What fish symbolizes the hobby above all other?

[amzar123]

What fish symbolizes the hobby above all other?

This would be my suggestion:

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[fishgate]

Clownfish, what else?

[hig789]

Clown or a tang

[kenpau]

I think when you start out in the hobby it would be the clownfish, my first thought as an intermediate reefer was the Yellow Tang; advanced reefers.....maybe the Emperor Angel?

[RDtrack]

Regal Angel. I think clowns were made popular by Nemo.

[juniorrocketdad]

Yellow tangs since they are so common, even before the nemo craze

[Copperband bt]

Copperband butterfly and hippo tang

[Tweaked]

Well most logos incorporate an anemonefish over any other. Not my favorite choice, but hey, you didn't ask that.

[sde1500]

Yea I'd have to go with clownfish, it just seems to be synonymous with saltwater tanks.

[uncleL]

Nemo & Dory! Lol

[lespaul339]

Clownfish and yellow tang.

[BrandonFlorida]

Clownfish is usually people's first introduced fish. At least in my opinion they are. We should do a poll lol..

[whiner25]

clownfish for sure!

[Sk8r]

Most who don't know fish will look at a clown and correctly id it as a saltwater fish. Not so with many others.

[kenpau]

Most who don't know fish will look at a clown and correctly id it as a saltwater fish. Not so with many others.

That's so true. I've put fish on gumtree in the past and had someone offer to swap my white cheek tang for 12 silver sharks, so I say 'what good are they to me, they're freshwater'.......'oh isn't a tang?' was the reply, you'd think people would do their homework before buying a fish!!

[amzar123]

Looks like its clownfish... other than clownfish then! :)

[smatter]

Perc

[nuxx]

Clownfish, Yellow and Blue Tangs.

[CHSUB]

cod?

[smatter]

:lmao:cod?

[Tweaked]

Other than clowns... why tangs of course. That darn movie has had allot to do with it lol. :headwally:

[callsign4223]

Has to be the clownfish.

I fought getting one so hard because they've become so cliche to have a clown in your tank. The 3 year old giving me puppydog eyes finally made be give in.

[sde1500]

Has to be the clownfish.

I fought getting one so hard because they've become so cliche to have a clown in your tank. The 3 year old giving me puppydog eyes finally made be give in.


Haha same here. Didn't want one. Take the wife to the LFS, see the Wyoming White clown and she just looks at me. Yep, now I have a clownfish, lol at least it's an unusual one.

[snorklr]

way back in the pre-reef days it seemed the lionfish was the must-have...now its a carribean invasive nightmare

[neededahobby]

Other than clowns... why tangs of course. That darn movie has had allot to do with it lol. :headwally:

Hey that is still a great movie! (recently watched it cause of the kids it is still fun :cool:)

But yes ....clownfish wins hands down.

As a followup what "coral" symbolizes the 'reef' hobby? (not just your favorite)

as a newb i think "brain coral" but that is based on no experience just my image of a reef

[smatter]

way back in the pre-reef days it seemed the lionfish was the must-have...now its a carribean invasive nightmare

Great point. Bleached coral skeletons and lionfish were chic. My sister had two full sets of coral that she would rotate into the bleach to keep things whiter than white back in the '70s. I used to love throwing goldfish to the lions.

The OP should have specified the decade :spin3: