Surprised Moorish Idol didn't even make the list, thought it would be in top 3 for sure.
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Definitely worth a mention while we are on the subject.
@mikemyers26775 жыл бұрын
I love these videos. My wife hates it. Every time she says “oh let’s get this “ I’ll tell her no and she won’t listen to me so then I have to pull out the old MHR video to give her proof
@BahamaLlamaCoral5 жыл бұрын
But, But, But, they're soooo beautiful!!! Thanks for the content Jeff!
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Baha!
@AquaSplendor5 жыл бұрын
I actually watch the whole thing, very interesting subject, i learn a lot!. I love Goby, but i haven't got luck yet with them in my current tank, they just disappear (yellow goby). maybe the source where i got them wasn't.. good i don't know. This is why Captivity bred fish is so important. so you don't waste money and live!
@b_bogg5 жыл бұрын
I’ve been in the hobby for about 8 months now and I find your videos so informative! Keep it up bro !!
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@ElianWailmer03234 жыл бұрын
Me and my Dad have trained multiple orange-spotted Filefish to eat frozen and flake food. We breed Saltwater Mollies and we'll put the orange-spotted Filefish in with them and since the Mollies eat anything except corals the Mollies teach them how to eat and because Mollies have almost absolutely no agression so the get along well with the passive orange-spotted Filefish Also a way to get an orange-spotted Filefish to eat is to buy 2 or more at a time because they kind of school and when the Mollies teach them you're more likely to get 1 to eat while another 1 might not make it We've had this work multiple times and we've been able to keep orange-spotted Filefish in reef take that have multiple types of coral except Acroporas
@christophtonnis29355 жыл бұрын
I got a scooter blenny dragonet by accident in my current tank. The store sold it as a blenny and i learned later it was a dragonet. Thanks to an epidemic of copepods in my tank it actually is doing very well now. Having it since 4 months now and it is at great health and is greeting me every morning it seems. It is an awesome fish to keep if you manage to feed it.
@lonestarpatriot8765 жыл бұрын
A scooter blenny is much easier to care for than a Mandarin Gobi.
@davidhughes18435 жыл бұрын
Copperband butterfly fish I find difficult
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Another Beautiful but hard to keep fish.
@jaxenwages13405 жыл бұрын
luckily I had a healthy copperband butterfly
@darrenc29004 жыл бұрын
My orange spotted filefish is so easy to keep we’ve had him about a week now, but he eats frozen and does well with my ornate leopard wrasse 2 damsels and engineer goby in my 30 gallon reef system
@Ripsaw17 Жыл бұрын
Mandarin are super easy to keep as long as you understand what they need to eat I have six of them in my tank flourishing
@stormyg91695 жыл бұрын
Somehow I knew the blue box fish was on there.. This one has been so tempting to buy so many times..
@tragical73284 жыл бұрын
8:00 wow did not know that they were so hard to keep mine just died a half a month ago but i had him for 3 years.
@ethanbowles5773 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get your intro song I love watching your videos just cause I love your intro song
@omaga44783 жыл бұрын
So the spike fin gobi do you think it would do good in a 5 gallon with a pair of clown fish
@lonestarpatriot8765 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Mandarin Dragonet are amazing to look at and are in every LFS I have been to. With that said, they probably should not be as I would bet my bottom dollar that most of them die by being bought by the unknowing aquarist who likes how they look.
@aimeewolf5574 жыл бұрын
I have a target mandarin Dragonet and he is one of my most hardy fish in my tank also how the heak did the frog fish not get on this list
@turnerdischinger63655 жыл бұрын
The spikefin goby doesn’t sound difficult. It just sounds like it is a fish that you just won’t see much. Not sure how that came on the list. Let alone the number one spot
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Not much info on them but they are Beautiful and pack a price tag. Availability seems to be a problem as well.
@turnerdischinger63655 жыл бұрын
Mad Hatter's Reef ok. Just wasn’t sure👍
@Ripsaw17 Жыл бұрын
My fish store has one of the harlequins gorgeous fish but it would have to be like a group of them in a tank by themselves it's like an oversized Nemo
@AlexHernandez-rd1oq3 жыл бұрын
All of the best looking fish are the hardest to keep
@joshmai84624 жыл бұрын
I actually got a mandarin on my first beginner tank and found it’s not too bad, they do have other foods made for them that they will eat, only thing is they have to eat everyday and the food is pricey, I spend $27 on a small bottle of its food
@tmategames52515 жыл бұрын
I am in love with the mandarin dragon I am conferring my 40 to a reef cause I wanna have 1 so baldy I do my research on Copepods just because I wanna give the fish plenty of food also do you have a fid about how to make them colonize your tank course that will help very much with my research
@jaxenwages13405 жыл бұрын
The ribbon eel looks cool
@JBrass985 жыл бұрын
Copper bands Achilles tang,definitely harder to keep than a regal,the regal is not at all a beginner fish but with the right size tank and water changes it's an intermediate level of difficulty fish to keep,if you have the tank and want it and are willing to do a decent not crazy amount of water changes get one now!For around a hundred dollars it's one of the prettiest Angel's for the money!
@jeremybw21804 жыл бұрын
"The 'Idear' behind this video" LOL
@MadHattersReef4 жыл бұрын
Mainer
@jeremybw21804 жыл бұрын
@@MadHattersReef I was thinking deep south ;) As you hear lots of that in Texas.
@ReeferGil5 жыл бұрын
Another enjoyable vid!
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Gil!
@gabesreef5 жыл бұрын
All great choices, only thing is the mandarin... I never had a problem but I also dropped pods a few times. Now they have the aqua cultured ones that will eat prepared foods so they're getting easier.
@turnerdischinger63655 жыл бұрын
Gabes Reef Tampa got one last week the apparently was eating mysis. I should have made the guy show me. Anyway, he has only ate one piece in front of me so I’m hopping he really does eat it🤞
@gabesreef5 жыл бұрын
@@turnerdischinger6365 not sure how old your tank is or how established your pod populations are..... but I added some pods every couple months to help keep them up. Unfortunately I've never seen mine eat anything excet pods
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
I figured you would have something to say on that one. Haha.
@turnerdischinger63655 жыл бұрын
Gabes Reef Tampa about over 2 years old with lots of pods. The problem is it’s a 10 gallon. I saw him eat a single piece of mysis so I’m hoping that’s a good sign. I’m gonna try some brine shrimp also. I will return him if he does not eat frozen though
@gabesreef5 жыл бұрын
@@turnerdischinger6365 mine was in a 13.5g.... I threw him in the 56g with a couple bottles of reef nutrition tigger pods or whatever they're called lol
@MichaelCleveland-by7jx5 жыл бұрын
I am a bit surprised seahorses aren’t on this list (I’m not sure if they’re technically considered fish, however)
@orpheus11805 жыл бұрын
Yep, seahorses are in fact fish. Captive bred horses aren't too difficult if you know the husbandry.
@slgaray5 жыл бұрын
Great video! Copepods is pronounced Copa-pod. I never said anything and sorry to do it now, but had to. I had the flaming prawn goby(#1 on your list). They were eaten by my Candy basslet. So sad!
@robertvega21145 жыл бұрын
I was just wondering… What are some of the fish that were close to making the top 10 list in your opinion?
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Copperbanded butterflyfish, Achilles tang and Signal goby.
@ChrisMintjes5 жыл бұрын
I was expecting the signal goby. Love those!
@Ripsaw17 Жыл бұрын
I have 10 mandarins and they are easy to keep but I have easy access to copepods
@BolverkrLimited5 жыл бұрын
Really wish you'd of included the Copper banded butterfly.
@mattsparks41455 жыл бұрын
mandarin dragonet is easy to care for i have a breeding pair over a year . anything can be listed as difficult if you dont do your research if you dont have a refug to grow copepods and cant buy them then why would you buy this fish and they can be pellet trained as well over time with mysis pellets and frozen mysis !!!
@dsay41585 жыл бұрын
I have a Mandarin in my 36 gallon. He's doing just fine.
@lonestarpatriot8765 жыл бұрын
They will do good as long as you have copepods. With that said, they will run through a population of copepods quickly which is why you either need to buy copepods often, which gets expensive, or you set up a tank specifically for copepod cultivation. I know guy's who have to spend over $200 dollars a month on copepods for their Mandarin Gobies.
@MS-sr4hr4 жыл бұрын
It’s true that harlequin is hard to keep 😭 Also I have so many butterfly fish in my tank, copperband, latticed, melon, auriga, yellow teardrop, hope they r healthy forever 🙏
@nathanmoore71425 жыл бұрын
I made the mistake of getting the manderian goby. Had him for 2 months was sad he died. Fish store said that they were spot feeding eggs.
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear.
@adamsilversmith5 жыл бұрын
Surprised Moorish Idol didn’t make the list.
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Definitely worth a mention while we are on the subject.
@theideaofclips54815 жыл бұрын
Where is moorish idol
@YohanM995 жыл бұрын
Every fish you listed is on my wish list.😭😭😭😹😹😹
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Definitely some nice looking fish with some cool behavior.
@count_doodku80263 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised the moorish idol wasn’t on here
@stormyg91695 жыл бұрын
My ribbon eel was doing so good until one of my crabs grabbed it. No one told me you couldn’t have crabs and eels in the same tank. Ugh so mad..
@Ripsaw17 Жыл бұрын
You guys need to turn your mic up vido starts out good and then it's hard to hear you
@tonyswaggz5 жыл бұрын
I have a harlequin sweetlips for over 2 years in a 72 bow front and he eats anything that I drop in the tank
@deviation98725 жыл бұрын
The manderan dragnet can be trained to eat frozen food
@deviation98724 жыл бұрын
@@Booneville2024 what do you mean nope?? I'm just speaking from experience it's a rare accuracy but it can and will happen. I have seen it in my own tank and I'm sure others have too dont just say nope if you have only ever owed one.
@perezfamilyadventures35143 жыл бұрын
I see Petco sets people up for failure 😅!
@wesbrackmanthercenthusiast46955 жыл бұрын
My dragonet loves flat worms
@jpav012375 жыл бұрын
I thought for sure the Achilles tang would be on here
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Didn’t make the cut but it is one of the harder to keep tangs out there.
@mikmok_DS5 жыл бұрын
I'm curious about this. I have a new (3 month old) 135 fish only. Been adding non aggressive fish so far. Thinking about this fish or a powder blue. What makes the Achilles tang difficult to keep?
@Haazza4 жыл бұрын
@@mikmok_DS they need a huge tank with extremely high flow as they are from surge zones in the wild so are one of the most active fast swimming fish in the hobby and if you don't provide that they get stressed and die. They are extremely prone to parasites like ich and its very difficult for them to recover, they're difficult to feed, can't handle stress or any changes in parameters and need always pristine water so yaa they just don't really do well in captivity. They're also very aggressive
@Badboii215 жыл бұрын
Forgot the clown tang!
@CoralReefkid4 жыл бұрын
I’ve never even heard of a spikefin goby 🤣 that just goes to show I shouldn’t keep that fish
@CoralReefkid4 жыл бұрын
It’s quite beautiful though
@brandonavery1332 жыл бұрын
Mandarins aren't hard to keep... the copepod farm is the hard thing to keep. Still, if you can raise pods, they're not very demanding.
@MadHattersReef Жыл бұрын
Great thoughts
@brandonavery133 Жыл бұрын
@@MadHattersReef Thanks!
@liamwelch31675 жыл бұрын
A small tank???? Hell yeh I'm getting a spike fin goby
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
It made me want to start the nano back up.
@hermanherbert53152 жыл бұрын
How is it that seahorses didn’t make the list?
@MadHattersReef Жыл бұрын
That’s would be a good one.
@go438411 ай бұрын
Two spot gobies are bad bad bad in captivity. Probably shouldn’t be sold at all. Hard to keep alive and eating.
@medic58365 жыл бұрын
Yes the mandarin is the hardest for me to keep I gave up
@MadHattersReef5 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear.
@joseruizruiz24203 жыл бұрын
Me
@dodgecoffman97945 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video and once again seeing your beautiful face.