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My small group of flavicauda anthias. all females but one of them is starting to change into a male. the change started out very fast but is now slowing down again. but in time it will continue to become a male.

gorgeous australian Coradion altivelis.

this is form a philippines whole sale supplier. Iwarna brought in before but females and sub males. they are not intending to bring in again.

Philippine lunatus wrasses and pintails are flooding the market now. Soon the whole world will be getting from RVS and it will no longer be as rare as they used to be. there are more alpha males now than before.

ecsenius blennies normally quite ok, especially the smaller species. bigger species like midas, bicolor etc best to just keep one. in my 3.5ft tank i have 2 oculus and 1 pictus no problem.

Yes Yes now I remember the Australianus. It was kept with lineatus at the back. My bad

that piece from australia turned out to be ID as E. stictus, but then corrected to E. mandibularis *tentaitve ID*. He also brought in E. lineatus from aussy. E. tigris is rarely available but also from aussy shipment. Recently Digi and I saw E. opsifrontalis at CF, but now cant decide if it is that sp, or E. dillema. there are many more sp but the rest such as the above, are either very rare, very confusing or expensive. hence i never bother to put down.

here are the following ecsenius that are affordable. E. nalolo E. yaeyamaneis E. minutus E. bicolor E. ops E. stigmatura E. bimaculatus E. midas E. lividanalis E. pictus E. gravieri These are rare and pricey E. tigris $1xx E. opsifrontalis E. oculus $1xx

Yes sorry If I was not clear before. The genus ecsenius is wonderful and there are about a dozen of species to choose at very reasonable prices. Yes they eat algae and small plant material almost exclusively in the wild. In the tank they take pellets and food easily but if you have a big tank, they can survive perfectly fine without feeding. They just graze on algae and diatoms.

Hmm, I didn't mention anything about the $1xx Blenny being cheap, nor did I mention that it is a must has for every tank. I said in general, the genus ecsenius is suitable and I feel every tank shoul have one. Almost all the species are within single digit price or $1x. Only two species in Singapore currently are $1xx and they are rare and not easy to get. Most reefers would not normally stumble upon it and be tricked into paying that sum. I am a NS boy drawing LCP salary. Believe me, 1xx is not cheap for me.

what an amazing green.

ocular blenny is stil avaialble at Iwarna. Japanese endemic, from BlueHarbor. first time appearing in Singapore, 2nd time in the trade outside of Japan. cost $1xx. pictus blenny rare, but sporadic appearance at ah beng. Cheap. $1x

amazzzzinggg!!!

beautiful Synchiropus tudorjonesi at bbox

Ecsenius oculus from BH.

My 2 favorite blennies. Ecsenius oculus and E. pictus. they are so whimsical. every tank MUST have an ecsenius. Why not? they are cheap, hardy, colorful, have so much personality and they graze on algae all day long. plus, they take up almost no space in the tank. but they are a little tricky to photograph. the ecsenius has taken on a nice brick red, while the pictus a nice dark grey.

some random coral shots for fun.

I think i have about 15 little acans all over my tank. just some shots of 3 of them. the green one is my favorite.

Some macro shots. My kamohara, now fat and very bold. eats pellets like crazy from the sand and water surface. also bella sand sifter from japan. a beautiful and hardworking sand sifter.

Debelius can be found at 40+ m but I think that is pushing their shallow part of their range. The main population should be deeper. Based on accounts of past collections and hearsay, their location in Mauritius is not widespread and appear to be localized. So finding the correct depth and location may prove difficult, and may explain why so little have appeared despite extensive collection from the area.

Yup two years ago Vanuatu shipment came many pieces. Hooded wrasse, condei and pylei are also staples back then. However coral sea hooded can get from cairns. Condei LCK mixed shipment sometimes have and pylei can get from Philippines and Bali, both Cebu and the other form. The real Vanuatu hooded and rubricaudalis vanish together with the shipment. Maybe can plan another Vanuatu shipment. I will look into it see what's the issue with the supplier.

Rubricaudalis is offered very readily in Fiji and Vanuatu shipments. When Vanuatu shipments were common in the past, this species was very regular. Now that Vanuatu shipments from Iwarna stop, rubricaudalis also stop appearing. Fijian specimens differ from Vanuatu ones by having a vertical band on its tail. Fiji ones can stil be obtained from Walt smith shipments together with C. marjorie. There is a new variant of rubricaudalis from the coral sea which has a translucent/transparent red tail. This may be a new species in the making, and can be gotten from cairns marine. Rubricaudalis is a reli gorgeous species. The single filament On it's dorsal is so thick and robust, as the bright yellow andred color is beautiful. I am still looking for attenuatus. So far one reefer here has been lucky to find one specimen in ah Beng Africa shipment

Here's another fish I have waited for for years. I hope my wait will end soon. A regular in USA but almost unheard of here. Also this time they're offering a pair. The first female I've seen offered. V hard to get.

We go through so many Philippines and Bali shipments from source on a weekly basis and no geni hybrid has ever landed in sg. But LADD being a major wholesaler going through so many levels of hands manages to get it I my jealous. I await the day when a hybrid geni comes to sg

That's interesting to hear that your basabei did not eat. Koji reported it was easy to feed on mysis and easier than excelsa. But being a deepwater butterfly it is still difficult. They are not so easy to get velvet? I am surprised. Normally butterflies are very prone to disease and die very fast