Looking for a personable fish...ideas?

[gio28]

i have a 36 bowfront and im looking for a fish to add that has alot of personality. my tank will eventually become a reef so it has to be reef safe though. any kind of fish that it fun to watch and has a great personality. any suggestions? thanks

 

[meowzer]

Look up red spotted sandperch...this fish is hilarious to watch, or should I say watching it watch you.....Last night it was swimming in and out of a cave and doing flips....

 

[gio28]

a flipping fish. one of my clowns used to do that sometimes before it died. anyways they look pretty cool but i cant find alot about them. there are definitely a possibility lol.

 

[meowzer]

https://www.saltwaterfish.com/site_11...ot_parent_id=4
This is the pic from swf...but It also lists it scientific name so you can google it too.

 

[gio28]

thanks. i might have to get one...they are pretty cool looking and if theres a possibility of it doing flips...lol. any other suggestions to top this one... anyone?

 

[windlasher]

Originally Posted by gio28
http:///forum/post/3095986
i have a 36 bowfront and im looking for a fish to add that has alot of personality. my tank will eventually become a reef so it has to be reef safe though. any kind of fish that it fun to watch and has a great personality. any suggestions? thanks
scooter blennies.

 

[tizzo]

In my tank my starry blenny has the most personality...
He's cute and moody, so it's always fun to watch. He's not the prettiest, but as far as personality, he's friggin awesome!!

 

[grabbitt]

I loved the personality my longnose hawkfish had. Very cool fish.. The only issue is that if you plan on having shrimp in the tank (anything smaller than a blood or skunk cleaner shrimp), they probably won't last long. I watched it annihilate one of my pom-pom crabs one day (worth it).

 

[gio28]

i really want a hawk..but i dont want it gobbling up firefish, baby clowns, or any other fish i plan to have that may start out small. im willing to risk my shrimp...he is pretty big and hopefully the hawk will be small to start with so he will get used to it in there. what do you guys think about the hawk being a risk to other fish? (tiny firefish, clown gobies)

 

[grabbitt]

The clown goby should be fine as I'm pretty sure they're toxic for a fish of comparable size to try and eat. And as for other small fish, I really wouldn't worry about it.

 

[gio28]

then i will go for it...i already ordered him a month ago at my LFS but i had second thoughts...but when my flame hawk comes im gonna buy him. they seem pretty cool and watch you wherever you go from what i've heard

 

[lietz06]

I have a spotted hawkfish and I really like his personality. Like you said they follow you all around with their eyes. Mines not too lazy he swims to wherever I am to see what I'm up to, lol! He's one of the most aggresive in the tank and always messes with the newbies BUT he's the oldest in the tank too. This month he turned a year for us-got him last July. He's been really hardy also, I had my first tank crash last year and he lived when everyone else died, so he's our holocaust survivor Let us know how you end up liking him.