Fish you've had experience with keeping

[treesprite]

Wondering from whom accurate and useful information is most likely to be pooled about various specific fish, or about various fish topics.

 

List the fish or fish topics for which you think you would be able to give a useful thread response (leave out fish you may have had but don't really understand; do list fish or topics you know well, though may not have actually kept).

Edited October 31, 2016 by treesprite

[Squishie89]

I feel I could answer questions/concerns about: Gumdrop Coral Croucher, DragonFace Pipefish, Clownfish, Mandarins, Blennies

[GOSKN5]

I think I could answer about damselfish (have 3 peacefully and done a bunch of research).. stippled clingfish and cardinalfish.. as well as blennies, gobies, clowns, dottybacks...

[treesprite]

The fish that make me feel like "not a noob" when I talk about them, without being a broken record for everyone else, are: firefish, dragonets, certain gobies.

[sethsolomon]

From me:

 

Halichoeres genus wrasses

Macropharyngodon genus wrasses

Nano gobies (Koumansetta, Gobiodon, Paragobius)

Watchman Gobies (Used to breed yellow watchman's out in CO)

Seahorses (Erectus and Reidi)  But not as good as Allyson :P

Firefish

[zygote2k]

I've had experience with at least 100 different fish. If you can name it, I've probably kept it or serviced it in some aquarium.

[paul b]

Manta Ray

[davelin315]

Really the bottom line with being an "expert" is understanding the feeding pattern and whether it's a specialized eater and providing the right habitat for the fish.  I could call myself an expert with certain fish but the bottom line is that I'm not really an expert with any of them, I just set my tank and system up correctly to optimize their chances of surviving and thriving.