Nocturnal Fish?

I'm wondering if there is a reef safe nocturnal fish..When the moonlights come on my melanurus nosedives into the sand..my blue sided fairy finds the smallest little crevice she can..so all i have to look at is my coral banded..and all he does is sit there lookin pissed off..so if there is..let me know ! ! !

Thanks,
Ivan

 

Cardinal

 

Found this on the web for you. These are all listed as nocturnal:

Cardinalfish
Big Eyes
Soldierfish
Squirrelfish
Pinecone fish
Scorpionfish
Snappers
Eels
Sea bass and groupers
Flashlight fish
Many invertebrates including lobsters, shrimp, crabs, and other crustaceans, mollusks, polychaete worms, and starfish
Polyps of many corals, such as Gorgonian, Torch coral, and Tubastrea

 

Oh and these are out during night and day:

Barracuda
Jacks
Lizardfish
Goatfish

 

thanks mike..buuuuttt i don't think a barracuda will fit in my 36 haha

 

Not to critisize anyone for not reading the OP or anything, but ...

Honestly, your choices are going to be VERY limited. In general biology, night time is the time of predators, so you really don't want them in your community reef
What about just running your light cycle later? ;D

 

Probably not. Saw a baby at the LFS a couple of weeks ago... so cute other than the clown munching teeth.

 

my lights don't turn off til 9..but i'm usually up til midnight or so and i would just like to see something cruising around in the moonlights.. so what do you think about these?

Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Kaudern's Cardinal - Tank-Bred

I like them a lot more than the spotted cardinals i see at my lfs all the time..and i have two peaceful fish already so from what i understand they should all get along

 

i would say go for a bangaii cardinal, or two. If you get one, it will probably just sit there, but with two, it will be more active.

 

I do what Jason suggested. I run my photoperiod from about 4PM to midnight these days. Sometimes less. Ya gotta love hair algae.