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some fishes will very unlikely be depleted at such fast rates. although it seems like we are doing alot of harm, the fishes in the wild reproduce very very prolifically and can double in population in a given time. although there are some marine fishes that have been considered endangered due to direct result of our hobby, such as banggai cardinals and black tangs. black tangs were extremely common everywhere but now only found in certain islands. it's because of the lack of black tangs, that black tang hybrids arises. when a certain fish is in low population, it will be forced to mate with a similar species due to lack of partner. in this case, black tang will mate with brown tang because there are not enough black tangs. that's why you get a black tang/brown tang hybrid. hybridisation, many a times, arises from one species being very rare and the other, very common. fishes do not hybridize by choice. it's because they have no choice, thus they choose to hybridize.

i think nowadays it stop already. this was very common in 19th century. very barbaric. i mean if it's still going on now, it would probably be all over the news and all the pro animal rights activists will go bonkers

This sickens me.... there's a million things i would say as pro-animal rights but what's the point. just look for yourselves at what humans are doing. somewhere in some Denmark, teenagers are killing innocent dolphins by the hundreds. enough to stain the sea a thick red. why? to prove their worth as men. they proved nothing. now the sea is stained red not only by the blood of the poor animals, but by their indefinite mediocrity and to much contrary, eternal failure as men. Denmark, the country of milkmaids and whatnot, but not the country of dolphins. and certainly the country of #^&@^$ up sick minded morons who apparently enjoy slicing up dolphins with hooks and cleavers. the good thing is, this practice although very common in the 19th century, has become (to my knowledge), non existant anymore in the current year 2010. I THINK only... i mean... cruel as it may be, at least it's not happening anymore

yes i know. it is on their pelvic fins.

ooo. probably very dull so never caught my eye.

common fish but never seen it. anyone saw before? Pseudochromis cyanotaenia

omg in HD...

yes it's venomous. the tip of it's fins are sharp and contain poison glands.

melanomarginatus can get from phillipines as i've did today.

little omobranchus says hi.

some pictures of the juveniles from myself. some are with flash and some aren't. pardon the blur pictures. the glass is dirty as i don't have a magnet, and there's salt residue on the outside of the glass.

plenty plenty of venustus angels at ahbeng that just arrived. not very sure if they will make it because they are extremely huge.

1) katherinae 2) lanceolatus 3) lunatus 4) melanomarginatus am i correct?

This is the male of this species. it looks quite dull and not colourful. It looks alot like a scott fairy wrasse except for the tail, which is lanced. I suspect the two species might be very closely related.

Found 6 VERY RARE fairy wrasses today. Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus. all 6 are 1-2 inch juveniles. likely to form a mini harem and work out their social order. I've never seen this wrasse in real life before and i've not heard of them being kept in aquariums either. It was a lucky find! and at a good price too! this is how the juveniles of this rare species look like. got 6 very tiny juveniles, and 3 of them are feeding already. the other 3 are still hiding. will pass three to digiman as i don't want so many. from the behavior of the 3 juveniles, can tell that this wrasse is VERY aggressive. Even more so than scott's fairy wrasse. So fierce even when 1-2 inches. can only imagine what they will be like as alpha males.... all three are exhibiting "flaring" and premature flashing behaviour. i.e, fins extended, swim at hight speed. and occasionally chase each other. Probably sorting their dominance. They are not afraid of my large blennies and multibar angelfish, and when the blennies try to chase the wrasses away from their caves, the wrasse chases back. this is 1 wrasse that is not afraid to fight back when provoked. but so far it remains relatively peaceful to everything else except themselves. it's a good idea to reduce my 6 to 3. and with 183 gallons of unobstructed swimming spaces, these juvenile delinquents will be happy for sure! the good news is, the addition of the wrasses and blennies made my multibar angels much less reclusive.

mollies and guppies can live in saltwater if acclimatized slowly. in fact, i wanna try an SPS tank with guppies lol

thank you bro bigbird!! omg i loved all these videos!! esp the lemonpeel one haha

it was constructed in such a way that 1 compartment is higher than the other. so the flow of water is like an overflow, splash into the next compartment. will upload pics when i get home.

newly discovered Hemianthus vivanus. aka the cockatoo anthias.

yah same!!! i was like "OMG!! ABEI ABEI ABEI!!!" wah guess i'm really a fish nerd..

yeah. i tried capturing the video but not very clear. best to see it in real life. fuel and joe came by just now and saw them feeding. very cute the way they slither around to eat the mysis. and i love how they swim upside down so naturally. i guess all this time living in their habitat forced them to swim in such a way!

pinnicle yasha all males.

i used to do dry skim but very hard to clean. so due to lazyness, i do wet skim now.

majano anemone. remove it.

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