Your opinion!!! Best looking reef fish in our hobby.

[BanjoBandito]

Hey man, the one that started it all….the humble clownfish. (Also, emperor angel that is what got me into the hobby)

 

[BanjoBandito]

Almost looks like a silhouette/shadow or even an lcd screen where screen damaged ha ha
Cool very unusual fish none the less

They just don’t get better as they age, I think all the adult batfish are drab.

 

[Alexraptor]

Dragonets hands down!

 

[40lbBear]

White Tail Bristletooth

 

[CookieRdReef]

Keep your expensive angels, nothing pops in a reef tank like a Yellow Tang. Royal Gramma is also hard to beat.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

Definitely the peppermint angel. ;-)

I can’t disagree with you!!!

 

[BanjoBandito]

Keep your expensive angels, nothing pops in a reef tank like a Yellow Tang. Royal Gramma is also hard to beat.

I think it’s gotta be like those “classic” reef fish. Yellow tang is certainly stunning. I remember seeing one in a LFS when I was keeping cichlids and it blew my mind. The tank had a feather duster and an arrow crab in it too. Wild. It was like walking on mars compared to the fish tanks I had at the time. That was late 90s, there was still a lot of mystique around saltwater.

 

[Goaway]

Blue ribbon eel. Not my image.

 

[MaxTremors]

I’ve always found triggers to be some of the prettiest fish in the hobby, it’s too bad they get so big and can be so aggressive:

 

[Glenner’sreef]

I think it’s gotta be like those “classic” reef fish. Yellow tang is certainly stunning. I remember seeing one in a LFS when I was keeping cichlids and it blew my mind. The tank had a feather duster and an arrow crab in it too. Wild. It was like walking on mars compared to the fish tanks I had at the time. That was late 90s, there was still a lot of mystique around saltwater.

I think you might be on to something as everyone of us have a Yellow Tang!

 

[i cant think]

I think you might be on to something as everyone of us have a Yellow Tang!

I haven’t owned a yellow tang but man I agree!

 

[i cant think]

Blue ribbon eel. Not my image.

This is the eel I’d love to have. Stunners if you see one in person! My personal favourites are the Black Ribbons as they’re just so different to the slightly more common Blues.

 

[Goaway]

This is the eel I’d love to have. Stunners if you see one in person! My personal favourites are the Black Ribbons as they’re just so different to the slightly more common Blues.

Black ribbon eels are to be determined. They will morph into blue or green depending which gender they turn. Blue ribbons can still morph green. Blue = male, green = female, black = baby.

Also, they are reef safe with caution as many fish. They don't eat crabs or most fish. As it goes, fits in the mouth it is food. My ribbons never ate their tank makes. But, they loved shellfish served to them.

 

[ukgeoff]

So many great looking fish here!

I really like my Ventralis Anthius

 

[A Young Reefer]

I don't believe that its the prettiest but its somewhere up there.
The golden hawkfish:

 

[Goaway]

I think you might be on to something as everyone of us have a Yellow Tang!

When I started the hobby back in '92, yellow tangs were everywhere. The ugliest fish I ever seen. Never wanted one. I spoke to the guy who ran the lfs because I wanted a mandarin goby, he told us their dietary needs, and I passed. I did keep one for 5+ years from 2006 to 2010 or 2012. My log is gone and pictures are destroyed, most of them
Around '94 I saw a purple tang.. I was a little fascinated. I eventually did get one. Kept her for many years until I moved.

Copper bands, purple tangs, mandarin gobies. I just love them!

My second ribbon eel, shy at first. I added all kinds of weird things to get him comfortable. Kept for a few years. Eventually he got out and no one was home.

 

[WirelessMike]

Love the frogfish. So ugly they are cute.

 

[andy28115]

Clownfish, they are sustainable, ship and adjust to aquarium life well and thanks to the efforts of many breeders you can get in an array of colors and patterns. If your lucky maybe even get an anemone to host one.

 

[uhgster1]

My favorite is the queen angelfish, but they’re not reef safe so my reef fav is…..

Midas blenny. The pic isn’t mine (I can’t take a decent pic of mine), it has an awesome temperament, a "sexy" swim and is just gorgeous. Every person that sees him swimming in my reef is immediately captivated. Oh, and they always smile!

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

I'm going to have to say this beauty, crosshatch triggerfish, Not my photo.