What's one fish you've always wanted to own, but never have?

[Vette67]

I want an Achilles tang. One of my absolute favorite reef fish.

 

[Chessmanmark]

Lineatus wrasse. Never have seen one in a store. I've seen a few online but they don't last long.

There’s one in this video.

 

[salty joe]

Gold flake angel. So beautiful.

 

[GMF21]

Pretty much any fish that I can't have because they are not reef safe

 

[ReefBeta]

Orange strip pipefish. One day I'll get a tank that can house them.

 

[Hugh Mann]

Solid tie between Harlequin Tusk and Dragon Eel.
And gem tang.
And Achilles tang.

 

[Spieg]

Sea Dragon

 

[jkr]

I have always wanted a queen angel, but I feel my 55 gal is too small.

 

[Jeffcb]

Emperor. Never had a big enough tank.

 

[homer1475]

Pinnatus Batfish.

Absolutely stunning as a juvenile, But get very large(18" from tip to tip on it's fins), and quite ugly as adults.

They live very short lifespans in captivity, often times only living a couple days. They do not ship well from what I have read.

 

[Angel_Anthias lover]

Chaetodon smithi is mine (photo credit Ian skipworth), though its incredibly unrealistic

More realistic would be the venusta angel, which i hope to try and mix and possibly pair with my multibar angel

 

[A sea K]

The Mitratus Butterfly has been and I guess always will be the fish I have always wanted. These are considered to be somewhat reef-safe and like all fish YMMV with the individual.

 

[Waters]

Blueface Angel...........

 

[salty joe]

my other is Myers butterfly. Kind of expensive to feed though...

 

[mort]

Orangespot filefish. Always loved them.

 

[Raideress]

Lineatus wrasse. Never have seen one in a store. I've seen a few online but they don't last long.

yeah this is one of my one day fish too

 

[Ghrommi]

I would love to get a Spikefin Goby if I ever find one. Rare and rather expensive.

 

[canadianeh]

Angelfish......but too bad they are not reef safe

 

[purplereef]

Candy Basslet. I don’t think they live very long in captivity.

 

[stanlalee]

Most of the aggressive fish: clown trigger, lyretail wrasse, Harlequin tusk, queen angel, dog face puffer, naso tang. Never had a tank with the room for any and the diet of most kills the reefability.