Best cute small fish?
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HookedOnReefing
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The Valentini Puffer has my vote. I don't have one. They have nice colloration, great unique personality and at 3" very small and very cute. Here is a picture from the marine center
OceanDweller
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Bump for the above, amazing fish
Depending on what you mean by "small" I like the green wolf eel blenny, a type of Frankenstein dottyback - ugly but engaging, interactive and cute. But they get to 18". Mine is fine in a 55 gallon tank.
Another favorite small fish is my angler - about 4-4.5 inches. It is either a wartskin (A maculatus) or painted (A pictus).
I have a small (right now) 1-2 inch tasseled filefish, which is super cool. But adult size is 12 inches, so I guess that doesn't count.
Most of my other fish are pretty big.
Another favorite small fish is my angler - about 4-4.5 inches. It is either a wartskin (A maculatus) or painted (A pictus).
I have a small (right now) 1-2 inch tasseled filefish, which is super cool. But adult size is 12 inches, so I guess that doesn't count.
Most of my other fish are pretty big.
killershark4560
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i say the clown fish cute and small comes in orange and black still with only white stripes
Here's the problem with fuzzy dwarfs... Even though they are small and are not big swimmers, they create a lot of waste and also due to the fact that they eat meaty foods, they need a large enough tank to handle the nitrates created. A 12gal would not be big enough to handle that. Even for a 30gal, you'd need a skimmer.
Thank you all, very interesting fish you have, keep it coming!
I had valentini puffer and tassled filefish: definitely cute and most lovable, but lost them.
Puffer refused to ate what was necessary to keep his teeth in good shape, I had to do the puffer dental surgery every 6 months, under anesthesia. He didn't wake up after the 3rd one. Tassle filefish is really big, even 90g tank is pretty small for a comfortable living.
Can I ask about fuzzy dwarf lion and small angler: how easy they are to wean to frozen food? And how to distinguish small anglers from these, that grow big, in LFS?
I had valentini puffer and tassled filefish: definitely cute and most lovable, but lost them.
Puffer refused to ate what was necessary to keep his teeth in good shape, I had to do the puffer dental surgery every 6 months, under anesthesia. He didn't wake up after the 3rd one. Tassle filefish is really big, even 90g tank is pretty small for a comfortable living.
Can I ask about fuzzy dwarf lion and small angler: how easy they are to wean to frozen food? And how to distinguish small anglers from these, that grow big, in LFS?
