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nope. doesn't make any sense. alien species should not be released into the wild where they do not belong in. period. no arguments about it. there are countless of case examples of alien species wreaking havoc on local populations. case in point the cane toad and many other examples. so no, i do not condone it, and neither does the majority of wild life enthusiasts. in certain countries, releasing alien species will get you fine and sent to jail. like releasing snake heads in U.S.A. do so, and you'll be fined and thrown into jail. yes L. sebae can be found here. but the overall release of alien species is an example and should not be done. good point you brought up on responsible reefing.

i cant do macro shots. but it's corals. there's distinctive polyps. flower like polyps. i just dont like if they're nephthea, or capnella

but is it still healthy and green? sometimes they will close for a few days. mine also. but my colony is huge and very big so it's more inclined to spawn when it's healthy. i've had before suncorals and clove spawn. but this is my first time a soft coral other than cloves are spawning

yes it's not overly beautiful. but it looks cute and rare!

i suspect it's either my large colony of green nephthea, or my capnella. capnella shown below.

haha jeremy. i kept it in a little jar and poke holes. let it float in my tank. i want it. it's my new pet. anyway, one of my soft corals are spawning! sexual reproduction. there are tiny baby corals growing and if you look carefully, you can see the polyps. they are the little whit dots on the rocks. some of them already have stems and multiple polyps! this is ALL OVER my tank btw.

my bro's new 2 x 1 x 1 tank. which is in my sump tank's refugium compartment. still very bare and new since he just transferred everything inside. there's only 2 liverocks. and the hammer is only just starting to open. but given time i think he'll make it into something nicer. and i'll have to something about the unsightly background.

omg a huge crab! lOL. size of my little finger. the pail is a standard size large red pail.

wonderous!

the shape suggest bicolor. an aberration probably. i posted this pic months ago but i think it got lost in the other pics i posted that's why probably you did not see it.

lol don't trim your octo. your tank will always be my favourite in terms of rare fish and your simple and humble coral scape matches the rare fish theme perfectly. do send me photos of your ridiculously rare fishes next week so i can publish it in glassbox design. i know what it is but i won't say. keep everyone in suspense your johnson's fairy wrasse has coloured up alot and grown quite a bit. your superstar fish! thanks for taking care of things in Singapore for me while i'm gone. see you in 6 weeks!

very beautiful johnson's fairy wrasse in display.

many hobbyist worldwide have released "alien" species not native to their counties into the shores. this have mostly led to real problems. for example, in the florida coast. hobbyist release lionfishes which breed and multiply and have now spread to most of the atlantic. this alien species is competing for food with other local predatory fishes there and is a nuisance. banggai cardinals are endangered in their own natural habitat in banggai island. but hobbyists have released banggai cardinals into the wild in hope to "save the species". but this had led to more problems. yes the banggais are growing very well in the new habitat, but because banggai cardinals host anemones and sea urchins when they are young, they are taking up spaces in all the anemones and sea urchins there so much so that clownfishes and other fishes that seek shelter in anemones and urchins are ousted and have no homes. we have no way of knowing what introducing an "alien" species into another habitat that it is not found in will do. thus, it's best not to in the first place. if you release one yellow tang, it's fine. but there's hundreds of hobbyist here and all we need is for someone to release 1 more, and then now there's 2. if they breed, and proliferate to big proportions, then it could be detrimental to the local shores. like for example, they clear the whole area of algae and starve the other fishes.

releasing non-native species into the wild may be more detrimental than good to nature..

if there's oxygen, there's no conversion of nitrates to nitrogen. if there's no oxygen, then there's conversion of nitrates to nitrogen. simple as that. in the presence of oxygen, aerobic bacteria convert ammonia to nitrites, then to nitrates. in the absence of oxygen, the bacteria convert nitrates to nitrogen. if there's shortage of oxygen due to accumulation of dirt and silt, then yes. the aerobic bacteria will die and conversion of ammonia to nitrates will be reduced and water quality will drop. i get what the article is trying to say and it's true. but the term suffocate is used wrongly. but it's ok but liverocks and filter wool/media do contain copious amount of aerobic bacteria too. so in a matured system, it's still not that detrimental. best is just remove the UG filter once and for all.

depends on wether you want to take risk. if your corals are too precious and cannot sleep at night knowing there's an angel in your tank, then don't keep any. there's no such thing as "50%" reefsafe. reefsafeness is an intangible figure. the percentage is just put there by reefers to understand it better and use as a gauge based on the overall population. but when it comes to the individual fish, there's no saying. so unless you want to take risks, i suggest not keeping any angels. cream angel and joculator are still acceptable angels to be kept in reef tanks. all angels are ok with SPS. your LPS on the other hand, need to be watched carefully.

ohh. siganus (Lo) uspi. "Lo" is a subgenus of rabbitfish for the "foxfaces" which includes the bicolor foxface, magnificent, and the normal yellow foxface. but i prefer using siganus instead of Lo. actually bicolor foxface is more accurate. there is a very very rare foxface endemic to tonga only called the Black foxface, which is the black tang equivalent to the foxface. it is entirely black with no other colours or pattern, except for slightly yellow pectoral fins. it is also very very rare in the trade. but fairly common in the wild. the scientific name is Siganus (Lo) niger. there are no photos online but there's a video of the very elusive and rare black foxface on fishbase. here's the link. clikc the "play video" option to see it. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/speciessummary.php?id=4632

yah! this fish is not rare. but finding it at this size is wah...damn hard.

Died Liao. Give up with this species

Thanks again! Yes im so happy with my small smithy butterfly substitute. The fish itself is not rare. But the size.. Is very rare

yah thank you LOL! i can't believe i went there 1st time did not see! thanks thanks thanks

everything is ok and in proper health. i can leave for shanghai for 6 weeks in peace and hopefully nothing tragic happens

Semeion butterfly is now feeding like a pig after 1 week of training. it's now ready to be released into the display tank.

do you know it's almost impossible to find a bicolour fiji foxface at this size!? it's only 2 inches and it's the smallest i've seen. this fish always come in 4-5 inches and it's so big and irritating. small ones are almost impossible to get! but i managed to find one! so happy

C. bathyphilus and C. rhomboidalis available at LCK. the bathyphilus are ridiculously huge. what a size!