yikai

colini in a box

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BABY BEAUTIES!! from left to right, blackburnii, venustus, rainfordi, multibar, robustus, coradion altivelis, forgot this aussy butterflyname, and mitratus

there are some pics but very blur, in the ID thread. i will try taking a video of their behavior. it's very interesting and by far the most sociable blenny i've seen.

I introduced all 6 of the (yet to be identified properly) omobranchus blennies in my tank. it's FANTASTIC to see all 6 of them interacting like a giant family. all of them are busy swimming upside down, darting around the rocks, playing with each other. it's spectacular to see. very interesting social behaviour and i've never seen anything like this in any blenny species.

yup. his scape is very nice. i like it

i see. i need the lab supplies like those in university or polytechnic laboratories. anyway i will check to see thanks a lot btw

goondoo thanks so much! i tried searching for local suppliers but cannot find any. BFG, looking for magnetic stirrer and some glass equipment

reborn Philippines fishes just arrived... Australia arriving this saturday at 1pm. Aussie incoming list deepwater gorgonia - ellisella sp. large green palythoa ACANS LORD - grade A, ULTRA prata - not scolymia australis alveopora blastomussa elegance coral duncan hammer frogspawn prism favia aussie war coral spider sponge aussie fiji damsel chelmon marginalis - YES YES YES YES YES YES!! finally after enquiring for so many times it's here!! harlequin tuskfish hooded fairy wrasse - xlarge laboutei fairy wrasse - medium, xlarge lineatus fairy wrasse - large, xlarge scott fairy wrasse - xlarge yellow lunar wrasse yellow assessor blue assessor western blue devil

mark, yasha at pinnicle.

OMG!! THEY ARE COLLECTING C. ABEI, THE UNKNOWN PROGNATHODES, AND CHROMIS ABYSSUS!!!!!!!!!!

FINALLY GOT A REPLY FROM GLASSBOXDESIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hi Yi Kai, Many thanks for the e-mails and photos. The fish is certainly an interesting one! While it could very well be O. meniscus which was recently found to live in Singapore, I am not overly familiar with the Omabranchus genus. If you are okay with it, I'd like to forward your images on to some ichthyologists and experts to see their take on the species. Please let me know. Take care. Best, Eric GLASSBOXDESIGN i replied him and told him to please do! and if need be, i could provide more photos and a DNA sample if need be. I also do hope he will update this on GBD. I also received a few e-mails from wetwebmedia but nothing much they know about it. EXCITING!!!!!

wah omg? if only i could wildly swish my net in that swarm of butterflies.

nice list digiman. i will be happy if i could afford the wrought iron! oh yellowmask i occasionally see at CF. but VERY VERY HUGE. too big to buy.

i just hope i can stick to my list. maybe get a chance to reduce it too. alot of them are very common and easily found. but that's ok. if i were to do a tank based on rare and expensive fish only, my wallet will go bust very quickly and it will take me very long to hunt them.

eh i forgot longnose butterfly!

wah. 9 out of 20. almost half leh... nvm lor LOL! colini, golden, joculator, flame should be same as yours since you keeping dwarf angel tank. multibar and venustus also. yellow mask swallowtail i actually thinking between this or male watanabei. but settled for yellow mask coz looks more unique. marcellae... i want aya but settle for this. cheaper. asfur i didnt know you want also haha! one of my favourites.

not too many meh? actually i counted. total less than 20 only. still acceptable considering my tank size is 183 gallon with an oversized skimmer. the only big fishes are the big angels and the the swallowtail. rest all remain quite smallish so maybe can squeeze in a few more hmmm similar? where similar? which are the similar ones lol. i think coz we interested in the same kinds of fishes mah no meh? i tot urs dwarf angel tank? LOL. i only got 4 dwarf lei

hmm...so many fish lol. ultimately i will still have to short list it so many fish, so little tank.

This is a list of fish that i definitely want and will try to collect all of them. Dwarf Angels - joculator - golden - colini - flame - Multibar - Venustus Large Angels - Asfur!!! - emperor - majestic - good thing these "large" angels can be found in small sizes. Yellow masked swallowtail angel Butterflies - Marcellae - declives - mitratus - paucifasciatus - marginalis Wrasses - roseafascia (yay) - rhomboid

i'm at iwarna almost everyday for the past 2 weeks and i'm absolutely mesmerized by their angelfish SPS tank. i love feeding them and watching all of them swarm to the surface to take food. i love it when aunty introduces new fishes in there too. i get to see them every time i go there. and i am super impressed that all the fishes there were just thrown in with no prior quarantine or accustoming. to date, there are a handful of very difficult fishes there that are in the pink of health! to think that all were thrown in. golden angel venustus angel multubar angel regal angel pair powder blue tang to think all these were just thrown in haha that is what i want to achieve. a reef tank with non-reef safe fish. angels and butterflies being predominantly my livestock of choice. wrasses will be secondary. and of course, leaving space for miscellaneous livestock.

Anyone have contacts for any lab supplies company? looking for lab equipment and instruments like magnetic stirrer, conical flasks, acid bottles etc. not interested in chemicals. only equipment and instruments. if anyone got contacts pls let me know thanks

LMAO ROFLCOPTER. I LOVED THAT.

you have a bean bag!? lucky. my mum thinks it's a waste of space and money. mehh i beg to differ. i think i'll go buy one tomorrow.

this is it. a successful attempt at keeping golden angel. this proves that it is not difficult given the correct environment. given time, your golden angel will be less shy and you can even keep it in a reef tank. congratulations man. you took our advice, listened and it paid of good job! a true success. you listened to our advice on a peaceful setting, and the black clowns as dither fish! again, GOOD JOB! FANTASTIC. wish you more luck in your angel and hope it lives for many years to come many people don't fail at keeping this fish. they fail at listening to advice. you proved it. there's no angelfish that is difficult. there are only angelfishes that are difficult to adapt. - john copps. very wise words.