copps April 12, 2007 April 12, 2007 Nice shots everyone! The truth is all of our fish are our favorites, as we select them from so many... Copps? I have so many, and I could fill the page with just angelfish... but if I had to choose one, of course as it has been for years I'd say my regal angels... this shot is an oldie but a goodie... Another personal favorite of mine is my hawaiian bandit angel... With tangs I've always loved Zebrasoma species, in particular my black tangs... a striking fish in that it's jet black... photo credit of 143gadgets As far as wrasses, a more recent addition a few months ago was a trio of rhomboid wrasses which are one of my favorites... here's the supermale... I've also always loved anthias, and these red stripes have really worked out well and are in the diehard category if the were decompressed well during collection from their deep habitat... As for butterflies, my pyramids have done well for years and are as reef safe as any other butterfly... Lastly, my most priceless and irreplaceable fish is my resplendens angel... I could go on with many more but that's a good summary here's a shot showing him with the two rhomboid females...
HowardofNOVA April 12, 2007 April 12, 2007 Alright John, we got the Picture, their AWESOME! Bla bla bla! ...darn, they really are!! DAVE, Where did you get that Goby, too cool a fish? Never saw one like it before?
dandy7200 April 13, 2007 April 13, 2007 Current fish in system, check my avatar. Next pair of fish in the system.... :fingers crossed:
copps April 13, 2007 April 13, 2007 Blah blah blah thanks Howard! If I don't share them with you guys who do I? God knows my wife doesn't care! By the way Howard, not only are those gobies in stock at Liveaquaria, they're also on sale... linky Dan, man don't jinx it!
rsaavedra April 13, 2007 April 13, 2007 John I love that Bandit Angel, do you where I could get a hold of one that is healthy and eating frozen/flakes and so forth? Raf
copps April 13, 2007 April 13, 2007 Hey Raf, locally John at Blue Ribbon Koi has brought in a few and has connections to the only regular source of them out in Hawaii. These are collected with rebreathers at about 200 feet in deep water, and are rare even at that depth. The major populations of them are much below that between about 300 and 500 feet and the ones collected at 200 feet are just wanderers up from the deep. If you do travel to Kauai or Niihau, the two most northwest islands in the main Hawaiian Islands, you could see them at standard scuba depths, and very rarely even at snorkelling depths. Last October I dove Niihau and photographed a bunch of these guys while getting reprimanded by the divemaster banging on her tank as I was at about 130 feet snapping away... Here's some wild shots I took of them... Keep in mind that these are often tough to get to adapt and require experienced care... and the price for specimens in the 4" to 6" range is around $450... smaller specimens go for more... It's very risky going that deep even with a rebreather and to properly decompress these fish from that depth requires alot of work... Over 90% of collected specimens go to Asia... Here's a shot of one recently from Blue Ribbon... A very striking fish for though!
mogurnda April 13, 2007 April 13, 2007 Alright John, we got the Picture, their AWESOME! Bla bla bla! ...darn, they really are!! DAVE, Where did you get that Goby, too cool a fish? Never saw one like it before? It's tough having John posting right after me. Gorgeous fish. My little goby was CB from Inland Aquatics about 4 years ago. Just like in the wild, he spends a lot of time hanging with the urchin.
copps April 13, 2007 April 13, 2007 Thanks Dave... but nature made the fish, no me... I'm just a reefkeeper like all of us trying to do what Mother Nature does effortlessly...
Valeria April 14, 2007 April 14, 2007 I don't have any rare nor expensive fish, but the following is my favorite mostly because of his attitude
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