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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
23.5 degree is a very low temperature to keep your fish. Singapore climate is hot year round. Maintaing at 23.5 degree in our tropical climate means 24-7 condensation of glass surface and high electricity bill. Not feasible long term. As such most reefers here keep their tanks between 25 deg to 28 deg. -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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The aurulentus is pricier because i believe they are from Coral Sea collected by Cairns Marine. They are different from the central pacific aurulentus that we used to get. In fact i feel these coral sea "aurulentus" could likely be a new species!! It really upsets me when the fish i have been identifying as Lubbockicthys Multisquamtus and Pseudoplesiops Rosae are actually wrong and are undescribed. Both are common in our hobby for years and it irritates me that they are still Lubbockicthys Sp.!! I am relieved to hear that your paper is almost done. Pls share with us here. Time to end all the confusion surrounding these Lubbockicthys Sp.!! -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
I love your choice of fishes. They are beautiful and yet not overly expensive (except for the calloura maybe). Some of them are rare and uncommon finds like terelabrus and "rosae". However, quite a number of your fishes are very challenging to keep alive for most hobbyists. For example aurulentus, ventralis, Raubaulichtys and calloura. I have tried them all and realised that they need heavy feeding to sustain long term. Mine all slowly die off one by one. They feed but still get thinner overtime. The typical "eat-but-not-eat-enough" anthias problem. Pls continue to update us especially on how well the ventralis anthias they do long term so that we can learn from your experience. And bigger picture pls next time so we can all enjoy the beauty of your fishes without having to squint our eyes!. -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
Here are two other videos. Tonnes of thompsoni anthias and several chromis struhsakeri. At the background you also see some chromis verater and a hawaiian morwong (Goniistisus Vittatus) and a bandit angel Ultra rare hawaiian Bodianus Bathycapros and Capradon Unicolor (These will make stunning public aquarium specimens) -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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Another very rare fish from Hawaii! An adult liopropoma Aurora in the wild. -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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Ultra rare Chromis Struhsakeri (Hawaii endemic). A fish i have always been dreaming to see one day! -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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The gene pool of Roaps hybrid colllected isolated areas in Marshalls (where all three, Tinkeri, Burgess and Flavocoronatus can be found and cross-breed with one another) has been "mixed" and "re-mixed" until we can no longer ascertain the parental lineage of these hybrids. In any case the burgess blood is so strong and usually results in hybrids losing more yellow of the tinker and flavocoronatus which caused the hybrids to be less attractive than its parents. In remote parts of Marshalls where they are collected, the hybrid Roaps are more common than pure Roaps. The price has dropped significantly due to growing supply. First batch used to command a 4-figure price tag! Over the past 1 year, locally we have seen quite a few coming in and offered at very good price (low hundreds)! -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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Deepwater fishes from curacao New snake eel - 900ft Marbled puffer - 600ft New dwarf scorpion fish - 600ft -
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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Truly stunning! Hope one day we can see a juvenile ballina! -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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It will happen. Soon i hope. -
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
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Pseudanthias Lunatus (Triton, South Africa 70 m) Pseudanthias Sp. (U-shaped Cave, South Africa 110 m) Possibly a flashing male Pseudanthias Fasciatus -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
Nice aussie Callanthias! The callanthias japonicus we got from japan were also caught using hook and line by the local fisherman and equally large. Like the australis, japonicus need very low temperature and the previous one we got died due to high temperature. -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
Nope. I would love to own one but it all depends on the price. As of now from what i have been hearing, it's still too expensive for me. -
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
Digiman replied to Digiman's topic in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
From Europe. Inexpensive. Cheap in fact if u compare it to the "real" latifasciatus price. -
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If anyone is wondering what my tanks look like. Currently i have two tanks running, both 3 feet length and running on separate systems with its own sump. They are deepwater setups and thus not attractive and eye-catchy like typical reef tanks. Each system has 36W UV attached to the return pump and a over-sized skimmer in the sump. Both tanks have chillers running to keep the tank temperature at 25 deg. The fishes are all deepwater so the tanks have to be kept dark and the temperature low. I have some simple LED lights but i never have to switch them on as it will only spook the fishes. Tank A Tank B (Bare-bottom)