FISH

	FISH SUITABILITY
DISCLAIMER: Use this information as a guideline only. The information contained in this chart is opinion based upon personal experience. Individual fish, as well as individual aquaria may, and often do present scenarios that vary from "the norm."
A	RECOMMEND FOR ADVANCED AQUARISTS ONLY
B	USUALLY OK FOR BEGINNERS
C	*USUALLY OK, WITH* CAUTION!**
GROUP/TYPE	SPECIES	General Temperament	Important Notes	Reef COMPATIBLE?	RATING
ANGEL, PYGMY	Fireball	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	Yes	B
ANGEL, PYGMY	African Flameback	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	Yes	B
ANGEL, PYGMY	Pygmy (Caribbean)	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	YES	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Half Black	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Bicolor	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B/C
ANGELS, DWARF	Coral Beauty	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Ebelli	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Flame Angel	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Keyhole	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Lemon peel	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Lamark	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Midnight	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Potters	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Rusty	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Singapore	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	A
ANGELS, DWARF	Swallowtail	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, DWARF	Zebra	Community	may be territorial towards similar angels	usually	B
ANGELS, LARGE	Annularis	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Asfur	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Blue (Caribbean)	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Blueface	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Cortez	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	French	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Grey (Caribbean)	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Imperator (Emperor)-adult	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Imperator (Emperor)-juv	Community	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Koran -adult	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	B/C
ANGELS, LARGE	Koran -juv.	Community	Needs LARGE tank	NO	B/C
ANGELS, LARGE	Maculosis	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Majestic	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Passer	Aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	B
ANGELS, LARGE	Personifer	Community	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Gray Poma	Community	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Queen	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Regal, Red Sea	Community	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Scribbled	Community	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGELS, LARGE	Six Bar	moderate/aggressive	Needs LARGE tank	NO	A
ANGLERFISH	All	Aggressive	May eat fish larger than self!	NO!	B
ANTHIAS	All	Community	needs 2 -3 feedings per day	MAYBE	A
BASSLET	Bicolor	Community		YES	B
BASSLET	Black Cap	Community		YES	B
BASSLET	Chalk	Community		YES	B
BASSLET	Fridmani	Community		YES	B
BASSLET	Royal Gramma	Community		YES	B
BASSLET	Purple Pseudo	Community		YES	B
BASSLET	Skunk Pseudo	Community		YES	B
BASSLET	Tobacco Basslet	Community		YES	B
BATFISH	Orbicularis (Orby)	Community	GROWS VERY LARGE!	NO	B
BATFISH	Tierra	Community	GROWS VERY LARGE!	NO	B
BLENNY	Bicolor	Community		YES	B
BLENNY	Canary	Community		YES	B
BLENNY	Lawnmower	Community		YES	B
BLENNY	Scooter	Community		YES	B/C
BLENNY	Striped	Community		YES	B
BUTTERFLY	Auriga	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Copperband	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	CoricolaDot-Dash	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Falcula	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Four-eye	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Four Spot	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Heniochus, Brown	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
BUTTERFLY	Heniochus, Black & White	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
BUTTERFLY	Lemon	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Longnose	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Pearlscale	Community		NO	A
BUTTERFLY	Racoon	Community		NO	A
CARDINAL	P.J.	Community		YES	B
CARDINAL	HI FIN	Community		YES	B
CLOWNFISH	Cinnamon	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
CLOWNFISH	Clarkii	Community	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
CLOWNFISH	Gold maroon	Community	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
CLOWNFISH	Percula	Community	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
CLOWNFISH	Sebae	Community	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
CLOWNFISH	Tomato	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
CLOWNFISH	Skunk	Community	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
CLOWNFISH	True Percula	Community	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Blue	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Domino	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Fiji	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Green chromis	Community	good in schools	YES	B
DAMSEL	Jewel	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Orange Tail	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Neon Velvet	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Yellow	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Striped	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
DAMSEL	Yellow Tail blue	moderate/aggressive	may be territorial towards others	YES	B
EEL	Banded	Aggressive		NO	B
EEL	Black Edge	Aggressive		NO	B
EEL	Snowflake	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
EEL	Wolf	moderate/aggressive	Not a true eel-more like a blenny	NO	B
EEL	Yellow Head	Aggressive		NO	B
EEL	Tessalata	Aggressive		NO	B
EEL	Zebra	moderate	among the least aggressive	NO	B
FLOUNDERS	All	Aggressive		NO!	B
FOXFACE	All	Community		MAYBE	B
GOATFISH	All	Aggressive		NO!	B
GOBY	Antenna	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Clown	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Diamond Sleeper	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Dragon	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Engineer	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Firefish, Orange	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Firefish, Purple	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Golden Sleeper	Community		YES	C
GOBY	Pearly Jawfish	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Mandarin	Community	Requires lots of live rock	YES	C
GOBY	Neon	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Bar	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Randalli	Community		YES	B
GOBY	rainfordi	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Scissor	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Signal	Community		YES	C
GOBY	Tiger Sleeper	Community		YES	B
GOBY	Watchman	Community		YES	B
GROUPER	Marine Betta	Community	Shy & Peaceful -may eat shrimps	YES	B
GROUPER	Black Tip	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Blue Line	Aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Blue Spot	Aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Clown	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Flame	Aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Louti	Aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Mineatus	Aggressive	GROWS VERY LARGE!	NO	B
GROUPER	Panther	moderate/aggressive	GROWS VERY LARGE!	NO	B
GROUPER	Saddle	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Striped	Aggressive	GROWS VERY LARGE!	NO	B
GROUPER	V-Tail	Aggressive		NO	B
GROUPER	Yellow	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
HAWKFISH	Arc Eye	moderate/aggressive	May eat small shrimps	YES	B
HAWKFISH	Banded	Community	May eat small shrimps	YES	B
HAWKFISH	Flame	Community	May eat small shrimps	YES	B
HAWKFISH	Longnose	Community	May eat small shrimps	YES	B
HAWKFISH	Pixi	Community	May eat small shrimps	YES	B
HAWKFISH	Red	moderate/aggressive	May eat small shrimps	YES	B
HAWKFISH	Spotted	Community	May eat small shrimps	YES	B
HOGFISH	Coral	Community	May eat small shrimps	NO	B
HOGFISH	Cuban	moderate/aggressive	May eat small shrimps	NO	B
HOGFISH	Diana	Community	May eat small shrimps	NO	B
HOGFISH	Lyretail	Community	May eat small shrimps	NO	C
HOGFISH	Spanish	moderate/aggressive	May eat small shrimps	NO	B
LIONFISH	Antenatta	Community	May eat anything smaller than head!	NO	B
LIONFISH	Volitan	Community	May eat anything smaller than head!	NO	B
LIONFISH	Dwarf	Community	May eat anything smaller than head!	NO	B/C
LIONFISH	Fumanchu	Community	May eat anything smaller than head!	NO	B/C
LIONFISH	Radiata	Community	May eat anything smaller than head!	NO	B
PARROT	Bicolor	Community	Require LARGE tanks-chew rocks!	NO	A
PARROT	Green	Community	Require LARGE tanks-chew rocks!	NO	A
PARROT	Princess	Community	Require LARGE tanks-chew rocks!	NO	A
PORKFISH	All	Aggressive		NO!	B
PUFFER	Dogface	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
PUFFER	Porcupine	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
PUFFER	Valentini	Community		NO	B
PUFFER	Spotted	Community		NO	B
SEAHORSES	All	Community	Most difficult of fish -needs live food	NO!	A
SHARKS	All	Aggressive		NO!	B
SNAPPERS	All	Aggressive	GROWS VERY LARGE!	NO!	B
SQUIRRELFISH	All	Aggressive		NO!	B
STINGRAYS	All	Aggressive		NO!	B
TANG	Achilles	moderate/aggressive		YES	B
TANG	Blue (regal)	Community		YES	B
TANG	Chevron	Community		YES	B
TANG	Clown	Community		YES	B
TANG	Convict	Community		YES	B
TANG	Goldrim	Community		YES	B
TANG	Lopezi	Community		YES	B
TANG	Naso	Community		YES	B
TANG	Orange Shoulder	Community		YES	B
TANG	Powder Blue	Community		YES	B/C
TANG	Powder Brown	moderate/aggressive		YES	B/C
TANG	Purple	Community		YES	B
TANG	Sailfin	Community		YES	B
TANG	Scopas	Community		YES	B
TANG	Sohal	moderate/aggressive		YES	B
TANG	Unicorn	Community		YES	B
TANG	Yellow	Community		YES	B
TANG	Yellow Eye	Community		YES	B
TRIGGER	Blue Throat	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Blueline	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Bursa	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Clown	Very Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Hawaiian Black	Very Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Humu	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Niger	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Pinktail	Very Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Queen	Very Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Rectangle	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Undulated	Very very Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Sargassum	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRIGGER	Sufflamen	Aggressive		NO!	B
TRUMPETFISH	All	Aggressive		NO!	B
WRASSE	Cleaner	Community	specialized -parasite feeder	NO	C
WRASSE	Coris, Red	Community		MAYBE	C
WRASSE	Coris, Yellow	Community		MAYBE	B
WRASSE	Dragon	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Filament	Community		YES	C
WRASSE	Formosa	Community		MAYBE	C
WRASSE	Green Bird	Community		NO	B
WRASSE	Hardwicki	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Jansen	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Klunzinger	Aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Leopard	Community		YES	A
WRASSE	Lunare	Aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Paddlefin	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Pearl	Community		YES	C
WRASSE	Pinkface	Community		NO	B
WRASSE	Radiant	Community		YES	B
WRASSE	Rock	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Saddle	Community		NO	B
WRASSE	Six Line	Community		YES	B
WRASSE	Sunset	moderate/aggressive		NO	B
WRASSE	Twin Spot	Community		MAYBE	B
WRASSE	Velvet	Community		YES	A
WRASSE	Xmas	Community		MAYBE	B

FISH SUITABILITY

GROUP/TYPE

SPECIES

General Temperament

Important Notes

Reef COMPATIBLE?