Which fish do you see most in your tank?

[ctrl+f]

I have a friend who has a clown goby in his tank. It's a tiny little fish, but I think I see it more than any other fish in his tank, because it's always out.

I know the temperament of fish will depend on their tankmates and will vary between individuals, but I am curious... which fish do you see most in your tank? Which are always hiding?

[jhawkor]

My Coral Beauty is out front grazing all day. He only stops when the lights go out.

[DJPB]

My large Naso Blonde is always out. In fact he follows me when i walk past the tank, will eat nori from my hand, even let me pet him. Bold yet very docile fish. The runner-up would have to be my mystery wrasse, which is unusual for this fish, but mine is out most of the time.

[jhawkor]

My large Naso Blonde is always out. In fact he follows me when i walk past the tank, will eat nori from my hand, even let me pet him. Bold yet very docile fish. The runner-up would have to be my mystery wrasse, which is unusual for this fish, but mine is out most of the time.

Haha! Your Naso sounds like a dog. How long have you had it?

[L8 2 RISE]

My midas blenny and allardi clowns.

[jnc914]

Hands down my Bandit angel. It is always out in the open and will swim up to your hand I am cleaning the tank. Awesome personality.

[MikeandNicole]

Clownfish are always in view and our Flame angel.

[roktsintst]

I would have to say my Male Blond Naso as well!!! with my Goldflake Angel as a runner up!

[Sardaukar]

Its tough to top clownfish for always being in view.

[Beaun]

Clownfish, melunuras wrasse, dwarf angel (C. argi) all seem to be out about the same amount. The only fish I really have that hide is my yasha goby and possum wrasse, the other yellow wrasse and chalk bass seem to be out all the time too.

[Creetin]

My sohal is always swimming around, He never really stops. He go's spazz when i come near the tank begging to be fed. That fish needs some ritalin!
The second is my scribbled because he is hard to miss. He is the king of the tank, and swims around like he is the only fish in there.

[mrp2g]

I have one green chromis that swims directly directly infront of my tunze powerhead aslong as the lights are on!! only moves to eat and to hide when the lights go out.
It looks like he is on a constant treadmill...!!

[inthesea]

My large yellow belly hippo is always out till the lights go out. He eats out of my hand and so does my naso.

[sfboarders]

I see my heniochus and clowns all the time. It does not sleep in a hidden area. It just swims back and forth. Yellow tang, flame and coral beauty andgels comes out when the lights are out. Blue hippo tang hides a lot but comes out to play every so often. Bicolor blenny is always in the hole and only comes out when it's time to eat.

[DJPB]

Haha! Your Naso sounds like a dog. How long have you had it?
Indeed. I've had him for at least 5 years.

[boehm742]

My Clown Goby and my Ignitus Anthias are out from lights on to lights off.

[DJPB]

My Clown Goby and my Ignitus Anthias are out from lights on to lights off.

Interesting. I've seen my clown goby once in 2 years.

[grennan]

clowns hosting anemone. They are always visible unless in a rare case they are hiding behind it.

[brookers]

my emporer angel, he's quite tame. hes always still cruising the tank long after all the other fish have turned in for the night .

[Korrine]

My melanurus wrasse is out all the time. Next is the firefish and the yellow rose goby.

[gildorph]

For me it's definitely my PBT. He is out day and night patrolling the front of the tank. I don't even think he has a sleeping spot.

[LKGRenegade22]

Anthias, PBT, Red Sea Sailfin, Regal Angel are almost always out. All the rest just cruise in and out of the rocks.

[SirusX1721]

My Percs and Chalk Bass are always up front. My yellow watchman was until he became a Beggin' Strip : (

[inktomi]

My evansi anthias are nearly always out and about looking for food.

[Elysia]

Most Constantly Visible: My citron goby is always up front and accounted for, clinging to the side of the tank glass or in the middle of the central gorgonian in the tank. He fears nothing and, at two inches in length, bright yellow w/ a massive (for his frame) skull, he really sticks out, even in a 56 gallon collumn.

I think my next most visible fish would be the "active peckers." Those fish that need to buzz about, examining rock, which includes my spotted mandarin pair and my Valentini toby. They might be behind a coral for a few seconds, but they really bring attention to themselves by their activity and "take no crap" attitude.


I have three different tanks w/ single clown fish in them (2 w/ ocellaris, 1 w/ orange skunk), and none of them are "fore-front" fish.

[Rwood84]

My Flame Hawk is always pirched front and center.

[NexDog]

PBT, Heni, BL Angel, Niger Trigger, FoxFace pair, Lyretail Anthia, CBB, Clarkii Clown pair, Bangai pair. Emperor Angel and Yellow Tang always appear if you approach teh tank. Pygmy angels always in and out. Only fish I rarely see is the partially blind Bird Wrasse.

[silverfly]

:celeb1:I spose i always see my fish most in my tank

[michael_cb_125]

I agree with Jason on the bandit angel. Mine will not get out of the way. Very personable fish.

~Michael

[ctrl+f]

:celeb1:I spose i always see my fish most in my tank

Based on the number of posts I've seen about carpet surfers, it's hard to be sure. :spin1:

[SDguy]

The only fish I don't see constantly is my pair of Priolepis nocturna. Maybe once every 2 - 3 months they make an appearance. They are going on over 3.5 years now.

[GoingPostal]

My royal gramma, had this fish for a couple years and he is very comfortable in the tank. The flame hawk pair is usually perching somewhere visible but not swimming around and the big fish, trigger and foxface tend to hide. Figures.

[Mattik]

yellow tang, then my clownfish, and then bangaii's

angels usually stay pretty active too, but I don't have any right now.