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They are rare, very hard to get out of SA. I love a kingi angel. It has a very nice body pattern, very unique. But of course i dont deny i probably like it partly because of its rarity. So its both, beauty and rarity, that i love this fish so much. I am so envious of you, to be located in SA and has access to this fish.

Bandit angels shares the same story as Kingi. But over the years, things have improved for bandits. Now healthy bandits are easily obtainable and it proves that with proper collection and conditioning, bandits are actually very easy fish. I really hope to see the same happen to kingi in future. If the divers are not going to learn how to collect properly and send healthy kingi, at that expensive price, the asian market will be turned off very quickly and the wholesaler will not order the fish anymore. The rare angels collectors in Taiwan have learnt their lessons and they were discussing on their forum to stay away from this fish.

It's not crazy really. That is how much kingi is going for in asian market. The japanese pay even more for it. It sucks really. Spending over $10k on a fish that is going to die. The S$8k kingi was very tempting and i almost pulled the trigger. Luckily i held back, else i would definitely be regretting it now. 30m = 100ft. Can't the divers bring it up slowly over a few hours without needling it? Needling if done properly is safe, but if it is not, it will kill the fish very fast.

I do not know of Marleyi price. Japanese has gotten Marleyi's before, but that was very long time back. As a gauge, small 2" Hoefleri sells for about S$700 in HongKong, so i would expect Marleyi to be higher, probably in the S$1000 region if it is available. The previous batch of kingi's in Taiwan went for S$8k to S$13k. S$8k was a 7" giant and was not eating. It is probably dead by now. How deep are the big kingi's?

I do not know of Marleyi price. Japanese has gotten Marleyi's before, but that was very long time back. As a gauge, small 2" Hoefleri sells for about S$700 in HongKong, so i would expect Marleyi to be higher, probably in the S$1000 region if it is available. The previous batch of kingi's in Taiwan went for S$8k to S$13k. S$8k was a 7" giant and was not eating. It is probably dead by now. How deep are the big kingi's?

Wow you were actually intending to collect peppermints for your own collection? Sadly peppermint is a difficult and risky fish. Rufus is a very good collector and yet the survival rate of his peppermints is less than 50%. Do you have a living kingi in your collection? And do you mean you find kingi an ugly fish? I love kingi a lot. But sadly the big ones are bound to die. Small ones are unavailable to the trade. So i guess i will never get to own one.

There are no marleyi in singapore. Marleyi has never been made available to us here. However we have been offered before kingi and old woman. Both are very expensive. Old woman would be about SGD3000 to SGD4000 while kingi is SGD10000 to SGD13000. Due to the high price, no reefers in Singapore has yet to order one in. Kingi and Old woman has been sent to Japan and Taiwan about twice annually since two years back. So far the kingi are all very big, over 6", and all reported to be doing badly with the exception of a few, very few. It would help greatly if they leave the big ones in the ocean and start hunting smaller ones and offer to the hobby. Narcosis1, Is it very difficult to find small kingi in SA? How rare are they in the wild and is it a seasonal occurrence? Btw your nick is Narcosis, so i suppose Narcosis is your favorite angelfish?

Hi! Welcome to SRC. SA! That means its possible for you to catch some kingi angelfish too? Is it legal to ship native fish species out of your country?

The cyan blue will go missing under bright light and becomes a white fish. Mine is a bicolored tone like a bicolored chromis but it is blue and white instead of black and white. I like yours which is more cyan than white. I have been seeing this fish appearing for years, every time one to two pieces at Ah Beng. Have always been wondering what fish it is. A juvenile Liopropoma Latifasciatum? Or an abnormal Liopropoma Sp. aka Yellow Tail basslet? Now i feel it is definitely distinct. It is a new species on its own. The blackstripe may overtime seems like its fading and disappearing, but it will not become clean like the liopropoma sp..

Got to share it here as well! Cirrhilabrus Claire from Koji

A tank update (8th Nov):

Yes i love the yellow helmet! Its so unique, a pattern unseen in all other cirrhilabrus.

Thanks lemon for the pic. Ok here is the claire!

From PIA Melanistic Longnose Spotted Orangepeel

A bit thin. But should fatten up since it has started to eat.

You are absolutely right! This fish below is quite similar to Lunatus and Johnsoni fairy. However it costs many times more! Cirrhilabrus Squirei

Wow i remember chancing upon this ecsenius sp on the net few years back. It is very unique with a tri-color body segments, beige-blue-yellow. It is found in indonesia and it is very likely a unique species and is still undescribed until now. Here are more photos of this ecsenius sp photographed in Walea island, Sulawesi.

Those fishes in the 2013 calendar r 2012 fish. Peppermint is a 2013 fish, as such it will appear in 2014 calendar.

Roseafascia and lanceolatus indeed look very similar for females and submale. Earlier on Koji has one female lanceolatus for sale but i couldnt bring myself to pay so much for a wrasse that look identical to the cheaper roseafascia female! Big lanceolatus will forever remain a dream sadly. Every trawled specimen that survive will go to their local customers. Its a long waiting list and will never reach our turn.

I suppose u mean the lunatus hybrid. Nope i did not buy it. Only one piece came in and it is now w lemon. U can find pics and updates in his tank thread. I already hav an earlei and it will be quite difficult for me to introduce another smaller fairy wrasse.

Since we are at the topic of cirrhilabrus. There is one cirrhilabrus that i hope will be collected one day: Cirrhilabrus Randalli, hailing from Rowley Shoals, Western Australia. With western australia fish collection opening up, we are seeing some never before species like west aussie mandarin, personifer angel and lennardi wrasse. Sadly Rowley Shoals Marine Park is protected (i think), so Randalli fairy will not appear in the trade, unless it is also found in other parts of australia. Here is one swimming in the wild. http://footage.shutterstock.com/clip-2523707-stock-footage-randall-s-wrasse-cirrhilabrus-randalli-swimming-underwater-in-australia.html?src=rel/2523497:1

C.Sanguineus is my dream! There had been news previously about one or two being available from our mauritius suppliers. However upon ordering, it did not come. Neither did any news of one appearing in the states or japan happened. As such i believe it was a trick to make us order a shipment from them.

Wat a very rare fish! Even in Japan they do not get such a big alpha lunatus x pintail hybrid!

Flavicauda anthias! Hope one will morph into a nice male v soon.

Melanistic Longnose butterfly in HK