Coolest animal ever...

[Dumb Guy]

Anybody have an eel with good personality? I've only seen them chillin in rocks all day.

 

[Minh Nguyen]

I love my Orchid Dottyback. I will get a mate for him tomorrow, send directly from ORA. Wish me luck.
There are so many beautiful reef fish and inverterbrates. I have MANY favorites.

 

[Dumb Guy]

The Predatory Tunicate is awesome. I want to see something transparent like that eat. Has anybody been to the Monterey Bay Aquarium and seen these? Do they look like this in person?

Here's a cool article on them and how they are kept alive at the aquarium. I wish I was the operator of the submersible they use to collect.
Predatory Tunicate

Also the MB Aquarium page on them:
MBA

 

[Anonymous]

Anybody have an eel with good personality? I've only seen them chillin in rocks all day.

I used to have a 48" Tessalatus eel. Absolutely gorgeous and about as mild mannered and friendly as could be. Just had to be careful feeding him, as he usually took between 6 and 10 3" prawn shrimp a day. The shrimp looked remarkably like fingers (at least to him), so had to make sure to keep hands out of tank when he was expecting dinner. 8O

Sadly I moved across the country and had no way of transporting him, so had to donate him to the LFS.

 

[Anonymous]

A few years back I was running a nearly empty 125 and had the opportunity to rescue a baby nurse shark from a pet store that was going out of business and was about to sell the 18" fish to someone with a 40 gallon tank. She went into my 125 and was happy and healthy for 4 months or so, until I found her a home in Harbor Aquatics' 1200 gallon live rock pools.

She was a beautiful animal, very intelligent and eventually very tame. When she first went into my tank she was a little skittish and underfed, but by the time I moved her to HA, I could put my hand flat on the bottom and she'd come swimming over and sit on my hand. Only time she ever showed any aggression was during feeding, and I think that was only her exuberance toward the food.

Last I heard she was on loan to some guy with an 800 gallon tank until she put on a couple more feet and was big enough to go to Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.

 

[acroman]

Leafy sea dragons are really cool.
I heard that they are being aquacultured now, and should soon be widely available.

 

[esmithiii]

My bright purple acropora frag.

Ernie

 

[Anonymous]

These are my two favorite inhabitants of my aquariums:

Rose Bubbletip Anemone and Maroon Clownfish

Squarespot Anthias

 

[Anonymous]

Nice anthias, Susan. How are they as tankmates? LFS near me just got one identical to yours in stock and I've got space for a fish in my tank.

-John

 

[Anonymous]

I've got a male and female in my 125g tank. I got them from Flying Fish a couple of years ago. My only suggestion is to make sure they are eating. They can be very difficult to get to eat initially. This male is about 6" long so they do need room. The female is no problem, the male likes to chase the Green Chromis but leaves the more aggresive fish alone.