Yellow Fish Recommendations

[Crustaceon]

Maybe I'll take a shot with the Yellow Coris.

I've owned many and they've all been model citizens that cruise around the tank like crazy after the first few days of introduction. You'll love it.

 

[homer1475]

I've owned many and they've all been model citizens that cruise around the tank like crazy after the first few days of introduction. You'll love it.

Great pest hunters too!

 

[Soren]

Maybe I'll take a shot with the Yellow Coris.

If you do, just remember that "Yellow Coris" wrasse is not actually in the Coris genus, but rather is Halichoeres chrysus. True Coris wrasses are literally a different animal altogether (though still wrasses).

I'm still curious how these ever came to be commonly called by a different scientific genus...

P.S. I would recommend a mesh lid, since all fish can be jumpers (as previously mentioned).

 

[Lineatus]

Maybe I'll take a shot with the Yellow Coris.

You 100% need a lid if you decide to get this fish. It will jump eventually and you will regret not getting a top.

They are great fish, good choice

 

[Sean Clark]

Saffron will put a nice yellow tint on most foods. Fish shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Cthulukelele]

Are halichoeres wrasses OK in a 48 gallon tank? That was the only reason I didn't recommend

 

[cdw79]

I need a yellow fish to balance out the coloration in my tank. I'd love a Yellow Tang but I feel my tank would be too small. I have a 48 gallon that currently holds 2 clowns, 3 Green Chromis 1 Cardinal, 1 Diamond Goby, 1 Fire Fish, and 1 Royal Gramma. Any suggestions for a reef safe, peaceful, yellow fish I could add to a tank my size?

Yellow Assessor all day, if you can find one. They're virtually indestructible, very peaceful, suited to your size tank and the other fish you have, and coolest of all, they swim upside down. Super cool fish, could never have a tank without one!

 

[adittam]

Love this but I heard they jump! I don't have (nor want) a top on my tank

Good luck keeping your firefish long-term then. They're jumpers as well. Get a mesh lid, and then get a Halichoeres chrysus or Halichoeres leucoxanthus.

 

[Soren]

Are halichoeres wrasses OK in a 48 gallon tank? That was the only reason I didn't recommend

Not all, but some stay small enough, I think. H. chrysus is one of them.
I've got an H. leucoxanthus in a 40g Breeder (similar footprint dimensions to @ptrick21186 's tank) that is doing great, though I do have a few options to rehome to a larger tank at home if really needed if it reaches full size.

 

[Crustaceon]

Great pest hunters too!

I have a sixline and a yellow coris in my anemone tank for that specific purpose, along with an arrow crab and bumblebee snails. Vermetid snails and way too many bristleworms that carried over from the last system's live rock.

 

[Tcook]

Yellow Assessor all day, if you can find one. They're virtually indestructible, very peaceful, suited to your size tank and the other fish you have, and coolest of all, they swim upside down. Super cool fish, could never have a tank without one!

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I also like this fish. Starcki and other damsels you will have aggression issues. No lid=no wrasses

 

[ptrick21186]

I don't want a lid that's gonna block the lighting to my tank though. Maybe egg crate? It's still technically a diffuser but not as much. Feel like that would look cheap though....

 

[adittam]

I don't want a lid that's gonna block the lighting to my tank though. Maybe egg crate? It's still technically a diffuser but not as much. Feel like that would look cheap though....

DIY Screen Tops

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[Soren]

I don't want a lid that's gonna block the lighting to my tank though. Maybe egg crate? It's still technically a diffuser but not as much. Feel like that would look cheap though....

Mesh lids block only a tiny portion of the light... especially if you use "clear" mesh. You have to build a frame to hold the mesh, almost identical to common window screens.
This is the most common lid option, as far as I know. I would highly recommend it!
Examples from Bulk Reef Supply (BRS): Clear 1/8", Clear 1/4", Black

Additionally, glass tops can be used, but they limit air exchange and need to be cleaned often to not block the lighting over time due to collecting salt spray or growing algae.

 

[Troylee]

I don't want a lid that's gonna block the lighting to my tank though. Maybe egg crate? It's still technically a diffuser but not as much. Feel like that would look cheap though....

Egg crate will block more light than mesh ever will… you might lose like 2 par lol..
this is mine

 

[Lineatus]

I don't want a lid that's gonna block the lighting to my tank though. Maybe egg crate? It's still technically a diffuser but not as much. Feel like that would look cheap though....

I’ve had three large wrasse jump through egg create over the years . Id just use a mesh lid, it won’t block light at all and actually keep the fish in

 

[Troylee]

I’ve had three large wrasse jump through egg create over the years . Id just use a mesh lid, it won’t block light at all and actually keep the fish in

I lost my newly acquired diamond goby through my mesh! Little booger was just the perfect size to fit! He had some perfect aim! Haha.. my yellow corris hasn’t tried but he’s small enough and if got superior aim he could get through it till I fatten him up a little.

 

[ptrick21186]

I'll have to see what I can do. I use the Ecotech RMS track system and the arms clamp onto the sides of the tank

 

[Soren]

I lost my newly acquired diamond goby through my mesh! Little booger was just the perfect size to fit! He had some perfect aim! Haha.. my yellow corris hasn’t tried but he’s small enough and if got superior aim he could get through it till I fatten him up a little.

What mesh size did you use?
1/8" is the best recommendation if you keep small fish (maybe no matter what fish you keep, unless you really don't want the small increase in blocked light due to the smaller mesh size).

 

[NicholasDRR]

I need a yellow fish to balance out the coloration in my tank. I'd love a Yellow Tang but I feel my tank would be too small. I have a 48 gallon that currently holds 2 clowns, 3 Green Chromis 1 Cardinal, 1 Diamond Goby, 1 Fire Fish, and 1 Royal Gramma. Any suggestions for a reef safe, peaceful, yellow fish I could add to a tank my size?

Get the Yellow Coris, it's reef safe and peaceful. It also has a great personality. Only thing to note is they do jump so a lid is a must.