or two trigger fish. Alas, I can't afford to feed them coral every day! If I ever get an overabundance of coral, perhaps I'll get one to use to manage my landscape.

Triggerfish eat corals ?Any that’s I’ve owned will pick at crabs , snails , or even smaller fish .
they love meaty foods .

A pink tail trigger is said to be the one reef safe trigger fish. And also my favourite .

 

[Timfish]

I've wanted a Leafy Sea Dragon since I first saw a picture in a TFH magazine back in the mid 80s. Wouldn't mind figuring out how to keep and raise Blue Dragons if I win the lottery either.

 

[SamsReef]

A pair of Hawaiian Flame wrasse. It has always been on my bucket list but it’s difficult to find it anymore. It’s the brightest orangish color. Biota maybe???



Sam

 

[jabberwock]

I've wanted a Leafy Sea Dragon since I first saw a picture in a TFH magazine back in the mid 80s. Wouldn't mind figuring out how to keep and raise Blue Dragons if I win the lottery either.

I got to feed leafy sea dragons at the sea horse farm in Hawaii! For the blue dragon you would have to raise man o war for food...

 

[revhtree]

Great thread! There are sooooo many fish for me!!! One in particular for me is the Moorish Idol! So beautiful and majestic and is such a looker with that ribbon of a streamer once it’s grown out.

 

[Gatorpa]

Sohal tang but I think he’d out grow a 4’ tank

That’s my pick also. Had one for a few years in a 125 pred reef I ran. He became such a dick would torture my Volatans Lion fish.

Best looking tang in my opinion.

 

[Rmckoy]

Great thread! There are sooooo many fish for me!!! One in particular for me is the Moorish Idol! So beautiful and majestic and is such a looker with that ribbon of a streamer once it’s grown out.

this would be a perfect fish

 

[HudsonReefer2.0]

I believe that's a Potter's Angel, which is endemic to Hawaii. There was a temporary ban on Hawaiian collections while the agency that manages probably the best-maintained wild collection system in the world was forced to prove that they were in fact the best-maintained wild collection system in the world to satisfy the demands of activists who understand so little about the ocean ecosystem that they wanted to release random aquarium fish into the wild, regardless of the origins of those fish or the likelihood of their survival.

If I'm recalling correctly, the stay order was recently lifted, but the collectors have to re-apply for permits or something along those lines.

Well said.