Pink-Purple Fish

[SMS76]

My daughter loves pink color and she wanted to have a pinkish-purplish fish. It will go in 46g reef setup. Any suggetions on fish with pink or purple colors? Doesn't have to be exact but close to pink purple might work. Has to be reef safe and small to medium size due to small tank size.

 

[acrocrazy]

purple scolopis also known as a banana fish....its bright purple with a flourescent yellow stripe its very hardy and reef safe it grows to about 5 inches

 

[Sk8r]

Purple firefish. Stay away from pink anthias: they won't live in a tank under 6 feet. There are some small barberpole marked gobies that are pinkish, and ditto some watchmen whose colors come out that way. YOu can have a nice tank with a combo of orangish pink/purplish pink and a little reddish pink. There are also some pink softies, if your water quality stays high.

 

[anydarnthing]

Some Fairy Wrasses have pink and purple(Pink Margin Wrasse, Lineatus, Laboutei) the last 2 are kind of pricey but the Pink Margin wrasse I got 2 from my LFS for about $34 a piece. Also try this site out for pictures of different fish--->http://www.meerwasser-lexikon.de/eng/29/0/0/liste_Wrasses.htm

 

[stykthyn]

royal gramma or orchid dottyback. both are pefect for the smaller aquarium and have stunning purple colors

 

[SMS76]

Thanks guys for your suggetions. I like royal gramma and orchid dottyback due to their size. I had pink anthias in my 115G and it harrased the other fish.

 

[Loralie]

black-cap basslett. I have one in my 125 with my gramma and there is no problem

 

[fishermania]

Here are a few Suggestions.

I think this cardinal fits your descrip.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=79

I agree with these grama and Pseudo

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=53
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=47&N=0
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=162

There are few nice wrasses, but kind of expensive.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1402
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=355
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=329

Here are a few gobies.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=221
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=198
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1728
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1727
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1968

 

[SMS76]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7698004#post7698004 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishermania
Here are a few Suggestions.

I think this cardinal fits your descrip.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=79

I agree with these grama and Pseudo

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=53
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=47&N=0
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=162

There are few nice wrasses, but kind of expensive.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1402
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=355
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=329

Here are a few gobies.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=221
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=198
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1728
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1727
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1968

Thanks for your suggetion, really appreciate it.

Do you know more about Flame Cardinal? Anybody have any personal experience with this fish? Are they nocturnal? Will them come out during daytime at all? Are they only aggressive towards other cardinalfish or otherfish as well?
Any info on this fish would be very helpful.

 

[SDguy]

A lone fathead anthia would be perfect in that size tank.

 

[heuerfan]

Female Flame wrasse, pink body. Very beautiful fish, she will love it

http://f5.putfile.com/6/15723001147.jpg

 

[ACBlinky]

Talbot's damsel:

Lubbock's fairy wrasse:

They're not the best pictures, but you can see their colour. They're both reef-safe and well suited to a medium sized tank, with nice personalities (Talbot's aren't agressive like other damsels).

 

[1package]

I would go with a single Anthias also.

 

[emperior911]

i have a rosy scales fairy wrasse, everyone comments on mine

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/rosyscalesfairywrasse/

 

[Angel*Fish]

I think she'd love the fat head (sunburst) anthias as suggesterd above or blackcap basslet or one of the more spectacular fairy wrasses

I have a Lubbock's fairy wrasse and ACBlinky's photo doesn't do them justice - but at least she got a photo! That's more than I could do! Anyway they are gorgeously colored fish - pink, purple, yellow and a splotch of coral

HTH

Blackcap basslet photo

 

[Angel*Fish]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7714072#post7714072 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ACBlinky
Talbot's damsel:

So nice to see someone defending the name of the milder mannered damsels - the nasty ones give the good ones a bad name!

 

[fishermania]

How about this wrasse.

http://www.petsolutions.com/Rose+Belly+Fairy+Wrasse-I-148150L-I-C-78-C-.aspx