Fish Guide

I wanted to try and create an all inclusive fish guide with the general temperament (Listed in order of aggressiveness on a scale of teddy bear to cocaine bear) of common aquarium fish as well as any anecdotal quirks they might have. This is a living document so I would love to hear stories about your fish attitudes in the comments and I will keep updating the list to reflect all of your experiences!

The larger groupings of fish will be bold while specific fish with more unique behavior or different temperament will be listed individually.

Important:

1. All fish are unique creatures with unique attitudes and behaviors this is meant only as a general guide.

2. Fish of the exact same species if not a mated pair or a shoaling type fish will always be more aggressive toward each other sometimes fighting to the death.

3. The more similar a fish is in shape, size, and feeding habits the more likely they are to be aggressive to each other.

   
   

Color Key:

Full Reef Safe Might pick at coral and small inverts Not Reef Safe

Teddy Bear

• Dragonettes (may need special diet if not aqua cultured)

• Scooter Dragonettes (when full size will eat flat worms)

• Rainford goby (algae eater)

• Hectors goby (algae eater)

• Gobies

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• Rabbit Fish (Eats almost ALL algae)

• Tassel File Fish

• Puffers

• Blennies

• File Fish

• Basslets

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• Aiptasia Eating File Fish  (will usually eat nuisance aiptasia, will sometimes pick at more meaty corals)

• Copper Banded Butterfly (will usually eat nuisance aiptasia, will sometimes pick at more meaty corals)

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• Dwarf Angelfish

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• Butterfly Fish

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• Wrasses (bigger wrasses will eat small invertebrates but generally leave coral alone)

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• Clown Fish ( can be very Territorial, wont go out and pick a fight but will attack anyone near their little area)

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• Bellus Angel

• Lemarks Angel

• Japanese Lyre Tail Angel

• Blue Jaw Trigger

• Cross Hatch Trigger

• Pink tail Trigger

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• Parrot Fish

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• Tangs (Algae eater)

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• Angel Fish (Usually wont eat small polyp corals)

• Groupers

• Damsel Fish

• Six Line Wrasse (will eat flat worms)

• Triggers

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• Clown Trigger

• Undulated Trigger

• Barracuda

• Great White

  Cocaine Bear