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all butterflyfishes are impossible to distinguish male and female genders based on appearance. your best bet will be to pair a big one and a small one together like what liveaquaria did. notice the photo on top. the smaller on is still a juvenile while the adult one is well, an adult. but the good thing about butterflies are they are rather peaceful as compared to angels and tangs. so often times adding 2, 3 or more simultaneously together will not really pose a problem. but this does not hold true to all species. i would suggest adding 2 at the same time together simultaneously. one slightly bigger than the other. if you intend to pair them. because butterflies are peaceful in general, "pairs" in our tanks may not always be male-female. sometimes male-male or female-female also possible due to their relatively peaceful nature. they don't really bother each other.

and here's an updated pic. sorry i just did a super quick snapshot with my phone and it's v blur. but u can see it's grown much bigger and the yellow is so much more intense. in the previous photo, the middle bar is white but now it's completely yellow as it has grown bigger and matured. the tiny juvenile eye spot on the dorsal fin is also gone now! it's not yet an adult, but it's much bigger compared to the tiny specimen i obtained exactly 9 months ago! how strange. i first got the mitratus on january 13th, and now it's october 13th! exactly 9 months.

butterflies look very good in a pair! and many species mate for life so a pair is always a great way to keep them. mitratus colours become more yellow and deep as they grow bigger. i bought one from coral farm which was the size of a triple A battery. now it has grown to about twice it's size! here it is when i first bought it. it was reaaaaly tiny

beautiful pair of mitratus butterflyfishes!

this grouper from new south wales looks interesting! Hyporthodus ergastularius

ups for you and a nice damsel. is the fish causing you problems?

coral farm usually brings them in during their aussie coral shipment u can wait for it

U can rest assured of the authenticity. We've seen countless of these aberrant fishes in real life (some at least) and in multiple sources and videos depicting the same fish. You may be surprised. Some are even nicer in real life! Aberrant fishes are not diseased fishes, for those who may be wondering. They are just abnormally colored. It's an anomaly and not a disease

here's more aberrant blue tangs that we've posted in the past. the full blue one is quite unique! and the other one is just slightly aberrated.

dnsfpl, i love that kinds of blue tangs too. aquamarine had one something like that, but not so black la

hope they find it. cats are very street smart. they usually know how to get back. it's dogs that need worrying.

OMG on second look. check out the blue tang! the black part is blue! unique aberration.

digi. this is your trilineatum basslet! or should i say, was. or rather, should have been.

there's a pic in the book at coral farm. i'll snap a pic the next time i go.

good for me. i am bad with clowns. did u know in japan there's a whitetail variant for clarkii? v nice

GORGEOUS! it looks like a grapefruit!

could this be Meiacanthus abruptus? i love the pink tail.

here are more rare fangblennies! Meiacanthus crinitus, M. luteus, M. vittatus and M. lineatus!

really?! i have diving cert. u give me the co-ordinates! ahaha

i don't have enough influence to dictate what people should like and what people should not like. i also don't have enough influence to dictate what the LFS island wide brings in and what they should not bring in. i can and have coaxed certain LFS to specifically bring in something based on interest, but i have never, and will never be able to totally monopolize or control the entire shipment of a certain fish. it seems as though you are blaming me for the current market situation on fish now in our country, which i can assure you, is not true. that's ridiculous! everything is seasonal. if something isn't appearing now doesn't mean it will not appear in the future. this time i don't feel like i did anything wrong. i merely said i dislike a certain fish. saying i don't like something is not going to affect anything, nor is it going to affect anyone's thinking or opinion on any fish. because i'm just stating my interest. what you're suggesting is that everyone has no opinion and whatever i say, is what everyone should follow. that is not the case and has never been the case. everyone, including me, is allowed to have an opinion. i like certain fishes, i don't like certain fishes. just like how i like to eat noodles, but i don't like to drink milk or eat yoghurt. i will continue to state what i like and what i don't like, anytime i want to, if i want to. and so can anyone else here. there is no wrong in that, and there will never be any wrong in that. this time i feel that you're really over-reacting and attacking me for the sake of attacking me. if you really dislike me, or want to start something with me, then at least wait till i do something worth picking on. if not, you can PM me to settle whatever it is and not do it here. peace

it's a bumble bee grouper. juvenile. adults look completely different. LCK created a hybrid with the panther grouper which was very famous and sought after! here's a pic of the hybrid on reefbuilders.

yup! they have been compared to discus before too!