I have a male black sailfin blenny, and I can honestly say he is my favorite fish I have ever owned. He's an inch long fish with a 300-pound personality.
I totally agree with the hawfish statement. I have an adult red (flame) hawkfish and it doesn't bother my inverts. Sometimes crabs and shrimps literally walk past it and it doesn't care. It also interferes with other fish fighting and tries to break them up. Love that fish so much especially when it's following you with its eyes watching what you are doing. I also have a goby with a pistol shrimp and they are fine
You don't have the most videos but yours are my favorite. I love the upbeat attitude and to see someone who is genuinely delighted about the hobby. Plus peninsula tanks are the best, have a great day!
What kind of fish is in the thumbnail? A friends recently gave me one, kept for about a month. He died roughly 15 minutes ago, everything else seems to be doing okay?
My falco hawk fish has killed both of my cleaner shrimps(caught it action second time), stripped my sps corals(I assumed there was a water problem to start off with but after watching I saw it eating the pollups off my sps), it harassed my tiger goby to death and I suspect it’s also behind the huge decline in hermit crabs since it’s been added. Despite it being a bad swimmer it’s also impossible to catch! Everything else I agree with on the video however. Very much enjoy watching your videos
Royal gramma is a nice fish. Mine was bullied out of it’s cave by some firefish I introduced and got stressed out and died. Make sure you have a lot of deep dark caves for them.
Dude Wrasses and hawkfish absolutely destroy cleanup crews. Hermits and snails will be gone unless they are big crabs and turbo snails. The only truly safe type of wrasse is like a fairy wrasse. And hawkfish are called that for a reason, if it fits it ships, when they eat lol.
Hello Great video had to subscribe to your channel as I have just come back into the hobbie and finding your videos very useful and will defo be checking out these top 5 fish. Peter from Birmingham
What an excellent video! Am thinking of buying a (Red Sea) reefer tank and it’s a big investment. So I’m devouring UA-cam vids for advice on marine generally - this was both really helpful and great fun to watch. Nice one!
Oh fantastic! That’ll be a must-watch for me. Until now the King of DIY was my go-to guru (and he’s excellent too) but your style is really very viewer-friendly and a pleasure to watch. Hope your channel subs go through the roof!
I absolutely love my birthday color blenny. I named him Joey and he is awesome. I do have a question regarding longnose hawkfish, I have one and he just recently killed my blood shrimp. Hes mildly aggressive from time to time with joey as well and I worry hed be next. What is your advice since you said they have an unfair reputation?
Would appreciate you doing video on where to buy fish, especially for UK peeps Any online stores you recommend? I've even been looking at ebay but don't want to take a risk
I never buy online - I prefer to see what I'm buying in the flesh. Reefdreams in Winchester, ReefKeeper Windsor, AAC in Harlow and Taylor's Marine Room in Portsmouth are my favourite places. Whitecorals.com looks pretty awesome as far as online stores go - not cheap but it's where I'd buy if I shopped online 😀
@3:50 you show a site with alle the blennies on it. It seems like a nice source to get know new fish(names). Could you please give us a name or link to that site/page? thanks!
Firstly just want to say I love your videos 😁 secondly I just wanted to ask what the website you used to show the different types of blennies they had on sale please?
@@JwelshPhotography No, they're USA only - just a good place to get quick info on fish or to search for inspiration! (PS, this is still Reef Dork, just signed in on the wrong account!)
I have a 58L tank with 2 clowns and a clown goby, and 3 red tip mexcixan hermit crabs, anything else you could suggest or I could add? Fish or invertabrite etc? Thank you, great video.
I was noticing your tank. What type is it and what size or dimensions. Or if you bought where could I find te same one. I am a Newby. I have a 55gallon but I really like he way yours looks. I could probably put one like this in my office.
After I read the title I looked at my orange spotted filefish and said to myself "yeah reef dork would approve" the I saw not this guy and was like nvm
Mr dork I have a 16 gallon bio cube in it I have a mismatched pair of clowns a black female and a Red Sea clown I have a tiny mandarin goby and I starry blenny so I think I’m pretty maxed out do you think I can add that goby and shrimp or is that to much
@@ReefDork yeah so I’ll invest in a 55 gallon one next and see where that go’s it’s just so expensive to get it to the point where you can just let it go and grow.
Hi first off I just want to say I love the videos and you are a great help to my marine saltwater tank. Just a quick question, I got a starfish just Sunday gone. To come home Monday eve to see the starfish was eaten r fallen apart.. The fish I have are, 2 x clown fish, 1 Royal blue tang, 1 shrimp, 2 x damselfish and 2 x green chromis. Its a 60 L tank. Would you have any idea what could have caused this? Water is 100% as check it regularly. Kind regards, Shane.
How did you acclimate him? They're very sensitive to salinity changes so need very careful and slow acclimation and rock solid salinity. I'm pretty sure that'll be the cause. Also, I'm afraid you're asking for trouble with a regal tang - 60L is far too small, even for the short term.
@@ReefDork I did the norm like the rest of them. Just slowly added water from my own tank to get him used to it and I left him in the bag for over an hour slowly adding water. I placed it at the bottom and off it went slowly onto the glass. Thanks so much for d advise and I will contact the shop and see will they take the tang back or do something different. Really appreciate ur help 👍
I had a shallower tank before - 18 inches. That's about as shallow as I'd want to go. Personally I prefer the taller look. 20 inches would probably be perfect for me.
Aww... I just bought a midas blenny 2 weeks ago. I named him Mighty the Midas Blenny! But sadly he jumped out of the tank about five days ago. He was so cute and the thing about getting them out of the tank to rub there bellies. I think that is a good description! RIP Mighty 😭
I spent 6 months researching before I decided what I want. Was split between cardinal and a wrasse. Got cardinal and then returned it.. Final stock list of my nano - firefish, blue Neon goby, yellow coral goby and a whiteband possum wrasse 😍😍😍😍 Rock perching, active swimming, delicate looks, cowardly hiding in a cave - I've got it all. I would have loved a blenny, but I'm at stock capacity. Not upgrading though lol
I've just got a Red Sea reefer 170. Can you recommend or do a top 10 for a tank up to 200l/50g ? I specifically looking for a nice centrepiece fish but from reading around tangs are not suitable for this sized tank.
List of easy to keep or beginner saltwater fish in my opinion Clownfish Coral beauty angel Yellow tang Royal gramma Dottyback Gobies except the sand sifting Blennies Banggai cardinals Six lined wrasse Coris wrasse Fairy wrasse Fire fish/dart fish Damsel fish For the predators Hawkfish Groupers Note:I don’t put the lionfish because it is venemous
Should be OK with feather dusters (they don't touch the tiny ones that have appeared in my tank for example). Should also be fine with shrimp, except for small ones like sexy shrimp. 🙂
@@ReefDork thanks for the reply Yes i am looking at buying the pandora hyperion, but i have not seen many reviews on it online? Have you delt with this light at all in person?
@@ReefDork ahh so you went for the "retro fit option" i thought about it, thought of going for the Aquatic life and 2x radions aswell, but i think an all in one seems better? I dont know if the Pandora Hyperion has dimmable t5's though? Do you?
I couldn't do without the colour /shimmer of LEDs and I don't like the LEDs in non BYO T5 hybrids. Don't know about the hyperion I'm afraid - I've only had ATI Sunpower...
Royal Grama is by far NOT peaceful fish. They always start out nice. Every last one (4 in total) I have ever owned, turned EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE! Each time I get rid of one, I get a "reef expert" convincing me to get another one. Each time I had to rip apart my tank to get it out. NEVER AGAIN! Oh, Reef Dork, I wasn't saying "Reef Expert" meaning you, I was speaking about the fish store people. You're great, please don't take that the wrong way. Thank you for eh video
@@christemple6311 75 gallon bow tank. I had one yellow tang, one blue hippo, two clowns, and a foxface. All three royals were demons from hell. They started out small like 1" and I have them to about 3".
@@jakecarpenter9254 Maybe too many fish and they got too close. Blue hippo requires 150 gallons so he must of did laps in your gammas space. Same with the yellow.
I have found that each time I have had a Goby they tended to pile sand up over my rocks and corals, so each time I had to part exchange them for another fish, so as much as they are fun to watch, the are a big 👎 from me.
I don't usually like clothing with the brand name plastered in a huge font like yours in this video, makes the wearer look like a walking billboard, cheap and tacky in my opinion irrespective of how high end the brand may be. However in this instance I like it simply due to the colorful background and 'Simpson' style doodling of it.
Blennies is totally reef safe in everybody's opinion.. Am I the only one that had a tail spot blenny munch away on SPS... Gotta be said it was chased a lot by a long nosed hawkfish, so it might just be because of lack of food...
wrasses really i have had one kill everything in my tank. then have to take the tank apart because like you said they like to hid in the sand and this is a 240 gallon tank. maybe i just had a mean one but will never have one again.
I haven’t got a Reef, but that doesn’t stop me dreaming. I also wouldn’t want to do a list of only 6 groups, but if I did I would choose: Clownfish Fairy Wrasse Blennies Shrimp Gobies Tangs Mandarins
My royal gramma just hides all the time and barely even comes out to eat! I think I maybe bought him to large maybe because I have had them before and the other was very active. The only fish in the tank with hi is a peaceful tailspot and my clownfish are the most boring fish ever! The just hang in the back corner of the other tank and no mean or aggressive fish in with them either! Even when they were in the alone thats all they did! I had to get rid of my hawkfish because he killed every new fish I added plus killed my huge cleaner shrimp!!
Skookumchuck Reefer definitely get a clown. As a reef keeper who has kept many exotic fish I can’t think of a fish that has kept me more entertained than a clown. They have more personality than anything I have ever kept and I am an Oscar keeper to.
Sirflexalot I got my current aquarium (400gallon). From a shop called Oscars Aquatics. I have one pair of clowns that spawn pretty regularly, & 3tomators in a different aquarium, big I totally agree with your opinion of them. 👍😎🍻
Now watch this - 7 awesome beginner corals! ua-cam.com/video/Hny_0mvPbPA/v-deo.html
I have a male black sailfin blenny, and I can honestly say he is my favorite fish I have ever owned. He's an inch long fish with a 300-pound personality.
Dickless Mic I have kept sailfins in my reef before, brilliant fish, rarely see people keeping them so good to hear!
Book marking this! Still in the research phase and excited to start reefing soon!
Thank you and you’re absolutely right, the Watchman Goby is a fantastic sight.
I totally agree with the hawfish statement. I have an adult red (flame) hawkfish and it doesn't bother my inverts. Sometimes crabs and shrimps literally walk past it and it doesn't care. It also interferes with other fish fighting and tries to break them up. Love that fish so much especially when it's following you with its eyes watching what you are doing. I also have a goby with a pistol shrimp and they are fine
You don't have the most videos but yours are my favorite. I love the upbeat attitude and to see someone who is genuinely delighted about the hobby. Plus peninsula tanks are the best, have a great day!
Thanks Karl, nice of you to say. I'm glad my enthusiasm shows 😁
"6 easy fish"
Thumbnail is one of the hardest fish to keep.
Good video, hawkfish can harass smaller fish like your gobies and blennies.
Turtle's Reef it says on the thumbnail “not this fish”
What kind of fish is in the thumbnail? A friends recently gave me one, kept for about a month. He died roughly 15 minutes ago, everything else seems to be doing okay?
@@keeganjones5490 a type of filefish that only eats acropora, the orange spotted filefish, good luck keeping it alive for more than a few weeks
What's the name of the fish in thumbnail aside from being a Hawkfish?
@@coreycollins6373 orange spotted filefisg
Really liked the video! Personal opinion but that wallpaper ruins your beautiful aquarium! Keep up the good work though!
I agree. A quick black paint job on the back would do wonders for his tank
Ok I wasn’t the only one
I had the same thought straight away.
No black makes everything pop especially corals
@@houseofsharpeis9366 Agreed! I paint the back black in all my tanks!
The clown fish are great fish that is my fav out of all that you spoke about great vid keep up the good work
My falco hawk fish has killed both of my cleaner shrimps(caught it action second time), stripped my sps corals(I assumed there was a water problem to start off with but after watching I saw it eating the pollups off my sps), it harassed my tiger goby to death and I suspect it’s also behind the huge decline in hermit crabs since it’s been added. Despite it being a bad swimmer it’s also impossible to catch! Everything else I agree with on the video however. Very much enjoy watching your videos
Yellowhead Jawfish should be included! They are cute and playful! Nice video mate!
Oh man, you put blennies as #1 I did not expect that! I thought I was the only one that like these fish the most.
I have one clown and ready to get more fish this video is super helpful and changed my mind ive overlooked so many great fish.
Great selection of fish to keep, I have about 4 out of the 6 u mentioned. Keep it up!
Royal gramma is a nice fish. Mine was bullied out of it’s cave by some firefish I introduced and got stressed out and died. Make sure you have a lot of deep dark caves for them.
Reefer Reborn I’ve never heard of a firefish bullying any other fish. Sorry to hear about your loss.
Great selection of fishes! Fish clown seems really nice to have!
- Isabel
Great list mate 👍🐠
Dude Wrasses and hawkfish absolutely destroy cleanup crews. Hermits and snails will be gone unless they are big crabs and turbo snails. The only truly safe type of wrasse is like a fairy wrasse. And hawkfish are called that for a reason, if it fits it ships, when they eat lol.
Hello
Great video had to subscribe to your channel as I have just come back into the hobbie and finding your videos very useful and will defo be checking out these top 5 fish.
Peter from Birmingham
I like the fish you’ve listed but just a note...some Blenny do pick at coral, usually lps
Good point - thanks for the clarification 👌
Cowabunga Reefer it all depends on the breed
Nice video
That was great. Thank you.
What website were you looking at in this video that had the list of fish for sale?
What an excellent video! Am thinking of buying a (Red Sea) reefer tank and it’s a big investment. So I’m devouring UA-cam vids for advice on marine generally - this was both really helpful and great fun to watch. Nice one!
Nice of you to say, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I'm planning a video all about Red Sea Reefer tanks in the next few weeks...
Oh fantastic! That’ll be a must-watch for me. Until now the King of DIY was my go-to guru (and he’s excellent too) but your style is really very viewer-friendly and a pleasure to watch. Hope your channel subs go through the roof!
Hey great tank man but uhhh are you in your grandmas house if not what is that wallpaper
I absolutely love my birthday color blenny. I named him Joey and he is awesome. I do have a question regarding longnose hawkfish, I have one and he just recently killed my blood shrimp. Hes mildly aggressive from time to time with joey as well and I worry hed be next. What is your advice since you said they have an unfair reputation?
I'd expect your blenny to be fine, but do keep an eye on it. They're more likely to chase gobies in my experience
I couldn't help but notice the recessed mantle on your crocea clam. Was it in trouble or just irritated by something?
It was a maxima - it died a few years ago, I think because of lack of light but can't be sure...
Would appreciate you doing video on where to buy fish, especially for UK peeps
Any online stores you recommend? I've even been looking at ebay but don't want to take a risk
I never buy online - I prefer to see what I'm buying in the flesh. Reefdreams in Winchester, ReefKeeper Windsor, AAC in Harlow and Taylor's Marine Room in Portsmouth are my favourite places. Whitecorals.com looks pretty awesome as far as online stores go - not cheap but it's where I'd buy if I shopped online 😀
Wwc, liveaquaria, uniquecorals, tidalgardens, other reefers
I have never got luck with clownfish. Eventhough they are captive bred ;-;
But cardinals are another story for me
@3:50 you show a site with alle the blennies on it. It seems like a nice source to get know new fish(names). Could you please give us a name or link to that site/page? thanks!
Liveaquaria. Fantastic site to look up fish - great for basic info and really helpful to choose new fish because they categorise them really well 👍
The comment i was looking for
i suppose you could add wrasse and hawks to the fish to avoid lisr too :)
Chalk bass would be on my list instead of the hawkfish
midas blenny! best fish ever!
“Nemo for the kids” 👀-> 22 yr old me wanting a nemo >🥺
🤣 Me too 🙂
22 year old me buying 2 of em
Firstly just want to say I love your videos 😁 secondly I just wanted to ask what the website you used to show the different types of blennies they had on sale please?
Thanks man. Haven't seen this video for a while but I'd guess it was live aquaria - really good resource
@@ReefDorkyea sorry lol been watching some of your older vids too lol I assume they deliver to the UK as you are UK based yourself?
@@JwelshPhotography No, they're USA only - just a good place to get quick info on fish or to search for inspiration! (PS, this is still Reef Dork, just signed in on the wrong account!)
@@averagebiker OK good to know thankyou 🤗
Thank you
Hi Alex, What you suggest about Bicolor Cleaner Wrasse ??
They don't do well in captivity - one to avoid...
@@ReefDork I just added in my display tank
@@ReefDork I also added Yellow Wrasse
Halichoeres chrysus, How about that..??
I have a 58L tank with 2 clowns and a clown goby, and 3 red tip mexcixan hermit crabs, anything else you could suggest or I could add? Fish or invertabrite etc? Thank you, great video.
I was noticing your tank. What type is it and what size or dimensions. Or if you bought where could I find te same one. I am a Newby. I have a 55gallon but I really like he way yours looks. I could probably put one like this in my office.
My main tank is a Red Sea Reefer Peninsula 500 - 4x2x2 and just over 100gs
After I read the title I looked at my orange spotted filefish and said to myself "yeah reef dork would approve" the I saw not this guy and was like nvm
God usopp approves
Mr dork I have a 16 gallon bio cube in it I have a mismatched pair of clowns a black female and a Red Sea clown I have a tiny mandarin goby and I starry blenny so I think I’m pretty maxed out do you think I can add that goby and shrimp or is that to much
You're probably maxed out in my opinion 😕
@@ReefDork yeah so I’ll invest in a 55 gallon one next and see where that go’s it’s just so expensive to get it to the point where you can just let it go and grow.
Hi do u no the name of that large shell the one with the holes in for them to hide. Its beautiful & would like find this for my tank. Thanks :) :)
Haven't watched this video for a while but I think you're describing a barnacle shell 🙂
@@ReefDork Thankyou :) :)
I love flame hawks, but they can jump out of tank. Something to think about.
Same with blennies and gobies. Had them both jump out of my tanks at night :/
What size tank is that? Great video!
Red Sea reefer peninsula 500 - around 4x2x2
What is the name of the fish that darts across the mid to high range of your tank? The one with the red fin sticking up?
Naoko wrasse
You’re aquarium is beautiful to watch 🤤
Really liked the video but it’d be really great if you could drop some information about the fish, like the amount of space they need like 50 litres
Just got a bird wrasse, funky fish seems very intelligent but not many vids on them
Ooh, they get biiiig!
@@ReefDork yes and speed it eats I think that might happen sooner rather than later.
Nice t-shirt!!
Nice fish
I hate when my clowns host my elegance when I have a rose bubble tip 1/2 a foot away
Lol he says wrasses are peaceful and then as he’s saying this he shows a clip of a wrasse nipping at a cleaner shrimp 😂
Hi first off I just want to say I love the videos and you are a great help to my marine saltwater tank. Just a quick question, I got a starfish just Sunday gone. To come home Monday eve to see the starfish was eaten r fallen apart.. The fish I have are, 2 x clown fish, 1 Royal blue tang, 1 shrimp, 2 x damselfish and 2 x green chromis. Its a 60 L tank. Would you have any idea what could have caused this? Water is 100% as check it regularly.
Kind regards,
Shane.
How did you acclimate him? They're very sensitive to salinity changes so need very careful and slow acclimation and rock solid salinity. I'm pretty sure that'll be the cause. Also, I'm afraid you're asking for trouble with a regal tang - 60L is far too small, even for the short term.
@@ReefDork I did the norm like the rest of them. Just slowly added water from my own tank to get him used to it and I left him in the bag for over an hour slowly adding water. I placed it at the bottom and off it went slowly onto the glass. Thanks so much for d advise and I will contact the shop and see will they take the tang back or do something different. Really appreciate ur help 👍
If you get another, drip acclimate it very slowly for at least 2 hours 👍
Thanks a mill. I will do that. If I go that route again 👍
Do you like your peninsula height? Thinking about going with a tank with shorter height like 16 inches.
I had a shallower tank before - 18 inches. That's about as shallow as I'd want to go. Personally I prefer the taller look. 20 inches would probably be perfect for me.
what is the name of the 2end set of clown fish you showed the black and white mostly white i would like to get a few of them
Black storm - expect to pay £600+ for a pair!
Aww... I just bought a midas blenny 2 weeks ago. I named him Mighty the Midas Blenny! But sadly he jumped out of the tank about five days ago. He was so cute and the thing about getting them out of the tank to rub there bellies. I think that is a good description!
RIP Mighty 😭
🙁
Liked video. I have a green bird wrasse. It killed and ate two of my cleaning shrimp. Don't keep this fish.
I spent 6 months researching before I decided what I want. Was split between cardinal and a wrasse. Got cardinal and then returned it.. Final stock list of my nano - firefish, blue Neon goby, yellow coral goby and a whiteband possum wrasse 😍😍😍😍 Rock perching, active swimming, delicate looks, cowardly hiding in a cave - I've got it all. I would have loved a blenny, but I'm at stock capacity. Not upgrading though lol
I've just got a Red Sea reefer 170.
Can you recommend or do a top 10 for a tank up to 200l/50g ?
I specifically looking for a nice centrepiece fish but from reading around tangs are not suitable for this sized tank.
This is the closest I have - from memory, most of these should fit your tank ua-cam.com/video/DKqW3WjXAN0/v-deo.html
I'm having childhood flashbacks of goldilocks my very first reef fish a midas blenny, rest her soul
List of easy to keep or beginner saltwater fish in my opinion
Clownfish
Coral beauty angel
Yellow tang
Royal gramma
Dottyback
Gobies except the sand sifting
Blennies
Banggai cardinals
Six lined wrasse
Coris wrasse
Fairy wrasse
Fire fish/dart fish
Damsel fish
For the predators
Hawkfish
Groupers
Note:I don’t put the lionfish because it is venemous
Are those wrasse feather duster and shrimp friendly tho?
Should be OK with feather dusters (they don't touch the tiny ones that have appeared in my tank for example). Should also be fine with shrimp, except for small ones like sexy shrimp. 🙂
@@ReefDork what wrasse would you recommend?
@@gungbojog6030 what size tank have do you have?
@@ReefDork 150cm×50cm×35cm (L×W×H) + 60×30×45 (in cm)
@@gungbojog6030 any of those in the video would be great - earmuff, yellow, silver belly, radiant etc. Naoko and McCosker's are nice too.
quick question whats the website you shown to buy the fishes
Live aquaria. Great quick reference site when you see something in an lfs you don't know about.
@@ReefDork appreciate it thanks alot
is hawk fish save for invert?
In my experience, yes. Although I wouldn't trust them with small shrimp like sexy shrimp. And plenty of other people haven't been as lucky as me
What shrimp goby do you have?
I have a Randall's goby
Is that a Pacific Sun Hyperion light over the tank??
No, it's a Giesemann Stellar with a Kessil AP700 and a Radion xr15. Great light!
@@ReefDork thanks for the reply
Yes i am looking at buying the pandora hyperion, but i have not seen many reviews on it online?
Have you delt with this light at all in person?
@@ReefDork ahh so you went for the "retro fit option" i thought about it, thought of going for the Aquatic life and 2x radions aswell, but i think an all in one seems better?
I dont know if the Pandora Hyperion has dimmable t5's though?
Do you?
I couldn't do without the colour
/shimmer of LEDs and I don't like the LEDs in non BYO T5 hybrids. Don't know about the hyperion I'm afraid - I've only had ATI Sunpower...
Royal Grama is by far NOT peaceful fish. They always start out nice. Every last one (4 in total) I have ever owned, turned EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE! Each time I get rid of one, I get a "reef expert" convincing me to get another one. Each time I had to rip apart my tank to get it out. NEVER AGAIN! Oh, Reef Dork, I wasn't saying "Reef Expert" meaning you, I was speaking about the fish store people. You're great, please don't take that the wrong way. Thank you for eh video
Jake Carpenter I have a 3” one with some clowns, a baby blue tang, blennies, and gobies and he is very peaceful. How big were the tanks he was in.
@@christemple6311 75 gallon bow tank. I had one yellow tang, one blue hippo, two clowns, and a foxface. All three royals were demons from hell. They started out small like 1" and I have them to about 3".
@@jakecarpenter9254 Maybe too many fish and they got too close. Blue hippo requires 150 gallons so he must of did laps in your gammas space. Same with the yellow.
Hi Bro,
I heard clown fishes will fight each others. Can we able to keep different varieties clown fishes together?
They're fine in pairs but any more and you're asking for trouble. BRS did a harem tank with about 30 clowns - have a look at what they learned 👍
@@ReefDork thanks
Which fish are there at 2:26
Scarlet Hawk, Longnose hawk, yellow wrasse, da Vinci clown and royal Gramma.
@@ReefDork Longnose hawk looks very unique and super sexy. When I start marine tank then I'll get one.
so can i mix sand and crushed coral for the bottom of my tank ?
Yes, I suppose. I'd go sand only though 🙂
I have found that each time I have had a Goby they tended to pile sand up over my rocks and corals, so each time I had to part exchange them for another fish, so as much as they are fun to watch, the are a big 👎 from me.
Good reef safe choices 👍
Hawkfish will defiantly eat your shrimp!
What fish is on the thumbnail
Harlequin filefish
Thanks it looks amazing
What is the fish in the thumbnail?
Orange spotted filefish
I don't usually like clothing with the brand name plastered in a huge font like yours in this video, makes the wearer look like a walking billboard, cheap and tacky in my opinion irrespective of how high end the brand may be. However in this instance I like it simply due to the colorful background and 'Simpson' style doodling of it.
What's the fish in the thumbnail?
Orange spotted filefish - absolutely stunning but very difficult to keep sadly.
Blennies is totally reef safe in everybody's opinion.. Am I the only one that had a tail spot blenny munch away on SPS... Gotta be said it was chased a lot by a long nosed hawkfish, so it might just be because of lack of food...
No you're right - there are reports of the combtooth blennies biting sps. Every fish has the potential to go rogue every now and then.
wrasses really i have had one kill everything in my tank. then have to take the tank apart because like you said they like to hid in the sand and this is a 240 gallon tank. maybe i just had a mean one but will never have one again.
Depends on what king you had. Six lines and hector gobies are really peaceful and active. But there are some wrasses that can be aggresive
Yep, other wrasses like 6 lines can be terrors. I'd be surprised if it was a Halichoeres - they're friendly types 😀
@@ReefDork it was a Thalassoma lunare (lunare wrasse)
What about Tangs??!?!
U forgot about mollies and guppies XD
Seriously tho your able to put them in saltwater but it will take awhile to get them fully adjusted to it
Black Fang molly can life in saltwater but not guppy. It can make them Iill over time. But mollys are brack eather fishes so it can eork
I haven’t got a Reef, but that doesn’t stop me dreaming. I also wouldn’t want to do a list of only 6 groups, but if I did I would choose:
Clownfish
Fairy Wrasse
Blennies
Shrimp Gobies
Tangs
Mandarins
Excellent choices 👍
All of these either get eaten by my moray or bullied by my trigger so I wouldn't put them in "EVERY" aquarium.
When your saltwater tank isn’t big enough to have 6 fish: 🥺
when you said hawk fish did you leave out the arc hawk fish for any particular reason?
I've never kept them so can't vouch for them as much as the flame and Longnose. And I think those two look more striking 🙂
What about the Box Jelly Fish? Are great pets?
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Wow
I had clown fish but they got ich all
the time.
My royal gramma just hides all the time and barely even comes out to eat! I think I maybe bought him to large maybe because I have had them before and the other was very active. The only fish in the tank with hi is a peaceful tailspot and my clownfish are the most boring fish ever! The just hang in the back corner of the other tank and no mean or aggressive fish in with them either! Even when they were in the alone thats all they did! I had to get rid of my hawkfish because he killed every new fish I added plus killed my huge cleaner shrimp!!
Lmao.. my buddies flame hawk eats hermits like potato chips...
It seems my aquarium is lacking some fish. I will be adding some from your selection
Skookumchuck Reefer definitely get a clown. As a reef keeper who has kept many exotic fish I can’t think of a fish that has kept me more entertained than a clown. They have more personality than anything I have ever kept and I am an Oscar keeper to.
Sirflexalot I got my current aquarium (400gallon). From a shop called Oscars Aquatics. I have one pair of clowns that spawn pretty regularly, & 3tomators in a different aquarium, big I totally agree with your opinion of them. 👍😎🍻
You said there good for everyone for the clown fish what about my predator tank😂🤣
Kaiplayz z good food 🤷♂️
Hi im struggling to silence my red sea reefer. I get alot of water dripping/splashing noise
Fractional changes to the "wheel", then wait before trying to adjust it more. Takes some getting used to, well it did for me anyway.
Freaky Goblin bit of filter sponge on down pipe reduces noise considerably just rinse out every 2-3 days
@@MrMdebenham Not needed once adjusted correctly. Valve works fine, simply takes a bit of time to get used to. with the advantage of no maintenance.
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I find them beautyfull
Sorry to all the blokes that killed their blennies after taking them out to rub their bellies
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help me! my two 6 month year old clown fish keeps on killing everything i put in with them
Clowns can be surprisingly nasty occasionally. I'm afraid you have two options - remove and rehome the clowns, or don't add any more fish.
Hawkfish chased my dottyback 24/7 and gave him ick from the stress. Also attacked 2 cleaners. Absolute dickheads. I'd avoid.
you move to fast thru the fish and dont give people time enough to take notes. slow down.
Just ordinary
You need to get rid of that wallpaper bro