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Shoal & Stem

Flora & Fauna

673 entries β€” care guides, placement tips, and notes from the community

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Blue Tang

Paracanthurus hepatus

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Striking royal blue fish with a yellow tail. Active swimmer requiring large tanks. Prone to ich, so quarantine is recommended.

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Flame Angelfish

Centropyge loricula

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Vivid red-orange dwarf angelfish with black vertical bars. One of the most popular dwarf angels. May nip at corals; monitor in reef tanks.

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Harlequin Tusk

Choerodon fasciatus

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Bold orange-and-white banded wrasse with vivid blue teeth. Impressive predator fish for FOWLR tanks. Australian specimens (red-orange) are more vibrant than Indo-Pacific.

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Lyretail Anthias

Pseudanthias squamipinnis

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One of the most colourful reef fish β€” females orange-pink, males dazzling magenta-purple with elongated tail filaments. Best kept in a harem (one male, multiple females) with strong flow and frequent feeding.

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Mystery Wrasse

Pseudocheilinus ocellatus

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Rare and stunning β€” white with bold yellow-outlined spots and red-tipped fins. A cryptic wrasse that stays hidden in the rockwork. Highly sought-after collector fish that commands a premium.

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Naso Tang

Naso lituratus

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Elegant tang with a characteristic orange-tipped rostrum, blue-trimmed fins, and long tail streamers in mature males. A graceful, active swimmer that needs a large tank. Excellent algae control.

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Porcupine Puffer

Diodon holocanthus

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Endearing and personable puffer with large eyes and a round body covered in spines. Will eat inverts β€” FOWLR only. Develops a real personality and recognises its keeper.

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Purple Tang

Zebrasoma xanthurum

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Deep violet-purple with a bright yellow tail β€” one of the most desired tang species. A Red Sea endemic, now tank-raised. Aggressive toward other tangs so introduce with care.

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Snowflake Moray

Echidna nebulosa

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Spectacular black-and-white patterned eel. One of the most reef-compatible morays as it eats crustaceans rather than fish. Needs a very secure lid.