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Banggai Cardinalfish
Blastomussa
✓Blood Red Fire Shrimp
Blue Leg Hermit Crab
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Bubble Algae
Bubble Coral
Bubble Tip Anemone
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Chalk Bass
Clove Polyps ⚠
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Coral Beauty Angelfish
Cyanobacteria
Dinoflagellates
Dragonface Pipefish
Duncan Coral
✓Emerald Crab
Emperor Angelfish
Favia Brain Coral
✓Feather Duster Worm
✓Firefish Goby
✓Flameback Angelfish
✓Flasher Wrasse
✓Four Stripe Damselfish
Frogspawn Coral
✓Gigantea Carpet Anemone
✓Green Star Polyps ⚠
✓Haddoni Carpet Anemone
Hair Algae
Hammer Coral
✓Harlequin Shrimp
✓Helfrich's Firefish
✓Kenya Tree Coral ⚠
✓Kole Tang
✓Lawnmower Blenny
Leopard Wrasse
✓Lettuce Sea Slug
✓Long Tentacle Anemone
✓Majano Anemone
Malu Anemone
Mandarin Dragonet
✓Mantis Shrimp
Marine Ich
Maroon Clownfish
Meat Coral
✓Melanurus Wrasse
Micromussa
✓Midas Blenny
✓Montipora
Montipora Nudibranch
Moorish Idol
Mushroom Coral ⚠
Nassarius Snail
✓Neon Goby
✓Ocellaris Clownfish
Orchid Dottyback
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Peppermint Shrimp
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Phantom Blenny
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Pulsing Xenia ⚠
Regal Blue Tang
Rhodactus Mushroom ⚠
✓Ritteri Anemone
✓Royal Dottyback
✓Royal Gramma
Scooter Blenny
Seahorse
✓Sebae Anemone
Six Line Wrasse
Skunk Cleaner Shrimp
✓Springeri Damsel
Starry Blenny
✓Tailspot Blenny
Tiger Pistol Shrimp
✓Toadstool Leather ⚠
✓Tomini Bristletooth Tang
Torch Coral
✓Tridacna Clam
✓Trochus Snail
✓Turbo Snail
Tuxedo Urchin
✓Vermetid Snails
Yellow Tang
✓Yellow Watchman Goby
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Underrated small bass with beautiful blue-purple and orange banding. Incredibly hardy and reef-safe. Simultaneous hermaphrodite — can keep a small group. Active and bold but not aggressive. One of the best beginner fish rarely talked about.
CARE
Beginner
AGGRESSION
Low
MAX SIZE
3"
⚠ ADD WITH CAUTION
· Tank needs 1 more month of maturity
💰 BUDGET PICK
VALUE
★★★★★
WOW FACTOR
★★★★★
TYPICAL PRICE
~$15–20
Hardy, colorful, reef-safe, and cheap. One of the most underrated fish in the hobby.
🌊 WATER PARAMS
| Param | Status | Ideal |
|---|---|---|
| Temperature | OK (78.4) | 72–80 °F |
| Salinity | OK (1.025) | 1.023–1.027 sg |
| pH | OK (8.22) | 8.1–8.4 |
| Nitrate NO₃⁻ | OK (8.0) | 0–20 ppm |
Tank Compatibility| 🪸 Meat Coral | Compatible |
| 🪸 Blastomussa | Compatible |
| 🌺 Bubble Tip Anemone | Compatible |
| 🪸 Candy Cane Coral | Compatible |
| 🦐 Skunk Cleaner Shrimp | Compatible |
| 🌿 Clove Polyps | Compatible |
| 🪸 Duncan Coral | Compatible |
| 🪨 Favia Brain Coral | Compatible |
| 🌿 Feather Duster Worm | Compatible |
| 🐟 Firefish Goby | Compatible |
| 🐟 Flameback Angelfish | Compatible |
| 🐟 Flasher Wrasse | Compatible |
| 🪸 Frogspawn Coral | Compatible |
| 🌺 Gigantea Carpet Anemone | Compatible |
| 🌿 Green Star Polyps | Compatible |
| 🪸 Hammer Coral | Compatible |
| 🦐 Harlequin Shrimp | Compatible |
| 🐟 Helfrich's Firefish | Compatible |
| 🦀 Blue Leg Hermit Crab | Compatible |
| 🌿 Kenya Tree Coral | Compatible |
| 🐟 Kole Tang | Compatible |
| 🐟 Leopard Wrasse | Compatible |
| 🐌 Lettuce Sea Slug | Compatible |
| 🌺 Long Tentacle Anemone | Compatible |
| 🐠 Mandarin Dragonet | Compatible |
| 🪸 Micromussa | Compatible |
| 🐟 Midas Blenny | Compatible |
| 🐚 Nassarius Snail | Compatible |
| 🐟 Neon Goby | Compatible |
| 🐟 Orchid Dottyback | Compatible |
| 🦐 Peppermint Shrimp | Compatible |
| 🐟 Phantom Blenny | Compatible |
| 🦐 Pistol Shrimp | Compatible |
| 🦀 Porcelain Anemone Crab | Compatible |
| 🍄 Rhodactus Mushroom | Compatible |
| 🌺 Ritteri Anemone | Compatible |
| 🐟 Royal Dottyback | Compatible |
| 🦔 Tuxedo Urchin | Compatible |
| 🐴 Seahorse | Compatible |
| 🐟 Starry Blenny | Compatible |
| 🦐 Tiger Pistol Shrimp | Compatible |
| 🍄 Toadstool Leather | Compatible |
| 🪸 Torch Coral | Compatible |
| 🐚 Tridacna Clam | Compatible |
| 🐚 Trochus Snail | Compatible |
| 🐟 Yellow Tang | Compatible |