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not sure how regularly reborn brought them in. but if they did then there's 3 LFS bringing them in. they are found only in some parts of philippines, so they can be quite difficult to find. they occasionally form hybrids with lineopunctatus flasher wrasses and the filamented flasher wrasse. the hybrid of angulatus and lineopunctatus is my personal favourite and it is ABSOLUTELY mesmerising. i've not seen this hybrid for sale here before though!

Have not updated in awhile. I've already proven it's very possible to keep butterflies and angels in SPS reef tanks. As evident by my collection of thriving SPS and butterflyfishes. However, a rule of thumb for the SPS and butterflyfish rule is to ensure that the SPS is always healthy. If the SPS is unhealthy and dying, they will start attracting hoards of hungry butterflies and they will make short work of the dying colony in a few days. Goes the same for all corals. If they are unhealthy, dying, injured etc, they attract angels and butterflies. This milliepora shown here was injured due to the sting of my hammer coral. it started to STN from the base and this attracted the butterflies. Here, a very rare paucifasciatus butterfly and a declivis is seen making short work of the dying SPS. I do not bother to save the coral because for me, this is a fantastic sight to watch and is exactly what happens in nature. The butterflies in my tank take turns to aggressively feed on the dying coral. if the SPS is otherwise healthy and thriving, there is no reason for the butterflies to attack. the polyps remain untouched and the flesh of the SPS is unable to be torn off.

yah but no more already. they MIA-ed. that was during the early days of my tank. angulatus is very uncommon!

i bought 2 of them before but not with me anymore. the highly lunate tail and angular fins make this species very unique from the other members of the genus.

very beautiful, very under-rated and very uncommon. Angulatus flasher wrasse. (Paracheilinus angulatus) the name says it all. the angled fins look like an arrow. awesome species. uncommonly imported from Philippines. iwarna and CF are the only 2 LFS to bring them in.

actually i find the sting of bubble tips to be extremely low in terms of damage capacity. my bubble tip is nestling between 3 SPS and the tentacles are touching all the SPS but no signs of tissue damage.

that's a shame. good news is all the fishes there are very replaceable. except the flame angel which came from the philippines. flame angels are very rare in the philippines. the hybrid powder blue can find again, and as well as the other common fishes. sorry to hear about this!

very nice C. oxycephala, but as with most damsels, it will grow up into a duller specimen with very little or no blue left.

that's a very nice boxer shrimp from T95. it's not rare but quite uncommon. Stenopus cyanoscelis.

bradley has 3 alpha male rhomboids which he has kept for years. he started with 1 male and 2 females. but all morphed into alpha males. his are really gorgeous. the picture depicts true colours. no enhancements.

a beast of a rhomboid! by my friend bradley J syphus!

nice damsels. arnazae damsels

lovely video with wonderful music. some of the world's rarest fish reside in there like the gramma linkii and the johnson's fairy wrasse. not to mention a few more rarities going in there soon love the scape and the peaceful soft coral setting.

if i'm not wrong, the white tang is sold to someone in the land of smiles but the fish is not a true albino, meaning it's a xanthic white colour morph. only time will tell how much of the yellow colouration it will regain back. revertion of colour back to normal may happen, but the percentage of change will be unknown.

a blotchy maroon clown from the GBR!

another pure white tang, this time it's called powder. there's another one called casper from not too long ago. powder has a sliver of yellow on his ventral and ana| fin.

a few Macropharyngodon kuiteri from Tonga at cf. kuiter's leopard wrasse. a v rare import. maybe singapore's first?

M3 cannot get?

also v rare, a tiny slightly over one inch humeralis butterflyfish.

super rare Liopropoma africanum!

depends on what species you keep. many are not suitable for aquarium life. butterflies are also very very prone to disease and are very sensitive to water quality. diet is another thing. some are very difficult to feed. as a general rule of reef keeping, butterflyfishes are considered demanding and not suitable for beginners, although there are some species that are easy. but the whole group altogether, should be left to experienced reefers and make sure alot of research is done before you attempt any species. a single butterflyfish can wipe out your tank. they are VERY prone to disease especially ich and the dreaded velvet.

marble coral beauty? rubbish lah after awhile it will turn into nonsense. i never trust these deep water weird morphs anymore! the marcellae butterflies are crazy. how is japan able to get so many!!! the amount there is the same number of ridiculous clowns we get from indo shipment!

don't NPS corals need low Nitrates and phosphates? or am i mistakened

ich parasite is found plentifully in the wild. but chances of fish getting them is low because of the extremely vast water space. in a confined space like our tanks, the chance of getting infected is very high. the parasites are free swimming and are found in all levels. the infective stage is not found on liverocks and sand. they are actively swimming parasites that seek out fish prey. they only drop onto the sands and rocks to encyst and this is the time where they are at the non-infective stage. all tangs are scaleless and hence are super susceptible to ich. and all can change their colours at night.