Anyone else lose audio for a few seconds? What can the porcelain crabs do??

@ReefDork

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I originally said they can dance and had YMCA music playing but KZread made me blank it out 😕

@HeyItsThattGuy

3 жыл бұрын

"They can even DIE!" Is what I heard lol

@JaydenAmoncio

2 жыл бұрын

I thought he said “they can even die” and he blank the audio on purpose hahahahaha

I think it's time we had the wall paper talk.

That T-shirt is fantastic! Haha!!

Probably the most widespread personality I've ever seen come from skunk cleaner shrimp. Every one of them I see is a character.

@daviddamian5773

3 жыл бұрын

They are pretty cool in the way they set up cleaner stations

I have an algae blenny that is hilarious to watch - he loves to sit on my clam and Toadstool without either coral seemingly noticing. He also keeps my glass nice and clean.

Great video, loving the T Shirt lol

Blennies are hands down my favorite. Endless amusement

Benny "reef safe*immediately yeets a coral*" hahahaha

I love my tuxedo urchin! He’s always changing up his outfit 🤪

I know its only reef tank but PUFFERS omg my saddleback puffer is such a character and even begs me for food

Great list.! I would add the neon goby. These are one my favorite little fish that are nano ready, and work horses too.

Great recommendations; love those fish.

Agree blended are really great characters. Cool T shirt!

Ya i have a lawnmower blenny that goes nuts when i am ready to feed the fish he is a real funny guy

Great video. Love your presenting style

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man 👍

Love my goby sooo funny and my valentini puffer, so smart

@karennation3580

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have corals with your puffer? If so how does he do. I always wanted a puffer, so cute and smart!

@ReefandDive

3 жыл бұрын

@@karennation3580 he’s not anymore with me, he did bite some corals often not destroying them, so sad he passed out some months ago, loved the guy a real character

love the fish mate!

Love your vids man..

Very good Alex! 😀👍👍

Haven’t had hawkfish, mandarins, or jaw fish... But have everyone else. I’m really drawn to fish with interesting behavior or personality. :)

Cowfish are great!

Great vid m8 👍

Great Video!

My Great Barrier Reef Blenny is a classic little dude. But I’ll be honest, I love my two clownfish waaaay too much!

Love that T-shirt 😂

Wrasse are the best when it comes to adding character as I have found out now owning 3 (Lubbock’s, Radiant, and a jade wrasse)

Love hawkfish they watch you back

Oh man, blennies. I love my tailspot.

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

I want one of those next 👍

@yuxuanchen5107

4 жыл бұрын

Mine jumped😭

@karennation3580

3 жыл бұрын

I have been looking for one for almost a year! I dont know why they are so hard to find. None of my lfs can get one and cant even find one online!

@opethmike

3 жыл бұрын

@@karennation3580 Shipping and transportation of livestock is particularly difficult right now because of the continuing pandemic.

@karennation3580

3 жыл бұрын

@@opethmike Oh Okay. They must be seasonal because I was looking for one since before the pandemic for a few months. They are super cute!

Thanks for the vid! I would add a dragon wrasse to the list. They constantly re-arrange the sand, shells and rocks in a tank and sleep in the sand bed!

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

Great shout! Unusual looking fish too 👍

@larissaneves768

8 ай бұрын

nah, they look great when theyre small but once they grow not so much

MIDAS BLENNIE....MY FAV!!!!

Very good vid. Now i want some of these fish. To bad my tank is too small.

my scooter blenny loves his brine shrimp actually!

Nice chat!

The only time I have trouble with hawks eating shrimp is if I add the shrimp after the hawk. If the shrimp are established already the hawks usually leave them alone. If the hawks are added first and haven't been in a tank with shrimp, I've noticed they are a lot more likely to attack the shrimp almost immediately. Specifically the flame hawks. I haven't tested as much with the long nose but I haven't ever seen one go after larger shrimp. They will still go after small shrimp though.

The watchman goby is one of my favourite characters

I’m eating cereal while watching this

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

Idea for a new show "Rice Krispies With The Reef Dork"

Long Horned Cowfish should be at the top of any list. Along with a spotted box fish. Porcupine puffers too

I like that shirt.

I had a hawkfish for about 5 weeks and he rarely came out of his hiding spot! My bubby bought him for my birthday s0 he bough ta fullsize one which P would have never done. Do you think it could be because he was captured at an older age. He was literally scared of 2 small clowns and a small damsel. He rarely came out to eat even. about 10 days ago I lost 3 fish including him. I dont know if he was sick and brought something to the tank. He never had good coloration and bottom half of body didint have much color. The crazy thing was is 10 days later and I still have a remaining clown that I have been trying to catch and quaratine but she is fine, healthy appetite even. One of the fish had microscopic dots on him, though barely visible even with a microscope. I also started dosing nopox and for weeks I used full dosage and maybe a little more one or two times so maybe the buildup of it. It shouldn't take weeks at full dosage I dont think and I also read these hawks. need a highly oxygenated tank so maybe that was the problem! Next time I try this dish I will get a baby and maybe xtra wavemaker for surface agitation because I knw they can be cool fish! I seen one at a pet store that wasnt fearful at all, and loved the googly eyes. We named ours googles! haha

I want something that swims up in the water column like the fire fish?

please do another one😉

Nice video bud. Pretty much agree with all those, i have the mandies and scooter. My flame hawkfish is great fun tonwatch and after a couple of months he has got the confidence to come out more when im at the tank and even grabs a bit of food from the baster.

@karennation3580

3 жыл бұрын

I had one that hid all the time! i was suprised because I heard they had somuch personality. He ended up dying though so might have bought him and he was sick. had hime for about 5 or 6 weeks. nevr had good coloration, not much color on bottom half of body! I read they need a highly oxygenated tank so maybe that was it because I started dosing nopox about 10 days before he died.

Good list

Very interesting & informative I enjoyed watching this.and I’ll be adding a couple fish from your list next time me I quarantine I might add scissor tail goby to the list. . I totally agree about The chromis and anthias and I would rather the rabbit fish over the tang.

surprised no puffers! I have anew tank so i was going to get a watchman goby but I need a mture tank? woul d ineed mature for blenny. Is the bicolor prettier or more colorful than tailspot blenny? Also surprised that oscellaris clowfish and also yellow clown gobies are full of personality arent they

@ReefDork

4 жыл бұрын

Puffers are too un-reef safe for this list! I don't think you need a particularly mature tank for those guys. Clowns, yellow gobies, there are millions of characters in this hobby! 🙂

@ReefDork got a question. Fresh water aquarium owner , I want to get into reef tanks. Problem is I live in apartment building and while the floor supports 5+ tones can't have more then 500 Kg /m2. I was thinking of getting 120x60x60 cm (around 800 kg with sand/rock/equipment). Surface area is important so I am considering getting same tank or even a bit bigger but with a depth of only 40 or 45 cm . What is your opinion ? Your vids are great, i learned allot.

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

By depth, do you mean height or front to back? I'd never compromise front to back - it makes setting out your rockscape much easier and looks cooler. Lower height makes it harder to get enough flow for SPS corals cos the sand bed will blow around.

@mihaia6026

5 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork Sorry for my error, I meant height not width. Thanks for the input. Will try to find a workable solution. In this situation what would be a good tank format in your opinion ? I m thinking 60x60x45 or 120x65x45. I wanted to buy the Peninsula 500 , like you have I think. I like the 3 viewing angle format but damn glass and water are heavy :S

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

Of those, I'd choose 65 front to back. Peninsula 500 is a good option. The best thing to do is find tanks you like in shops (or forums) and see what you like most.

Can you make a pico tank fish/coral recommendation video?

@ReefDork

4 жыл бұрын

Probably can't - I have no experience of pico tanks. I'd probably go invert only, maybe with a catalina goby. Mad Hatters Reef has done pico tank vids though 🙂

my most personality filled fish is my cowfish

Had a mandarin for a while and I love them but he recently passed

Clown wrase is my best so far

I’m in a dilemma jawfish or goby pistol pair ?!

@ReefDork

3 жыл бұрын

Pistol shrimp and goby for me. Jawfish need more substrate so are a little harder to accommodate.

Will porcelain cran hurt bubble coral?

@ReefDork

10 ай бұрын

Probably not, no

Had a sand sifting Goby for a couple of days. The first full day I had it I found it in the sump, how it got there I don't know. Next day I found it dead on an armchair near the tank. 😥They're jumpers.

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

Ah, that sucks. I had a goby jump a while ago but fortunately while I was in the room. All fish are potential jumpers sadly.

wait i can see clove polyps in ur tank aint they invasive? they are beautiful tho.

@ReefDork

2 жыл бұрын

Not in my tank, but I do have footage from someone else's tank...

My clown fish has a personality.... A nasty one

The only thing putting me off hawkfish is how expensive they are

Can blenny’s and goby’s live with my jawfish?

@ReefDork

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, they're all peaceful - I have two blennies, a goby and a jawfish in my tank 🙂

Hello saltwater fish wanting to get some more clownfish and learn more how to breed them and I seen the new ones on a video is called Stormtroopers like to know more about that kind love to get some and there was a video about some kind of blue dotted clownfish don't know what they were so if you know could you show me a video about them LOL thank you

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

🤔 Leave it with me...

Tbh my fish with the most character is my fox face lo

I have a red lip blenny and it’s the meanest fish I’ve ever had.... he would bite my hippo tang then run away and the tang could never catch it..... it terrorized my tang and it slowly started making the range more aggressive towards all the other fish and stressed...... I had to take the blenny out and now he’s living by himself in my 20 gallon quarantine smh

you didnt mention puffer fish :( there basicly fish versions of puppies

My diamond watchmen goby, used to be fun to watch... but not anymore. He grabs mouth loads of sand, and swims over the liverock, depositing it in crevices and over the coral. I highly recommend NOT getting sand sifters, unless they are tiny, or you have a fish only tank without live rock.

@ReefDork

5 жыл бұрын

Little bas🤬d

@tdannerth

5 жыл бұрын

The Reef On the plus side, he was easy to get out of the tank. Live red cherry shrimp on a egg hook with some 2lb# test fishing line.

What bout clownfish they recognise their owners

@astronotdog8034

4 жыл бұрын

@Kayte Larsen so true

sadly i caant keep blennies because my Ctenochaetus would murder them, because they see them as rivals for food

@ReefDork

2 жыл бұрын

I have an algae blenny with a white tail kole tang...

@V_Rhenthys

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork i have a strigiatus that hates them, nearly killed one

Fish with personality is the topic and he says fish with "je ne sais qois" dude, your title says personality lol

@deepickles1

3 жыл бұрын

You must not be bilingual because not every translation is supposed to be meant literally. Yes he is talking about personality but the term he used adds a bit more meaning to it as in for lack of a better word. Personality being one of them.

Chocolate gobies and diamond watchman goby is the hardiest imo

Hmm, Blennies ... I can think of some I'd be VERY wary of. Plagiotremus tapeinosoma and Aspidontus taeniatus spring to mind as species to avoid, because they feed by biting chunks out of your other fish. Likewise, Meiacanthus grammistes might look pretty, but if it bites you, it injects a medically significant venom.

After watching this, I got blenny for 2 months and regret it. If you mean by good personality is always hiding in a rock 90% of the time then damn. He also scare little fish entering his rock. Don't get this fish if you have live rock.

absolutely love my bi colour blenny but he has a taste for lobos and acans :(

THEY CAN EVEN DIE

A crab isn’t a fish shouldn’t be in the list

This is a list of very common fish with 1 slightly quirky trait. You don't mention a single fish with actual personality. You just talk about the very most common fish with a quirk to their traits like "Look how much personality this fish that only sits in 1 spot and does nothing has!". Porcupine puffer should top this list as they are considered water dogs. How about Fuzzy dwarf lionfish that meet you at the glass and almost worship you? Lame list

@ReefDork

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but ALL other lists like this have puffer at #1 so it'd be boring if mine was the same...

@Knives323

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReefDork no one on this list has real personality though except for cleaner shrimp.

Mandarins and scooter blennies? Come on get a clue, people shouldn't buy either of them and you shouldn't be pushing the

@ReefDork

4 жыл бұрын

I make it clear they have a high death rate and need an established tank 🙂