yikai
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Common at ah Beng. U just have to look for it. I see at least once or twice a month. And cheap. 2.5-4 red notesVery nice liopropomas!! May I know the cost? Wonder if they will be available again? -
some pictures from my dimwater tank.
again the liopropomas.
and a nice healthy helfrichi from digiman.
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So beautiful and healthy!
Hope they dont develop swim bladder problem.
Some analysis needs to be done on these two fishes. I strongly believe they are two separate species.
when black stripe liopropoma loses the stripe, the amount of yellow on the tail is also very different from the other yellow tail sp.
they are most definitely two separate species.
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a video of my two Liopropoma sp.
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why use calcium supplements intended for humans?
firstly these are crazy expensive to use long term for dosing. also the pills are 99% inert substances and the actual calcium content is way lower than what is required for clams. human body don't need so much calcium.
just buy calcium additives from LFS. a ton cheaper.
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rufus and his team can catch personatus, but peppermints and claire are more popular and worth the effort. if they can dive up to 300ft with rebreathers in southern pacific, they should have no problem in hawaii.
recently rufus did a deep dive in hawaii and caught Liopropoma aurora, Prognathodes basabei, Roa excelsa and other deepwater fish. but his dive did not yield any personatus this round. hopefully in future he will catch one.
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Hi LemonLemon,
My pair of personatus was in fact not a pair. The female get larger and larger. It has the tendency to change to a male personatus. I have record down the color pattern changes of the female. It's face dark region becoming bigger and bigger Therefore the existing male get use to give pressure on the female very often. They quarrel all day long. Sometimes, the female even win the battle between them. I think that it is one of the reason why the female can not come across the velvet attack! I have great desire to acquire a small size female personatus. Nowaday, personatus is less likely to obtain. I think that part of the reason is that Hawaii loss some deep diver. Less diver risk their life to catch such fish. As you know, Rufus's team prefer to catch more expensive and more readily available Pepermint than less expensive and less available Personatus.
it is sad to hear.
Genicanthus have the tendency to inter switch between genders in the tank. and sometimes the reason is unknown. personatus is very hard to obtain now. small ones are even more difficult. but they seem to be much easier to acclimate into captivity.
In 2010, a tiny very juvenile personatus was sent to blueharbor. it was sold and has now grown into a beautiful adult female.
here is the tank.
and here is the fish as a juvenile.
it is now a nice beautiful female.
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Fishbase has been updated with pictures of C. claire.
http://www.fishbase.us/photos/thumbnailssummary.php?ID=59481
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Such devastating news! I'm sorry for your loss. Your personatus pair was really incredible. Velvet is really a terrible disease for angels and butterflies. Are you intending to rebuild ur collection?Dear Lemon, My name is Chung. You can just call me coralfriend! My female personatus is died about one years ago! The reason of dying is velvet attack! Tosanoides pair is also died for unknown reason! My pair of leafy seadragon is also lost about two years ago. I am also suspect of velvet attack. My technique of keeping reeffish is not really good as I lost so many valuable specimens. All others are fine. I have now one pepermint angel, male personatus, debelius, basabei,white bar boxfish, juvenile P maculosus x P chrysurus, breeding pairs of c interuptas and breeding pair of joculators, Holacanthus passer x clarion hybrid or just passer variant, dusky heraldi,...others. My photo technique is not so good. I can take some video or photos at my spare time to share with you. -
My apologies. I just realized your forum avatar name is same as your YouTube channel. Welcome dr wing to SRC. Apologies for not recognizing your nickname earlier
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Hi Lemon lemon,
This is my debelius which I take the picture this morning! My debelius need to reduce the weight. She eats a lot and get very fat!
To Nacrosis 1,
I think the kingi has a large market on HK as well! Could you consider to ship kingi to HK as well? I think that 12 cm fish is acceptable to HK reefer but more than 16 cm may be too large! I know that the last pair of Kingi in HK is no more exsiting!
So you are Dr. Wing??
That debelius is gorgeous. you keep it with Personatus pair as well as Tosanoides?
how are your personatus pair? still spawning? any updates on your basabei butterflyfish?
your debelius is one of the least secretive specimens out there!! i hope you can provide more pictures and videos.
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Harlequin Goldie's are P. Connelli if I'm not wrong. Purple right? I'm not too sure with te common name there.
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Amphiprion fuscocadatus from Madagascar as well as paracheilinus hemitaeniatus. These two are highly intriguing especially the latter. Narcosis I forgot one more fish you have I Africa that is also v rare. Vivieanae leopard wrasse. On the topic of debelius, coralfriend do you know dr wing and have you met him? His debelius is the latest one to enter the Asian market. And while we're on topic, id like to know more on apolemichthys guezei in reunions.
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There's Psedanthias connellei and Paracheilinus attenuatus! But I agree. Not as exciting as nearby countries such as Madagascar. Do you have any affiliates or contacts there? There a re a few fish species from there that the world is dying to see.It would be an expensive meal if we were eating Old Woman and possibly risky as well. I will keep an eye out on my future dives, maybe (hopefully) I see one. We dont have many rare species in South Africa, we have the Tiger Angel, Marley Butterfly, Old Woman Angel and Fourline Hogfish. But must of them do not really appeal to me. -
Yes! That is the kingi x trimac hybrid. There are more images of wild one from Scott michael's book. Rhomboides looks delicious! But fearing ciguatera poisoning in large angels, I may not eat it.while I don't find it particularly striking, one must admit it is a fascinating species. One that differs greatly in behavior from all others in its genus. The triangle pattern is cute too.
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Blackburns are nice. I'm not too much a fan of kingi as well. There have been recorded photos of hybrids between trimaculatus and kingi In the wild. Do you have any recollection of this hybrid in S.A?
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Wow!!! Tiny markeyi!!! Is blackburni common too?
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia5bMICKopg&feature=c4-feed-u A video of my deepwater tank
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narcosis,
what are the success rates of kingi in your country. I know the locals do collect it and keep for their own tanks, but all i've known are dead. except for one big one, and the juvenile.
do the rest all die the same way?
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another shot of the chromis sp.
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Interesting. that is how the fish Centropyge narcosis got its name. Richard pyle suffered that condition and woke up surprised to find a bright yellow fish in his bucket. he named it that thereafter.Narcosis is a nice fish but my nick is Narcosis because of the condition Nitrogen Narcosis, which I suffer from when diving deep.
Marleyi is a beautiful butterfly but rare and unheard of here.
how is your condition now?
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Thanks.
He dived in Aliwal Shoal I think or Sodwana. Both are marine protected areas. It is a bit tricky diving in South Africa, either the water is very clean or it is really bad and you cant see anything. Where we find Kingi's they are in waters with tiger sharks, raggies and hammerheads so there are a number of sharks around. Yeah I know Jake has a bit of a soft spot for the Kingi, I saw in one of his posts.
They all look very similar but as far as when I dive, I see Marleys together and not the Robustus or Hoefleri. Marleys are found in both Atlantic and Indian waters, So they can be kept in cold water 9 C or warmer water 24 C.
Are there any Kingis, Old Woman or Marleys in Singapore?
thanks! very interesting. yes jake has a soft spot for kingi as well as peppermint angels. i am not so crazy for Apolemichthys though, although it is a nice fish.
No kingi in Singapore. Only Taiwan and Japan has had it before. I'm not too sure if any made it to HK. Digiman could help with that. He knows religiously where all the kingi have appeared in the trade, down to the individual numbers, who has it and current living/dead status.
no old woman or marleyi as well. we only have robustus.
I like P. marcellae and Paracheilinus attenuatus. Both are african fish, the former sometimes available while the latter almost non existant here, sans 1 specimen.
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Will post what I catch next! Thank you, water hasn't been great this week but will hit the water again tomorrow.
I am just a local collector, dive for fun and catch fish. Nothing is better. Pomacanthus Rhomboides indeed, they are common but the ones I usually see are the large dull adults, the difficult in catching Old Woman juveniles is that they look like juvenile Emperors and Semi's. So you need to be able to identify the markings very well.
I also catch Marleys Butterflies, Gem Tangs and Tiger Angels.
fascinating!
my friend and colleague at reefbuilders, jake adams, recently visited SA and reported waters to be very challenging to dive in S.A. and he was much delighted to finally see and filmed kingi as well as gem tangs in the wild.
you catch Chaetodon marleyi. I have a question. Does it swim together with C. robustus and hoefleri in the wild? or are all three living in separate areas.
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Hi All I am new to this forum and I am located in South Africa, I thought I would just post some pictures of some recent catches. This is the Old Woman Angelfish. Enjoy.
Amazing!
Pomacanthus rhomboides is common in the wild but exeedingly rare in the hobby. it is the only Pomacanthus in the genus to swim in large schools in open water column!
which part of South Africa are you from? and are you a supplier?
OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!
in FOWLR (Fish-only with Live-rock)
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Thanks Jeremy for sharing videos you took at BH! The squirei is beautiful. The semi angels are iriomote caught at 60m, not Philippine one. Japan caught semi are rare but look no different from Philippines one. I envy your job! It allows u to visit BH often.