What is your favorite inexpensive fish?

[JoJosReef]

Tailspot blenny

 

[PapaFishRocks]

Gem tang. oh wait... nevermind those are 1000$

Ok anyways i really like the springeri damsel, the color is quite nice for 20$

My LFS had Gems for $599.
Tried to explain to the wife that was an awesome price.

It didn’t work :(

 

[Reeflix]

My LFS had Gems for $599.
Tried to explain to the wife that was an awesome price.

It didn’t work :(

nowadays i see them for around 1500-2000

 

[JoJosReef]

nowadays i see them for around 1500-2000

https://drreefsquarantinedfish.com/product/gem-tang/

 

[PapaFishRocks]

nowadays i see them for around 1500-2000

I tried that approach as well.
She still said, NO!!

 

[jkcoral]

Tailspot blenny is the best laugh to dollar ratio of all. Great little guys that can be had for cheap

 

[Jedi1199]

Copperband butterfly:
$90
Reefsafe
Eats aptasia
It’s beautiful
Peaceful
Impervious to ich, velvet (I had ich and velvet outbreaks that will kill clowns and pseudochromis. copperband never show signs of infection)

However, they are susceptible to other issues. After 2 weeks in my tank I noticed this spot on my CBB....

Minor injury? No. Sad to say within a few hours of me taking this picture he died.

 

[InactionJackson]

Leopard Wrasse

 

[fishnchips17]

Striped blenny
- cheap
- colourful
- good community fish
- is always out and about

 

[CoralB]

Mrs Paul’s fish sticks :drooling-face: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes::cool: Cheap and tasty, Golden color and obedient .

 

[ryanjohn1]

Green chromis was first salty boy I ever got 20 years ago. Still love em

 

[nursingcoral]

I enjoy watching my gold striped maroon clownfish.

 

[AstroMelly]

Astrid our Starry Blenny is hilarious. I’m sure she is sometimes dancing! She also likes to sit with new arrivals - corals or urchins etc.. She has bags of personality and was relatively inexpensive.

 

[backbayreef]

Klein Butterfly— eats aiptasias and normal food (caution: may eat zoas), beautiful, peaceful, and only $26

 

[CKW]

In the hobby, there are a lot of fish we get to choose from when it comes to our tanks. Sometimes, our favorite fish in our tanks don't always have to be the most expensive ones. I am wondering what is your favorite fish in your tank that doesn't break the bank. Curious to know what everyone says!

Cardinals and coral beauty

 

[Costareefer]

yellow Coris in my current tank

 

[MarsReefer]

I like my school of zebra dart fish. I guess as a school they aren’t cheap, but individually they are. Put 5 in my tank and they are a ton of fun.

 

[DIYreefer]

My yellow tang. Granted, I got him more than a decade ago (probably closer to 15 years actually) when he was only $30.

 

[leon.1980]

Cost is a relative term.
To me anything under 500 is cheap. I know to many that is not.

 

[Sophie"s mom]

In the hobby, there are a lot of fish we get to choose from when it comes to our tanks. Sometimes, our favorite fish in our tanks don't always have to be the most expensive ones. I am wondering what is your favorite fish in your tank that doesn't break the bank. Curious to know what everyone says!

pretty much any wrasse, or a firefish goby