Need Yellow Fish

[missionsix66]

How about one of these.

Ecsenius midas
Description: The Midas Blenny is an excellent candidate for a reef tank. As their name implies, these fish are gold in color but this color changes with their mood. Sometimes a normally goldish colored fish will be a dark greenish-brown! Many have a warm peach colored highlight in the area of their throat. The eyes are rimmed in a bright blue color. Midas Blennies have deeply curved, lyre-shaped tails, and are often known as Lyretail Blennies for this reason.The more desirable specimens are found in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea where they normally have a deep golden-orange body with bright blue rings around the eyes and a faint touch of blue around and beneath the jaw. The Midas Blenny is an entertaining captive, with its unique movements and often changing coloration. These fish can be great choices for beginning marine aquarists and advanced hobbyists alike. Midas Blennies swim with a rather undulating motion and have been compared to eels in their movements. They do, in fact, like to rest in crevices or holes in rock, exposing only their heads, to watch their surroundings. Midas Blennies enter these holes not head first, but tail first, backing skillfully into these small areas. They are considered to be quite alert and active, and are often the first fish in a community to come to feed when items are placed into the aquarium. The Midas blenny will appreciate a reef tank full of live rock on which to perch. A larger tank is preferable as some Midas Blennies are aggressive when confined to a small tank.
Tank Size: Minimum tank size of 30 gallons with live rock.
Feeding: The proper diet for a Midas Blenny consists of a wide variety of meat and plant items. Such as a frozen herbivore diet, mysid shrimp, brine shrimp, and other crustaceans are also offered.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Midas Blennies are considered reef safe and can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and community aquariums.
Approximate Purchase Size:Small:1" to 2"; Medium: 2" to 3"; Large: 3" to 5"

[lunatik_69]

Originally Posted by missionsix66

How about one of these.

Ecsenius midas
Description: The Midas Blenny is an excellent candidate for a reef tank. As their name implies, these fish are gold in color but this color changes with their mood. Sometimes a normally goldish colored fish will be a dark greenish-brown! Many have a warm peach colored highlight in the area of their throat. The eyes are rimmed in a bright blue color. Midas Blennies have deeply curved, lyre-shaped tails, and are often known as Lyretail Blennies for this reason.The more desirable specimens are found in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea where they normally have a deep golden-orange body with bright blue rings around the eyes and a faint touch of blue around and beneath the jaw. The Midas Blenny is an entertaining captive, with its unique movements and often changing coloration. These fish can be great choices for beginning marine aquarists and advanced hobbyists alike. Midas Blennies swim with a rather undulating motion and have been compared to eels in their movements. They do, in fact, like to rest in crevices or holes in rock, exposing only their heads, to watch their surroundings. Midas Blennies enter these holes not head first, but tail first, backing skillfully into these small areas. They are considered to be quite alert and active, and are often the first fish in a community to come to feed when items are placed into the aquarium. The Midas blenny will appreciate a reef tank full of live rock on which to perch. A larger tank is preferable as some Midas Blennies are aggressive when confined to a small tank.
Tank Size: Minimum tank size of 30 gallons with live rock.
Feeding: The proper diet for a Midas Blenny consists of a wide variety of meat and plant items. Such as a frozen herbivore diet, mysid shrimp, brine shrimp, and other crustaceans are also offered.
Level of Care: Easy
Reef Compatibility:Midas Blennies are considered reef safe and can make excellent inhabitants for minature reef and community aquariums.
Approximate Purchase Size:Small:1" to 2"; Medium: 2" to 3"; Large: 3" to 5"

I love that fish, I forgot about him. I must have had a blonde moment lol

[double2mk]

OK, so with soo many beautiful fish... What is one to do... Oh yeh,, get a bigger tank



Thanks All.

I will post my pic when I flip the coin and go for it.


\Cheers

[amcarrig]

Originally Posted by lunatik_69

Golden Wrasse

+1 I have a golden (coris) wrasse and they are stunning fish. Not sure if it'll have enough room in your tank though?

[BaxterS80]

My vote is the Flame Anthias...I love Anthias of all varieties, they are constantly out in front of the tank and very active..
Sunburst Anthias, Anthias | Pet Solutions

[Tangster]

I'd just get me a small yellow tang and let it go at that not only yellow but they help do a good job controlling algae and picking at and cleaning rocks. Your tank is about full though But if you have to add a fish ? then the Yellow tang is as good as any.. Only problem with the Midas Blenny is like the Canary Bleeny they love to Jump same with the lemon wrasses like we have . I loose them all at some point from them going airborne (:

[omard]

Originally Posted by Tangster

I'd just get me a small yellow tang and let it go at that not only yellow but they help do a good job controling algae and picking at and cleaning rocks. Your tank is about full though But if you have to add a fish ? then the Yellow tang is as good as any..

Yep, every tank needs a Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens). Great starter fish. Active, hardy and as Tangster points out, is great help controlling algae.




Needs swimming room. But seems to keep growth relative relative to size tank.

Mine has grown very little in last 3-4 years.

Great "yellow" fish.

[double2mk]

I would love a tank but thought the 46 gallon was too small. The site says 100 gallons for this fish and 8-12".

I suppose if I got a 2" tang and it grew slow.

Omard, when you say slow, how long have you had yours and how much has it grown ?

[aardvark20]

My vote is for a semi larvatus or "golden" butterfly.

[double2mk]

Both very nice.
You think too big for a 46 gallon with 6 other small fish ?

One reason I like the Yellow Damsel is it is another small one, but very snappy yellow