What's your 'must have' fish?

[thor32766]

I got my Black tang, my next dream fish would be a regal angel.

 

[Shrine26]

My possum wrasse ! Very colorful, lots of personality, and has given me many hours of enjoyment sitting in front of my tank. He is a bit shy with other boisterous fish and best kept where tankmates are pretty docile.

 

[agilis]

must have

must have

The one fish that I have come to prefer above all others is the Spotted Drum, Equetus punctatus. A combination of things, including its unique appearance, beauty, and winning personality(after it gets to know you) make it tops in my book. I've had a few over the past decades. I caught the one I have now last year. It's just now reaching its truly spectacular adult pattern, at about 8 inches. A demanding fish, delicate at first, but once established, they really glow with vitality and grace.

 

[Michelle L]

Moorish Idol for me too. *Sigh*

After that, I love all of the big angels. We are designing a new reef tank specifically for SPS so that we can keep an Emperor in it as well.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7637436#post7637436 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by COreefer
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Thanks, I know, but if you're familiar with the variability of bicinctus clowns, as well as the misnaming of various clarki complex species as bicinctus (and vice versa), you'd know why I'd never buy these online without WYSIWYG pictures.

 

[onereefnotenuf]

blue face angel. one of the most striking color patterns in the ocean(imo).

 

[copps]

Well, with all the years I've been in the hobby I've always loved regal angels and have had a trio in my display for a while now...

Shots of my current display with flash under actinics only...



A shot of my old system taken by a friend...


However, if I could pluck and have any fish out of the ocean, it would have to be a xanthic form yellow/white regal from the Maldives...

 

[cristhiam]

here is what got me in the hobbie

 

[etech]

well as long as we're dreaming i wouldlove to have an ornate butterfly

 

[COreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7644881#post7644881 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDguy
Thanks, I know, but if you're familiar with the variability of bicinctus clowns, as well as the misnaming of various clarki complex species as bicinctus (and vice versa), you'd know why I'd never buy these online without WYSIWYG pictures.

I picked up a pair, one of which was doa; however, they are bicinctus...wild caught specimen's. There is no doubt about it. I am aware of the variations as well.

The one I have left is a very nice looking fish...I'm trying to pair it up with a captive raised ORA specimen.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7645871#post7645871 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by COreefer
I picked up a pair, one of which was doa; however, they are bicinctus...wild caught specimen's. There is no doubt about it. I am aware of the variations as well.

The one I have left is a very nice looking fish...I'm trying to pair it up with a captive raised ORA specimen.

Too bad one was DOA. I looked through your gallery, but saw no pics (except that beautiful pair in the wild (drool!). Do you have any pics of the survivor?

 

[Phyto]

I know it is not a true fish but, the cuttlefish.




Limes,........what limes?!

 

[thor32766]

the pic didnt come through

 

[2004jeepoutlander]

my 2 dream fish i want are a chrysurus angel and a rosy fin fairy wrasse.
Out of all of the fish i have kept i like my yellow belly tang the most.

 

[Z-ReefKeeper]

Blue Jaw Trigger. Lost one a while back during a move and would love to get another.

 

[NexDog]

Regal Angel, Blue Line Angel and Clown Tang (I love stripy fish).

 

[Larry Combs]

Pair of black spotted angels, potters wrasse, Convict tang, and a clam safe blue ring (annularis) angel. Also my Vlamingi, Chevron, and Achilles tang.

 

[emilese]

A pair of Masked Swallowtail Angels (Genicanthus semifasciatus) and a mandarin.

 

[achillesheel]

a trio of peppermint angels and the bank account to buy them

but really, when i can get an achilles tang to get along with my black longnose tang, a pair of regal angels (currently have 1), and a deep water tank with my personatus angel pair, sunrise hogfish, and schoaling ventralis anthias, ill be happy.

 

[Asuran]

powder blue tang for me