What is the toughest fish?

[stE26wy14]

What thread?

Tank thread sorry…

 

[Slocke]

My argument against clowns is that though they are tough against disease they do get more diseases then other fish like Brook

 

[Reefer Matt]

We all make mistakes. Best to try and reduce them as much as possible but having fish that can handle it is also essential.

So what is the most bulletproof fish? What can handle:

1. Disease
2. Injury
3. Stress
4. Bullying
5. Parameters swings
6. Parameter extremes
7. Drunk uncle Eddy deciding he wants fried fish at 2am
8. Etc

Puffy! Tough as nails. Been through ich, velvet, and flukes, and even being launched out of the tank! (We don’t talk about that, lol!) He lives in a 135 gallon fowlr with other predator type fish. Had him for six years now and is the only original member of the tank over the years out of six fish.

 

[Fish Styx]

+1 Damsels / Clowns

 

[Projects with Sam]

 

[Gumbies R Us]

+1 to clowns. They live a long time as well!

 

[bryanfuel1]

Eels for sure. I once had a heater malfunction and bring my tank to 92F. Everything died except my zebra moray that was at the surface trying to get oxygen.

Years later I had a snowflake eel jump out of my tank. Literally found my cat playing with it in the morning. I threw it in some tank water and it started breathing and shed off is mucus coat. It was totally fine.

Did I mention they’re immune to parasites because of their mucus coat and can go a month without food?

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

I second a mandarin. I got one about a year ago with the tank I bought, and of course never kept one and wasn’t expecting this fish as part of the deal. He jumped out of the tank and landed on the floor. Of course- I did exhaustive research on keeping them and he eats both pods and brown shrimp. Big belly. They also have a slime coat that deters predators.

 

[JoJosReef]

Clownfish of course, but then Mandarins. I know many people can't keep them but If your tank is old enough and not cleaned to death, these fish don't get diseases, don't get stressed, other fish don't want to eat them and live about ten years and you don't even have to feed them.

I hear they will happily suck up white worms if you give it to them. I'm planning to make one of those clear tube designs you showed once.

 

[Paul B]

They will almost jump out of the water for whiteworms. :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

 

[Projects with Sam]

Mine have been gorging on the DIY food I make because I add the dehydrated rotifers to it.
They've got some chonk.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

Mine have been gorging on the DIY food I make because I add the dehydrated rotifers to it.
They've got some chonk.

that one is incredible

 

[Science/G]

Lionfish!
Lionfish in both ranges had very few gnathiids when compared with other species, suggesting that lionfish are not highly susceptible to infestation by generalist ectoparasitic gnathiids. While this pattern implies that release from gnathiid infestation is unlikely to contribute to the success of lionfish as invaders

Low Susceptibility of Invasive Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Generalist Ectoparasite in Both Its Introduced and Native Ranges​

Paul C Sikkel 1,*, Lillian J Tuttle 2, Katherine Cure 3,4, Ann Marie Coile 1, Mark A Hixon 5
Editor: Erik Sotka6

 

[Slocke]

Lionfish!
Lionfish in both ranges had very few gnathiids when compared with other species, suggesting that lionfish are not highly susceptible to infestation by generalist ectoparasitic gnathiids. While this pattern implies that release from gnathiid infestation is unlikely to contribute to the success of lionfish as invaders

Low Susceptibility of Invasive Red Lionfish (Pterois volitans) to a Generalist Ectoparasite in Both Its Introduced and Native Ranges​

Paul C Sikkel 1,*, Lillian J Tuttle 2, Katherine Cure 3,4, Ann Marie Coile 1, Mark A Hixon 5
Editor: Erik Sotka6

They don’t do well for the survivability of your other fish though… :face-with-tears-of-joy:

 

[Imrahilwjz]

Sorry, not quite a humbug but you get the point :

Straight up. I had a Domino damsel that was a beast.

 

[sck90]

I'd go with a marine betta. Totally disease-resistant, at least in my experience. He is the only fish that survived a really nasty velvet outbreak. Acted as if there was nothing happening. Also, mine eats everything I throw at him and never gets bullied. Mine is at least 10 y.o. and still going strong.

 

[Bohemian Waxwing]

Clownfish of course, but then Mandarins. I know many people can't keep them but If your tank is old enough and not cleaned to death, these fish don't get diseases, don't get stressed, other fish don't want to eat them and live about ten years and you don't even have to feed them.

I thought it was pretty neat that their slime coat kills parasites. Definitely a highlight of the hobby, love watching mine hover all day.

 

[Faurek]

The fish that you have for a longer time with a fat belly.
Hardiness comes from previous condition, a weak clownfish gets inch and die while an established fat tang might be resistant to diseases.

 

[Faurek]

I'd go with a marine betta. Totally disease-resistant, at least in my experience. He is the only fish that survived a really nasty velvet outbreak. Acted as if there was nothing happening. Also, mine eats everything I throw at him and never gets bullied. Mine is at least 10 y.o. and still going strong.

Never saw one of those, they look really cool. Maybe one day.

 

[Seascapes]

I'd go with a marine betta. Totally disease-resistant, at least in my experience. He is the only fish that survived a really nasty velvet outbreak. Acted as if there was nothing happening. Also, mine eats everything I throw at him and never gets bullied. Mine is at least 10 y.o. and still going strong.

I had one of those. It got so large i had to rehome it. Beautiful fish, no problems at all. Just had to constantly feed it live feeder shrimp.