If only one fish?

[Harbour]

If you could choose just one fish (no others in a nano) for a 12 gallon SPS/LPS nano, what would it be?

It of course would need to be the highest possible reef safe fish - knowing they all have their own personalities and there are no promises/guarantees...

Harbour

 

[WatDatThing]

I would either go with an angle fish or a dwarf lionfish.

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[Jadams]

Picasso Clown

 

[Harbour]

Thanks!

Keep those choices coming!

Harbour

 

[Anthony357]

something unique that you dont usually see in tanks. Granted such a small size limits you to what you could get, but i would think outside the box

 

[jlmawp]

I was on a similar hunt, and have chosen my fish, but have yet to find one to buy. I was repeatedly told that a yellow clown goby is perfect for tanks in the 10-gallon range. Reef-safe, hearty, colorful, full of personality, and gets along with everyone. My tank has been fishless for a loooong time waiting for one of those.

 

[Harbour]

I had a yellow clown goby but it started nipping on my SPS! Didn't wait to see if he was actually causing damage.

Your mileage might vary.

Harbour

 

[Dr. Jeffles]

Any kind of clown fish

 

[Bobbitworm13]

I wouldn't do a dwarf lion, a 7 inch carnivore is a big bioload. Look into red bandtail waspfish (Paracentropogon zonatus). Beautiful and unusual little waspfish, the only grow to around 3 inches so not a big bioload.

 

[Pslreefer]

Clown


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[homer1475]

Black capped basslet.

 

[ssgss gogeta]

Boxfish


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[ajm83]

I was on a similar hunt, and have chosen my fish, but have yet to find one to buy. I was repeatedly told that a yellow clown goby is perfect for tanks in the 10-gallon range. Reef-safe, hearty, colorful, full of personality, and gets along with everyone. My tank has been fishless for a loooong time waiting for one of those.

Cool fish, I loved mine, but there is a good chance they'll nip SPS and also they are pretty small and fairly stationary. I had mine in a 19L (5 gal) pico tank and it didn't 'fill' the tank.

 

[jlmawp]

Cool fish, I loved mine, but there is a good chance they'll nip SPS and also they are pretty small and fairly stationary. I had mine in a 19L (5 gal) pico tank and it didn't 'fill' the tank.

Good to know. I don't have any SPS, so hopefully it doesn't end up nipping anything else once I get it. I think a nice little splash of yellow will look good in my 9-gallon.

 

[Harbour]

Appreciate all the suggestions.

Keep them coming...

Harbour

 

[Rilelen]

If you go yellow clown goby, I believe you *could* do a mated pair. They're bi-directional protogynous hermaphrodites....which means that "any two will do." They start out female and change to male, but it's not permanent; they can change sex to become a pair if the sexes aren't matched up right to begin with. The one caveat is that some folks say they're more likely to go to town on SPS to carve out a nesting site if they're a pair and start spawning...

 

[ilyad]

I would go something very unusual. Either a Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse or a very fancy variant of a clownfish

 

[kevan]

Yellow Prawn gobie or Orchard Dottiback
if clowns has to be pair

 

[Anthony357]

I would go something very unusual. Either a Tanaka's Pygmy Wrasse or a very fancy variant of a clownfish

the 'designer' clowns are awesome. If you do clown(s), i would get 1 or 2 nice ones. Def dont get the cheap 10 false perculas lol

 

[Harbour]

Thanks everyone. Had a designer clown that became a jumper. May consider another.

Are Orchard Dottibacks known to be jumpers, say like firefish?

Harbour