What fish are you so glad you bought?!

[trevorspencer94]

I love all the answers you all have given! It's awesome to see so many different people loving different things for different reasons! Some fish I have seen people mention that I REALLY want to try out eventually, blue leopard wrasse, and white tail bristle tooth tang, also a black tang would be sweet but that's just a dream right? Idk about spending $1k+ on a fish for me personally [emoji15] lol, the dream would be a tank with a pair of black and white Ocellaris clowns, a black tang, and a bangai cardinal or 2 or 3, be kind of like a black tie affair tank theme for the fish!

 

[michellejy]

I love all the answers you all have given! It's awesome to see so many different people loving different things for different reasons! Some fish I have seen people mention that I REALLY want to try out eventually, blue leopard wrasse, and white tail bristle tooth tang, also a black tang would be sweet but that's just a dream right? Idk about spending $1k+ on a fish for me personally [emoji15] lol, the dream would be a tank with a pair of black and white Ocellaris clowns, a black tang, and a bangai cardinal or 2 or 3, be kind of like a black tie affair tank theme for the fish!

LOL, it is funny you say this. When my 120 gallon started leaking, I had to give up my bigger fish and just keep a handful of small ones in my 30 gallon former quarantine tank. I ended up with a pair of black and white ocellaris, a pair of Bangaii cardinals, and a pair of black and white chromis. My husband said, "with all of the colorful saltwater fish, you end up with a monochrome tank."

 

[Susan Bates]

Ruby Red Dragonet was in pretty bad shape when I brought him home. He eats everything now.

I have a female on hold at a LFS to introduce after QT.

wow...I haven't seen one like that, I have a Harlequin, beautiful

 

[Lynn52]

My favorite fish I didn't even buy. A few months ago I received an extremely small yellow belly hippo tang. I never wanted any kind of hippo tang. She was barely half an inch when she came and had hardly any color. Now she is double that size and starting to get the dark blue and black markings. She has so much personality.

The other fish I really am happy I bought is my Lamark's Angel. She has beautiful markings and the white has a very iridescent look to it.

 

[Pamela]

I really love my orange stripe prawn goby. He's just the cutest little guy, propping himself up on his tiny "elbows" and observing everything around him. He's also a very pretty boy, the colors of an orange creamcicle with his black spot fan on his back.

 

[Tahoe61]

I have never been much of a fish person, usually just kept a pair of clowns and the rest inverts and corals.

Got a Rabbit Fish last year, boy he/she is a character. Still think Horse Face is a better name though.

 

[Pamela]

Our Banggai Cardinals, they are so exotic and graceful

I've read that Bangaii Cardinals will pick each other off until there is only one left, or a mated pair. Has this been your experience, or do you have a successful group of them? I love the way they look and am strongly considering one or more of them as I stock my aquarium.

 

[michellejy]

I've read that Bangaii Cardinals will pick each other off until there is only one left, or a mated pair. Has this been your experience, or do you have a successful group of them? I love the way they look and am strongly considering one or more of them as I stock my aquarium.

I had a bonded pair. There actually is a way to tell their sex, so as long as you choose a male and female, you should be fine. I don't know about keeping a group though since I never tried that.

 

[Naiad]

I've read that Bangaii Cardinals will pick each other off until there is only one left, or a mated pair. Has this been your experience, or do you have a successful group of them? I love the way they look and am strongly considering one or more of them as I stock my aquarium.

I kept a group in a 120. 3 males 1 female. There where a few skirmishes but nothing life-threatening. They won't school when they are adults though. Each male had his area and the female made her rounds.

 

[Pamela]

I had a bonded pair. There actually is a way to tell their sex, so as long as you choose a male and female, you should be fine. I don't know about keeping a group though since I never tried that.

Thanks for your response! So, how do you tell the males & females apart? In dummy terms?

 

[Pamela]

I kept a group in a 120. 3 males 1 female. There where a few skirmishes but nothing life-threatening. They won't school when they are adults though. Each male had his area and the female made her rounds.

Thank you, also, for your response. Can you tell me how to tell the males & females apart? I really like the looks of these fish and would love to put a pair on my wish list.

 

[michellejy]

Thanks for your response! So, how do you tell the males & females apart? In dummy terms?

Here you go. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/how-to-determine-the-sex-of-banggai-cardinalfish

 

[Naiad]

Thank you, also, for your response. Can you tell me how to tell the males & females apart? I really like the looks of these fish and would love to put a pair on my wish list.

Vent is different. You can only see it on adults and you will likely need a magnifying glass lol.

 

[Naiad]

To bring this back on topic. I am glad I bought my green banded gobies. I had a 120 and was told by everyone I would never see these fish. I think I saw more of these guys natural behavior than any other fish I have owned.

 

[michellejy]

To bring this back on topic. I am glad I bought my green banded gobies. I had a 120 and was told by everyone I would never see these fish. I think I saw more of these guys natural behavior than any other fish I have owned.

Hmmm...I really strongly considered getting some of these but ended up with Yashas instead. I'm not sure they would happily share a space in my tiny cube, unfortunately.

 

[Tehreefer]

Gold head sleeper goby. A first I was kinda wary due to covering everything in sand that wasn't a few inches off the sand bed, but I adapted to its behavior and is a great fish for keeping the sand bed clean and cool to watch. My coris wrasse even follows it around looking thru the sand for treats as it gets sifted out. It evens eats frozen foods.

 

[michellejy]

Vent is different. You can only see it on adults and you will likely need a magnifying glass lol.

LOL, it isn't that bad! I wear glasses and could see the difference.

 

[Turtlegirlb]

I've read that Bangaii Cardinals will pick each other off until there is only one left, or a mated pair. Has this been your experience, or do you have a successful group of them? I love the way they look and am strongly considering one or more of them as I stock my aquarium.

I have three and they do not fight at all, very laid back fish showing no aggression. We got three after researching it may help us achieve a mated pair however I think we may have three of the same sex due to no mating nor aggression.

 

[Turtlegirlb]

I had a bonded pair. There actually is a way to tell their sex, so as long as you choose a male and female, you should be fine. I don't know about keeping a group though since I never tried that.

I have three that do great together. They each have their own spot in the tank they spend most of their time and are voracious eaters!

 

[Pamela]

LOL, it isn't that bad! I wear glasses and could see the difference.

I wonder how ticked the LFS would be if I strolled in with a magnifying glass. Heehee.