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For a nice selection of small hardy reef tank safe specimens scroll down on this
page. Many such as our clownfish are tank raised. Tank raised specimens are
always more hardy and better acclimated to the reef aquarium environment than
wild caught ones.
Banggai Cardinal (Pterapogon kauderni)
These unusual fish are found only off the cost of the Banggai islands near Sulawesi in
central Indonesia. They were first discovered just a few years ago and have already
become popular saltwater aquarium fish. They are very peaceful and the easiest
saltwaterfish to breed in captivity, the reason is that most young saltwaterfish go
through a long almost microscopic larval stage that requires constant feeding with
very large amounts of tiny live food such as rotifers. However Banggai Cardinals are
mouth breeders with young that are large and healthy from day one. An interesting
fact about the young is that they sometimes hide in the tentacles of anemones without
being harmed. Our Banggai Cardinals are all tank-raised and enjoy hovering around
the long spines of urchins or the branches of gorgonians as their ancestors did in the
wild. Most will only eat live or frozen foods.
Tangs
Tangs are some of the most popular reef tank safe saltwater fish, most will graze the tank looking
for marine plants and nuisance algae to feed on. Some even help clean the tank by
preforming the unwanted, but very beneficial task of feeding on fish feces. Tangs are some of the largest most showy of all reef aquarium fish.
Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma)
This boldly colored fish is not only the most affordable tang, but is also the best for algae control.
Purple Tang
Similar in appearance to the yellow tang but with a yellow tail and bright purple body coloration.
Sailfin Tang (Zebrasoma veliferum) or (Z. desjardinii)
Also helps control algae.
Kole or Yellow Eye Tang (Ctenochaeatus striatus)
This tang feeds on detritus as well as algae in the marine
aquarium.
Chevron Tang (Ctenochaeatus Hawaiiensis)
Feed on detritus and brown diatom algae that it finds on the aquarium glass and live
rock.
Blue Tang Hippo Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
This popular saltwater fish will not do anything to control algae growth but is still a nice fish for the reef tank because of its striking color and design.
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(Juvenile looks like a small adult yellow tank when juvenile.)
Gobies
These Gobies are small, unusual, peaceful, fish perfectly suited for life in the reef tank.
Mandarin Fish (Pterosynchiropis splendidus)
Displays amazing psychedelic colors as it scoots across the live rock looking for
copepods and other nearly microscopic crustaceans to feed on.
Yellow Headed Sleeper Goby (Valenciennea strigata)
Scoops sand into its mouth to strain out organic matter. Then, it spits the freshly
cleaned sand out through its gill slits.
Watchman Goby white with vertical bands. Sometimes offered for sale online with a pistol shrimp that it shares a home with.
Watchman Goby yellow
Watchman Goby
This fish serves as the lookout for the poor-sighted pistol shrimp with whom it shares
a tunnel. The shrimp constructs and maintains the tunnel.
Purple Firefish
WOW ! ! ! Small but very attractive and unusual fish.
Firefish Goby (Nemateleotris magnifica)
Yellow Headed Jawfish (Opistognathus auriferous)
A very nice, small, reef safe fish, it hovers ghost like over its burrow in deeper sand.
Basslets Relatives
These fish are attractive, small, and reef tank safe, however some can be aggressive towards their own kind.
Royal Gramma (Gramma Loreto)
A popular marine fish.
Blackcap Gramma (Gramma melacara)
Bicolor Dottyback (Pseudochromis paccagnellae)
Purple Pseudochromis (Pseudochromis porphyreus)
Purpleback Pseudochromis (Pseudochromis diadema)
Pygmy Angelfish
Unlike their larger relative, these beautiful Pygmy Angelfish seldom grow more than 4 inches in length. Unlike larger types of angelfish some Pygmy Angelfish can with caution be kept in the reef aquarium. However, some pygmy angelfish may pick at corals especially soft corals or delicate invertebrates. Do not place Pygmy Angelfish in a reef tank unless you know that the type you are buying will be compatible with its tank mates.
Because of inter species aggression it is best to keep one Pygmy Angel per tank.
Fireball Angelfish (Centropyge acanthops)
Flame Angelfish (Centropyge loriculus)
Lemonpeel Angelfish (Centropyge flavissimus)
Bi-color Angelfish (Centropyge Bicolor)
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