With regards to saltwater aquarium fish, there is a tremendous choice of animal groups you can choose from. It is enticing when you visit an aquarium store to, spur of the moment, purchase the most up-to-date landings. By and large, freshwater fish are harder than saltwater fish; anyway, there are various saltwater fish that are very hardy. While there are a lot of well-known saltwater species, this article just highlights fish that are appropriate for beginners.
Here are some best some Saltwater Fish
Tang
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Diet: Herbivore
- Water Conditions: 72-78° F,
- Max.Size: 8 inch
- Family: Acanthuridae
- Minimum Tank Size: 100 gallons
- Lifespan: 8 – 20 years
Tangs live mostly in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, but most types can be found in pet stores near you because they are so popular. Tangs come in a variety of coloration’s, from a striking contrast of blue, yellow, and black (as is with the blue hippo tang) to the subtler blend of brown and yellow (as is with the kole tang). They have blade-like fins near their tail-fins that they use when they quibble with each other, hence the alternative name, ‘surgeon-fish’.
Chalk Bass
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Diet: Mostly Carnivore
- Water Conditions: 72-76° F,
- Max.Size: Generally 3”, certain breeds up to 12″
- Family: Serranidae
- Minimum Tank Size: 30 Gallons
- Lifespan: 8-12 years Years
The fish is peaceful and can thrive with other fish that are also cool making it a good fish for a community tank. When the fish gets too big, it can eat smaller species like bamboo shrimp, but it will only do this if there is nothing else it can easily get. It’s also called Serranus tortugarum.
Damselfish
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Aggressive
- Diet: Mostly Carnivore
- Water Conditions: 72-76° F,
- Max.Size : Generally 3”, certain breeds up to 12″
- Family: Pomacentridae
- Minimum Tank Size: 30 Gallons
- Lifespan: 5-6 Years
This fish is belonging to the Pomacentridae family, which has more than 250 species. Some types of damselfish can live in muddy water while others only live in salt water. People love damselfish because they are hardy, have bright colors, and are easy to care for. One important thing to remember is that the Damselfish is a very big group of fish, so each species has its own personality and quirks.
Dottyback
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Diet: Mostly Carnivore
- Water Conditions: 72-78° F,
- Max.Size : Generally 3 inch
- Family: Pseudochromidae
- Minimum Tank Size: 30 Gallons
- Lifespan: 3-5 Years
Dottybacks fishes are a family of small saltwater fish made up of over 100 distinct species. Dottyback is intelligent hardy and vibrantly colored, making it popular choices amongst most aquarists. Most species are extremely small and do not grow any larger than 4 inches in length. Most species come in colored and dazzling shades of red, yellow, orange, blue, purple, grey, black and white.
Clown fish
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Peaceful
- Diet: Omnivore
- Water Conditions: 75-80° F,
- Max.Size : 3 inch
- Family: Pomacentridae.
- Minimum Tank Size: 30 Gallons
- Lifespan: 3-6 Years
The Clownfish is probably the most popular saltwater fish species today and one of the reasons that most people want to get into the saltwater hobby. After the Disney movie (Finding Nemo) probably has a lot to do with the incredible popularity of this fish. The orange, white and black coloration is strikingly beautiful.
Firefish
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Peaceful
- Diet: Carnivore
- Water Conditions: 72-78° F°
- Max.Size : 3 inch
- Family: Microdesmidae
- Minimum Tank Size: 20 Gallons
- Lifespan: 3 Years maybe longer in captivity
A lot of people who like sea life keep Firefish Gobies as pets. It is a beautiful fish with a unique body shape, bright colors, and an attitude that can’t be beat. Nemateleotris Magnifica, the Fire Dartfish, is also called the Fire Goby, the Magnificent Dartfish, or just the Fire Dartfish. It has a yellow head, a white front, and a pinkish to orange-red back. Not only that, but the Firefish Goby or Magnificent Fire Dartfish fits right in with smaller reef systems because it is so small.
Coral Beauty
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Diet: Omnivore
- Water Conditions: 72-78° F°
- Max.Size: 4 inch
- Family: Pomacanthidae
- Minimum Tank Size: 70 Gallons
- Lifespan: 10 – 15 years
The Coral Beauty Angelfish is a popular saltwater aquarium fish. It is also known as two-spined Angelfish or Dusky Angelfish. Coral Beauty has a disc-shaped body with a blunt snout. It shows the variation of color and is often dark blue on the head and fins with dark orange stripes vertically. It reaches sexual maturity at the age between 2 and 5 years. It is generally resistant to disease and it grows up to 10 cm in length and Its life span ranges from 10 to 15 years.
Wrasses
- Care Level: Moderate
- Temperament: Peaceful
- Diet: Omnivore
- Water Conditions: 75° to 83°F
- Max.Size : 3 inch
- Family: Labridae
- Minimum Tank Size: 30 Gallons
- Lifespan: 5 or more years
Wrasses are very pretty fish to keep in a tank. Most types are very tough and peaceful, but some, like the cleaner wrasse, are very hard to keep alive in captivity. In all of the world’s warm areas, wrasses can be found. There are a lot of different colours of them, and many of them do well in aquariums. Wrasse fish can be as small as a few centimetres long or as long as over 2 metres. Some have cylinder-shaped bodies while others have deeper bodies.
Butterflyfish
- Care Level: Depends on Species, Moderate – Difficult
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Diet: Omnivore
- Water Conditions: 73–86 °F
- Max.Size : 12-22 cm
- Family: Chaetodontidae
- Minimum Tank Size: Most species require a 125+ gallon tank
- Lifespan: 5 to 10 years
Many people think butterflyfish are the most beautiful and unique-colored fish in the ocean. There are at least 114 types of saltwater butterflyfish known to exist, but only about half of them can live in home aquariums. Some species are kept as pets and can get used to living in a tank, while others are almost impossible to do so.
Mollies
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Peaceful
- Diet: Omnivore
- Water Conditions: 75-80° F
- Max.Size : Up to 4.5 inches
- Family: Poeciliidae
- Minimum Tank Size: 10 gallons
- Lifespan: up to 5 years.
Mollies are very versatile fish having the unique ability to live in both saltwater and freshwater if acclimated slowly. What makes these fish super cool is they come in so many different variant colors. You can have yellows, oranges, black and whites, balloon belly, fancy tailed and more. There are a couple of basic elements you need to know that really make these fish flourish in the home aquarium.
Royal Gramma
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Peaceful
- Diet: Carnivore
- Water Conditions: 72-78°F
- Max.Size: Up to 3 inches
- Family: Grammidae
- Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallons
- Lifespan: 5+ Years
The Royal Gramma fish is also known as a Fairy Basslet or Gramma Loreto is a small, vibrantly colored fish native to the Caribbean. It is a peaceful fish which would be perfect for both beginner fish keepers and experts alike. This fish is often the highlight of a person’s collection and would do well in most ocean tanks.
Longnose Hawkfish
- Care Level: Easy
- Temperament: Semi-aggressive
- Diet: Carnivore
- Water Conditions: 72-78°F
- Max.Size: 5 inches
- Family: Cirrhitidae
- Minimum Tank Size: 30 gallons
- Lifespan: 5 to 7 years or longer in the wild
It is a redfish with a white checked body. Also is it a white fish with a red-checked body? Either way, the Longnose Hawkfish is a good-looking little fish that can bring some personality to your tank. Keeping more than one hawkfish in a normal-sized tank at home is a bad idea. The Longnose is also known as a tank jumper so a good tight-fitting hood or canopy will be needed.