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

[fishnchips17]

I would love to have a mandarin. Although my tank is well established, it's only a 56g display with a 30g sump, which is not really enough if I can't get the Mandy to eat prepared food.

It's really not about the tank size, I only have a 50gal tank with 20 gal sump but my Ruby Red Mandarin has lived about 1 year in my tank. She doesn't eat anything except pods but is still nice and fat. I'm actually planning to get a male Ruby Red for her because I think my tank can support another Mandarin.

My secret is that I got rid of my skimmer in my sump so I can use that space to grow chaeto and have a 24 hour refugium. The refugium provides all the pods my Mandarin needs.

Of course, I seeded my refugium with pods and home grew phyto for the first 3 months to establish a very nice pod colony in my tank and refugium.

Don't let your tank size limit you from getting this great fish.

Cheers,
Harry

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I would love a huge predator tank with eels and a porcupine puffer. If I ever get one, I'm naming him "E.T."
In my current tank, I wish I could have a clown trigger or a sailfin tang. There are also some wrasses that I love that require larger tanks. Only 75 gallons though currently, so those are all out of the question, lol.

If I had the space money and experience I would definitely do a predator tank as well!! I think it would be really neat having various types of predator fish in a tank

 

[i cant think]

It used to be a wish… Today, it became a reality
I finally found the perfect fish to complete my live stock for a few years. A Pygoplites diacanthus flavescens.

I do have a few still on my fish wish list however the majority got crossed off. Some of the remaining ones are;
Pseudojuloides atavai
Cirrhilabrus pylei
Cirrhilabrus shutmani

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

If I had the space money and experience I would definitely do a predator tank as well!! I think it would be really neat having various types of predator fish in a tank

It would be awesome! Seems like a lot of them tend to be almost dog-like.

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

It used to be a wish… Today, it became a reality
I finally found the perfect fish to complete my live stock for a few years. A Pygoplites diacanthus flavescens.

I do have a few still on my fish wish list however the majority got crossed off. Some of the remaining ones are;
Pseudojuloides atavai
Cirrhilabrus pylei
Cirrhilabrus shutmani

Beautiful!

 

[vlangel]

It's really not about the tank size, I only have a 50gal tank with 20 gal sump but my Ruby Red Mandarin has lived about 1 year in my tank. She doesn't eat anything except pods but is still nice and fat. I'm actually planning to get a male Ruby Red for her because I think my tank can support another Mandarin.

My secret is that I got rid of my skimmer in my sump so I can use that space to grow chaeto and have a 24 hour refugium. The refugium provides all the pods my Mandarin needs.

Of course, I seeded my refugium with pods and home grew phyto for the first 3 months to establish a very nice pod colony in my tank and refugium.

Don't let your tank size limit you from getting this great fish.

Cheers,
Harry

That's encouraging. I also run a skimmerless system. Unfortunately, I agreed to take a friend's old percula clown even though I had a baby ocellaris. The elderly percula lives in the fuge/sump with a bullied neon cleaner goby. I do not know if they eat pods. Maybe I should try feeding phyto?

 

[fishnchips17]

That's encouraging. I also run a skimmerless system. Unfortunately, I agreed to take a friend's old percula clown even though I had a baby ocellaris. The elderly percula lives in the fuge/sump with a bullied neon cleaner goby. I do not know if they eat pods. Maybe I should try feeding phyto?

The percula is not a pod eater, not sure about the cleaner. Feeding phyto will make your pod population really grow. Also if you choose the Ruby Red Mandarin, they are smaller than the other Mandarin types so will consume less pods.

 

[vlangel]

The percula is not a pod eater, not sure about the cleaner. Feeding phyto will make your pod population really grow. Also if you choose the Ruby Red Mandarin, they are smaller than the other Mandarin types so will consume less pods.

Thanks, that is helpful to know about the Ruby Red.

 

[EZKLR]

 

[nuxx]

Zebra Tang:

Was impossible to get when I had my tank. The one that was available to me ended up going to a client. I thought more would come and they didn't. Really wanted after having a Gem Tang and wanting the Zebra since they lived in the same waters.

Zebra Tang

The Zebra Tang is one of the rarest and most unique of all the surgeonfish. Zebra Tangs have a mostly white body with thick blackish brown vertical stripes along their entire body. Zebra Tangs also have a dark marking on their faces. The Zebra Tang closely resembles the common Convict Tang, but...

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Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse:

Tried a few times and they never made it out of quarantine. I've been told they are impossible to keep. There are now captive bred ones, but they are released rarely. Might do a species tank for them when they are released.

Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse

The Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse is a stunning and fairly rare wrasse from the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasses have a long slender body that has a strong horizontal black stripe, while the rest of its body is covered in a rainbow of yellows, blues and purples.Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasses reach...

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[Gumbies R Us]

What kind of seahorse is that?

 

[A Young Reefer]

What kind of seahorse is that?

Leafy sea dragon, not available to hobbyists.

 

[BamaCoastPyrat]

Harlequin Tusk or triggers

Harlequin Tusk and Emperor Snapper arey picks.

 

[Aaron75]

A stratosphere zoa. My first purchase for my new tank were exosphere zoa and i love it. At $50 that hurt me. Forget the price of stratosphere.

 

[BamaCoastPyrat]

Don't have a big enough tank for them:

As for this one:

Never tell an LFS they have a rare fish!!

Funny story of how I managed to turn an expensive fish into a ridiculously expensive fish. If you know me on here you may know me as the weirdo who loves snake eels. I currently have two of these quite rare and underrated in my opinion eels and that Article badge I have is my care guide for...

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Well after reading that whole thread, I need to know if they still have that eel!

 

[Slocke]

Well after reading that whole thread, I need to know if they still have that eel!

They don't but I don't know what happened with it.

 

[BamaCoastPyrat]

They don't but I don't know what happened with it.

I doubt they sold it for $1300. Sorry you didn't get your eel. I wouldn't patronize them anymore.

 

[Slocke]

I doubt they sold it for $1300. Sorry you didn't get your eel. I wouldn't patronize them anymore.

Yeah
I just used up the store credit and I don't see a reason to return. Well except if I decide to sell more fish. There is one good thing about having an LFS that has ridiculous prices .

 

[OrionN]

Peppermint Angelfish. This is NOT my angel or my picture

 

[OrionN]

This used to be a wish also. Gigantea Anemone