Your top 3 best fish (Nice, peaceful and reef safe)

[SaltySue]

My potters angel and leopard wrasses

Love the fish as I too am a Wrasse junkie! Beautiful pics!

 

[300bowler]

1: Sailfin Tang
2: Achilles Tang
3: Lawnmower Blenny

 

[wesamazmy]

1: Sailfin Tang
2: Achilles Tang
3: Lawnmower Blenny

Would like pic, can you?

 

[300bowler]

Would like pic, can you?

I don't have a picture of the Blenny. And the Achilles is hard to get a good picture of since he never stops moving. But here is s couple.

 

[chris31759]

Of course! Can't believe I didn't recognize them. I wanted one very badly because of their reputation for being much easier to keep than CBB but I've been looking for one for 3 years and have never seen one. Wherever did you find them?

I bought a marg

Of course! Can't believe I didn't recognize them. I wanted one very badly because of their reputation for being much easier to keep than CBB but I've been looking for one for 3 years and have never seen one. Wherever did you find them?

Reefwise had them a couple of months ago. Beatiful fish. I still have him in QT. They ship too and are a sponsor on this site. They have a great selection of which most is purchased direct from the divers. Good luck.

 

[wesamazmy]

I don't have a picture of the Blenny. And the Achilles is hard to get a good picture of since he never stops moving. But here is s couple.

Very nice, good pictures

 

[Reefphd]

So many reef safe fish, but a lot that have been named are not totally peaceful.

Here are my 3 most peaceful:

1. Mandarin
2. Bangii Cardinals*
3. Green Chromis

*mated pair will chase or kill other bangii cardinals. The outsider fish usually succumbs to stress. Unless you have a yuge reeftank.

 

[Shmoopy]

These guys are best friends

 

[wesamazmy]

These guys are best friends

Nice rock work

 

[Cory]

So many reef safe fish, but a lot that have been named are not totally peaceful.

Here are my 3 most peaceful:

1. Mandarin
2. Bangii Cardinals*
3. Green Chromis

*mated pair will chase or kill other bangii cardinals. The outsider fish usually succumbs to stress. Unless you have a yuge reeftank.

These 3 are definitely a group to keep! Love my 14 chromis school.

Id also add seahorse and pipefish to the ultimate peaceful list

 

[snappa1953]

These 3 are definitely a group to keep! Love my 14 chromis school.

Id also add seahorse and pipefish to the ultimate peaceful list

How big is your tank Cory for your school of 14 Chromis and how long have you had them?

 

[Cory]

How big is your tank Cory for your school of 14 Chromis and how long have you had them?

For now the system is 40ish gallons with a skimmer rated for 300 gallons.

Ive had 4 of them 2 years. Just added 10 more for a month now. Havent lost any.

They eat micro pellets for two years. But im including a bit of flake

Soon theyll be going into a 400-600 gallon system. Its in the making.

 

[optibob]

Black velvet damsel, hamlet, and lion fish.

picking 3 , go vikings, need another Super Bowl shuffle in my lifetime

 

[optibob]

picking 3 , go vikings, need another Super Bowl shuffle in my lifetime

I digressed for marinevrablic, back to top 3 fish not NFL pick , sorry- continue

 

[zaekor]

Not really a fish, but:
Dragon Moray Eel

I love these guys but will probably never get to keep one because they don't seem to eat and are very expensive:
Pinnatus Batfish

These guys are very cool and are a little more reasonable for future fish expectations if I get a bigger tank:
Chevron Tang

 

[Specfishin]

My top 3 I currently have.
1. My indo harlequin tusk
2. Yellow tang (so peaceful)
3. My foxface (no pic)
My favorite is any
1. Mandarin red/green or blue
2. Any butterfly fish (watch your worms)
3. Fairy wrasse

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[wesamazmy]

My top 3 I currently have.
1. My indo harlequin tusk
2. Yellow tang (so peaceful)
3. My foxface (no pic)
My favorite is any
1. Mandarin red/green or blue
2. Any butterfly fish (watch your worms)
3. Fairy wrasse

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Nice group!
How your experience with Mandarin? Is it easy and how it's long you have?

 

[Specfishin]

Nice group!
How your experience with Mandarin? Is it easy and how it's long you have?

I lost my mandarin before the tusk ever came along. He ended up jumping out the back of tank. 2 days later I found him. so lesson 1 was make it jumper proof. Lesson2 , my clown I think bullied him? I have a mean cinammon clown. The mandarin was there for 3 months minding his own and eating pods. I did make sure I dosed phyto to keep pod growth steady and kept a refugium as well. I also have a ton of rockwork for pod growth in my 75g. With 20g sump. Don't get one if you're not estabilished/mature. Nothing ever bothered him while I was observing and he kept to his own and was not shy for me. Very cool fish.

 

[tomtom2245]

Mine would have to be bengaii cardinals, occ. clowns, and mandarins.

 

[zaekor]

Not really a fish, but:
Dragon Moray Eel

I love these guys but will probably never get to keep one because they don't seem to eat and are very expensive:
Pinnatus Batfish

These guys are very cool and are a little more reasonable for future fish expectations if I get a bigger tank:
Chevron Tang

A couple of these aren't reef safe though haha...