You can pick any ten fish....

In order, from the most impossible to obtain, to the relatively pedestrian:

1) Mutant Wrasse
2) Leafy Seadragon
3) Peppermint Angel
4) Weedy Seadragon
5) Interruptus Angel
6) Feminus Wrasse
7) Mauritius Flasher Wrasse
8) Aurora Anthias
9) Candy Basslet
10) Achilles Tang
 
Gem tang
Bandit angel
Dussumeri tang
Clipperton angel
Ballina angel
Quoyi parrotfish
Broomtail wrasse
Harlequin Tusk
Epaulette shark
and a Dolphin
 
Tessalata Eel
Zebra Eel
Regal Angel
Goldflake Angel
Blue Girdled Angel
Weedy Seadragon
Red Mandarin
Marine Betta
Clown Tang
Australian Harlequin Tusk
 
I'm seeing lots of harlequin tusks on here. Getting tempted to get one and say adios to my shrimp!

Why anyone would ever choose shrimp over fish, I'll never understand. Sure, you like your corals, I get that. But a shrimp? You hardly ever see them.

So yes, get the tusk - take your shrimp to the LFS for some credit TO HELP YOU BUY THE TUSK!!
 
Oh, just ten ..... OK .... perfect world .... unlimited funds ....

Achilles Tang
Gem Tang
Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Tigerpyge Hybrid angel
Regal Angel
Flame Angel
Bimac anthias (3)
Leopard Wrasse
 
OK, I could easily just have 10 species of blennies. But, I need two lists...

Caribbean Biotope
Queen Angelfish - Holacanthus ciliaris
Rock Beauty - Holacanthus tricolor
Cherub Angelfish - Centropyge argi
Candy Basslet - Liopropoma carmabi
Tessellated Blenny - Hypsoblennius invemar
Blue Tang - Acanthurus coeruleus
Red-spotted Hawkfish - Amblycirrhitus pinos
Dusky Jawfish - Opistognathus whitehursti
Spotfin Butterflyfish - Chaetodon ocellatus
Puddingwife Wrasse - Halichoeres radiatus

and if I can have more to complete the biotope, add:
Sharpnose Puffer - Canthigaster rostrata
Blue Reef Chromis - Chromis cyaneus
Neon Goby - Elacatinus oceanops
Queen Triggerfish - Balistes vetula

Or, an only 10 list of my all stars:

Queen Angelfish - Holacanthus ciliaris
Harlequin Tuskfish - Choerodon fasciatus
Candy Basslet - Liopropoma carmabi
Tessellated Blenny - Hypsoblennius invemar
Flame Angelfish - Centropyge loricula
Blue Spot Jawfish - Opistognathus rosenblatti
White bar boxfish - anaplocapros lenticularis
Queen Triggerfish - Balistes vetula
Spider-Eye Puffer - Canthigaster amboinensis
Blue Striped Tamarin Wrasse - Anampses femininus
 
Okay, I'll bite - pardon the pun:

1. Pyramid Butterfly
2. Foxface
3. Black Hawaiian Longnose Tang
4. Flame Angel
5. Snowflake clown
6. Eight line Flasher Wrasse
7. Orchid Dottyback
8. Dracula Goby
9. Piictilis Anthia and,
10. An Aiptasia Eating Filefish

There you have it!
 
Okay, I'll bite - pardon the pun:

1. Pyramid Butterfly
2. Foxface
3. Black Hawaiian Longnose Tang
4. Potter's Angel
5. Snowflake clown
6. Eight line Flasher Wrasse
7. Orchid Dottyback
8. Dracula Goby
9. Piictilis Anthia and,
10. An Aiptasia Eating Filefish

There you have it!
 
1. Bandit Angel
2. Interuptus Angel
3. Resplendent Angel
4. Tri colour Tang
5. Gem Tang
6. Achillies Tang
7. Rhomboid Wrasse
8. Femeninus Wrasse
9. Conspics Angel
10. Ventralis Anthias - big group
 
1. Purple Masked Angelfish
2. Leafy Seadragon
3. Weedy Seadragon
4. Ornate Ghost Pipefish
5. Helfrichi Firefish
6. Blue Spotted Jawfish
7. Blue Spotted Ray
8. Green Mandarinfish
9. Powder Blue Tang
10. Moorish Idol

Not a clean mix of fish to put into one tank, but I love those sea dragons and their close relatives!
 
For my ten fish, if it were a tank 220 gallons or less, I'd probably choose a group of ten fish starting with a majestic angel, a flame angel and probably 8 azure damsels. I feel they are all fish that have vibrant and complimenting colors that would stand out well in a full reef tank. My second pick for ten fish would be a majestic angel, 5 lyre tail or similar type of Anthias and then probably either 4 azure damsels or 4 blue reef chromis. Picking ten fish is a tough one though lol.
 
Porcupine puffer
Spiny Box Puffer
Mombasa Lionfish
Picasso Trigger
Cubicus Boxfish
Manta Ray
Oarfish
Lancetfish
Atlantic Wolffish
Thresher Shark
 
Only 10 is impossible, I can't really just pick 10 so don't take this as my top 10 because it's not, it would take forever to research and condense down under these circumstances lol.

Zebra Moray Eel
Orange Spotted Filefish
Dussumieri Tang
Hybrid Genicanthus takeuchii x semifasciatus
Genicanthus personatus
Genicanthus ballinae
Conspicuous Angelfish
Japanese Lanceolatus Wrasse
Orange Face ButterflyFish
Ornate Butterflyfish
 
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