acanthurus

Oh...recently saw people in a floating seafood market here (Sai Kung, Hong Kong) buy starfish and have them slaughtered and chopped up! Apparently they are good for soup! Will try to post some pics soon...many interesting ones...BTW the pictures above look like Mainland China...but I think HK is one of the top in terms of eating unusual sea creatures!

Wow....cute! Eh BTW how big is the pinktail trigger?Looks huge from here!

Faster way to get to Tung Choi St (Fish St in HK)... Take MTR to Prince Edward MTR station, exit B... exit at the one leading to Allied Plaza...immediately after exiting look to the left and cross the road,turn right,walk straight until the end where you have to left turn...the first shops start there Other marine specialty shops worth mention in HK...they are not in the main fish area and quite far from most hotels...but I feel worth the trip if you have time: Polaris Aquarium Take the tram that goes toward Shau Kei Wan...the tram line runs through almost the whole HK island... just look out of the window and you will see it on the left...good general marine shop....lifestock generally very good,well quarantined and sometimes rare things Blue Castle Take MTR to Hang Hau MTR station...exit B1 and look for the way towards La Cite Noble or "Sun Bo Seng" in Cantonese...it's a small housing estate and the shop is right at ground floor...quite new so nothing spectacular yet...but the equipment they use is more up to date and livestock quite good...they seem quite knowledgeable too... website: www.bluecastleaquarium.com Hope this helps

Hi, well, I think the Atlantic types can be quite cheap there... I ever bought adult queen angel at SGD$150 quite long ago...not from the main fish street though...the shops in the fish street sell at higher prices for livestock...some like emperor angel and other tangs/angels also reasonable or even comparatively cheap... Red Sea livestock,on the other hand,not worth buying...ridiculour pricing

Wah... DBZ also going to be made as a movie?Anyone know the date for release worldwide? Thanks

Yah I think some solution of copper sulphate at low concentration... but still fatal to inverts... BTW anyone know any treatment for ich which can be used safely in reef tank without killing inverts? Thanks

Eh...sorry...I can't remember for sure now if the treatment I used to use before was copper... but it was some bluish liquid which you added which stained the water blue... that was for parasitic diseases, and it killed all invertebrates... I don't know if it was copper because we used to just buy it in small bottles from the fish shop and the name and instructions were all in Chinese... but what I heard during that time matched closely with the copper treatment they used to use..

Hmm...I must be out of touch after so long out of the hobby...that was the preferred treatment back in the 1990s and I used it myself...but of course never in a reef tank...that was the reason during that time no one I knew never had these tangs in a reef setup... But I saw fish in reef tanks (not Acanthurus tangs,though,more of the Zebrasoma types) recover mysteriously from a bad attack of velvet without any treatment...that was very strange

Well many people don't keep tangs like powder blue and achilles in reet tank due to their susceptibility to disease such as ich and velvet... these diseases are normally treated with copper and other chemicals that would kill all invertebrates...so the fish must be removed for treatment...but in a reef tank it is hard to catch the fish...

Gave him away when I returned to Singapore many years ago... There was a top filter as well as UG with powerhead.

The tank which he resided in...just a simple fish only setup with small bits of live rock... Surprisingly this powder blue liked to pick on the clown trigger,whom he grew up with and was bigger!

My old powder blue (this pic was sometime in 1997)...had him for 2 years 6 months, he from less than 3 inches to this size of about 7... Sorry the pic is blurred... I suck at taking photos

Let me take a guess...I forgot the family and scientific name,but issit one of those known as a "walking batfish"?

Don't really know what species is that,but I kept some edible prawns before and found that most market prawn will survive if you have a fine layer of sand where they can scavenge and good filtration.

Hi, was reading the fishing forum recently and realised I forgot to add... If any of you like fishing and plan to visit HK any time in the future, and want to try fishing in HK, let me know too,because I live just next to one of the best fishing village there Thanks

Hi, flubberina13: >> No i stopped keeping marines after going back to Singapore for some time... I'm starting a tank again soon as soon as I've settled in... Well I'm actually a Singaporean but I've lived half of my life there ryan: >> It depends on what things but generally the pricing is better... except for red sea animals like sohals... No idea about live corals, but if you know the proper packing it shouldn't be a problem... I once carried an Achilles tang back from HK and it was fine after settling in

Hi, not sure is this the right place for this topic or not... anyway I read some time ago on the thread about Rainbow about the Hong Kong fish shops... anyway I'm now living back in HK... if anyone is coming here for holiday and want to take a look at the shops pls drop me a PM... I can take you on a tour of all the fishkeeping district in HK... more than 30 shops in 1 single area... Just a suggestion, thanks

Hi, very sorry....this one belonged to me about 5 years ago and has died quite long ago... This type can be found every september to april in Hong Kong... I think it's a temperate or at least sub-tropical species as it is found there only in autumn and winter...

Actually the picture didn't do it justice, I'm lousy at taking photos... The real specimen was a rosy pink on the back,with white on the sides, the eyes and some areas near the front were greenish

Another pic... This was one of my favourite pet mantis...it was really huge...and some more it was a "smasher" type...which is unusual considering that most of the biggest types are "spearers"... Anyway the tank is the second biggest plastic tank sold, so you can get an idea of its size. Anyone can identify this species?I have been searching high and low for info but cannot find....the structure makes it seem closely related to the peacock mantis. Thanks for viewing

Hi, well....watching this thread so long, I can finally contribute some pics ( I don't have a scanner so I have to go to relatives' house to use it) Anyway take a look at this

I think 2 together is only possible in larger tank with a lot of rocks,crevices and hiding places... never tried them with fish....seems like those who have always keep them with lionfish...I think they will either eat or at least kill any other fish or get eaten by some such as big triggers. If 2 equally sized ones start fighting it is in my opinion one of the most shocking and spectacular sights in a marine aquarium...especially the "smasher" types...had that happen once and it's like some full-contact martial arts tournament or something....loud cracks and smashing at each other's carapace at lightning speed and defending with the hard tail...they can also do real serious damage to fingers... BTW they are considered a delicacy in Hong Kong restaurants. Just sharing some past experiences,thanks

Oh IC....haha Tried that myself but it doesn't seem to work well on the really hardcore species...as soon as I went out of sight they were at each other again...lol

Cane them?? What exactly do you mean? Pls enlighten,thanks

I agree... BTW anyone ever find that clown tangs with the bottom light-coloured section that is white do better than those with gray/blue colour on the same area?Or that medium-sized to large specimens do better than small ones?At least those that are over 4 inches or the forked caudal fin has developed. I noticed that the darker-bellied specimens tend to do poorly and die within a few days....I also never successfully kept one below 5 inches...also I wonder is the colouration a geographical difference or is the darker colour indicative of poor health... Pls share your experiences,thanks