yikai

442 or 422?? if 442 it's fine. 422 then abit overstocked. but i won't worry if your fish aren't fighting. if it looks good and don't fight then i say carry on! if you follow the literature text given by most american reefkeepers (the pioneers), then many many MANY or rather almost all of us will be guilty of overstocking. the americans keep it very light and don't keep as many fishes as we do. but we can deviate from this rule provided our livestocks are healthy

not sure if it's the first pair or not. pair or non pair, i'm fine with both and colini is definately a splendid fish many things are suitable for shelter. that one you posted is good too. even those ceramic flower pots or castle, fake bridges sold in FW shops are more than excellent. to a fish, as long as it's dark and can hide in, it's a good shelter hehe.

nope. these kinds are not those found with gobies. pistols in the genus alpheus are usually goby shrimps. those that live in rocks like yours are probably solitary. they are not harmful.

thanks cedric! yes very difficult to keep them alive let alone pair them. i'm happy with just one though. i obtained it as a lone individual and asked digiman if he wanted the other individual at iwarna. i separated them in my qt but they accidently escape and happened to pair up lol.

yup. unles they are scared or meeting another dwarf very nice to see them spread their fins out. longnose butterfly is also another fish with very long dorsal spines

They love the sponge filter. i don't have any PVC pipes at home though the colour abit saturated lah. took using flash in a pitch dark living room. errm, ich problem is very very much better. hypo FTW!

they are very pretty fishes. the blue is beautiful and the greenish-yellow compliments it very well. the only complain i have appearance wise, is that some specimens tend to have blotchy or dirty yellow markings on the body. Difficult to find a nice smooth coloured individual. one thing i like about this fish is the dorsal spines are very very pronounced compared to other dwarf angels. Do you notice that? the spines are very much longer than most others.

Some updates on the colini angelfish pair. day 2 of QT, did water change today. Both are feeding but not strongly. one is feeding much better than the other. body mass is still within acceptable fitness,both are very alert, and healthy overall. No signs of delayed decompression sickness or apparent internal problems. Clear eyes, absence of sores and patches, no frayed fins or scales. Colini A - Feeding on live brine and frozen mysis. but sparingly. Colini B - Feeding on live brine. Not on mysis. Needs more training. both angels are very comfortable with each other today. No chasing at all observed, some quivering from the larger specimen. Does not appear to be submissive behaviour though. Both of them swim together occasionally and greet each other. Absolutely marvelous news, for if they were not a pair, one of them would be dead within hours of introduction. Overall i would say the pair is in exceptional health except for the feeding. Being a terribly difficult fish by nature, this is considered above average and i'll give them more time to adapt and begin feeding more. here's some pictures of them. took picture with flash so pardon the slight over saturation of colours.

nothing beats observing them in the wild!! gorgeous!

a very dark multicolour! looks abit like nachyaki!

10 April 1971 photo of a juvenile C. nigriocellus.

26 May 1975 photo specimen of venustus angel. nothing special except for the head band. which is blu-er

Crazy for Colinis. this fish has really grown on me alot since obtaining a nice pair. been searching pictures and reading up every single article on them. this fish was simultaneously discovered with C.joculator in cocos keeling island! this is one of the nicer colini photos available online. rest are ugly.

reddevilz will have his own tank secrety there lah hahahahaha!

it's actually the same. it's the fibre that's important. you can use live seaweed kinda food like red grape, red bamboo, caulerpa etc. problem is some fish won't eat this. good thing is it survives in your tank and allow your tang to pick at it anytime it wants. dried seaweed is also ok but you need to clip it or tie it to something heavy. problem is it will get mushy after awhile and float everywhere. so make sure your fish finish up everything. not all fish will eat this at first and need some time to try. if you buying dried seaweed from supermarket, make sure to buy sushi nori seaweed without salt and preservatives.

yup. i hope my colinis will do well until digiman comes back and my tank is up and running. very hard to pair them and got both of them feeding is so nice already. but only one is feeding properly. the other still abit choosy. i aim to get both feeding like horses on pellets and mysis. now only take brine readily and occasionally mysis. going to sleep now and hopefully see them greeting me tomorrow with a voracious appetite!

probably. it also looks abit thin. was at fuel's house today and i saw my fiji xenias. so healthy and pulsing so much! i wan ask reborn bring in more lol.

o o nice! NICER! but doesn't look as healthy as i would like it.

ooo saw this on gbd! nice nice

very nice to meet everyone who went, catch up soon again i hope and sorry if i didn't mingle with some of you. very shy dissapointed though that none from the "will drop by if can make it" category show up.

emperor and koran are definiately not reef safe especially with meaty corals like elegance

dunno if they're really a pair or they're just tolerating each other. they do chase each other around for short distances but there's no circling, and no fin nipping.

she was like half dead when i went iwarna this morning. aunty say maybe CMI so i told her its ok... then they pack for me just keep throwing into new water. i think very stressful for it lah. pH shock everything. so i slowly acclimate into my QT. but she doesn't look good. maybe will die by tomorrow but the colinis are extremely healthy and curious. i hope they survive until my tank is ready! it's up to me to take care of them in QT liao. make sure no ammonia spike etc.

acan maxima. (Acanthastrea maxima)