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beautiful roseafascia fairy in the wild

beautiful! the nahackyi was filmed on hawaii outside of johnston atoll? waifs from johnston are very rare and they sometimes end up on hawaii. bruce carlson reported a small group living on an isolated reef on mainland hawaii outside of johnston atoll but the location is kept secret. i wonder how many secret populations of nahackyi exist in hawaii.

Ah Beng unboxing philippine shipment this evening. very limited pieces of Pseudanthias hutomoi (Hutomo's anthias). There's still 1-2 pieces left this evening. V seldom seen, even pictures online are hard to find and many labelled wrongly.

yuri i just died a little bit after seeing your photos in watsapp. GORGEOUS! i need more info on that fish!

video. Lotilia klausewitzi and Alpheus rubromaculatus. the goby on its own is extremely shy. however the shrimp is very outgoing and the goby will follow the shrimp everywhere, even far out of their burrow. watch the video. this is a very interesting goby and shrimp combo that is not like any stonogobiops or other more conventional shrimp goby pairs. i would reccomend this fish to anyone with a peaceful nano setup.

not a new addition, but finally got a pic of my White cap goby + shrimp pair living in my refugium. Video coming soon.

Beautiful "clipperton Queens"! St pauls rock is amazing. Koran x maculosus is ugly. Chrysurus x maculosus is not so nice too. Most amazing is chrysurus x emperor

i'm sure there are success stories out there however few. but locally here in singapore, i know of no one. if anyone is successful, please share.

Those r the tubeworms that grow in sumps n overflow boxes in v matured tanks. I harvested a handful from iwarna and used it to seed my refugium

Haha why? There's nothing in it yet! Anyway TOTM or any title is not important to me.

Some macro shots of some of my shrimps. Sexy and anemone shrimp. Will try to get shots of my Urocaridella.

Tryssogobius I try before. Small mysis n cyclopeeze they eat easily. Aioliops megastigma eats too. But r very sensitive n spook easily.

I transferred my priolepis to my Display. Yes like my old nocturna they r interesting n will dart out for for food. Of coz I love elacatinus, tryssogobius etc. No stock for the species I want yet. I will get when I see. Terry, I had considered that. The lotilia has its own rock. At the other end of the fuge is a separate mound for another species.

They came separately. It is said female pistols hav smaller claws but not sure how accurate. This was just luck. Anyway it is observed in the wild that same sex pairs of shrimps do sometimes share a burrow. If they don't try to kill each other immediately it should be fine. I'm going for a yasha pair + randall Pistol pair for my refugium next.

Yes.same

beautiful cryptocentrus nigrocellatus. came in a few pieces before. rare

i second that!

ah bac has a tank full of yasha gobies. also at ah bac, watanabe angels 1 male and many females. one whole tank full of Sailfin anthias (Rabaulichthys cf. suzuki)

Fascinating! i have never heard of C. albidorsus! yet again thank you for your help. thanks for the information re. basabei.

nope. not a goby themed tank haha. gobies are great starter fish as they are hardy and have very low bioload. the tank can catch up to additions slowly this way. gobies are beautiful but many are yes, difficult to obtain. and they need a dedicated small tank. many will disappear in a big tank.

Haha. My tank now is barren except for sand, rocks and a few tiny gobies. if you like goby-shrimp interactions, a small 1ft tank or 2ft tank is enough. 2 inch sandbed, a rock, a goby and a shrimp and you're good to go! Thanks! I was surprised all 4 worked out and are now living happily in a burrow. I also have a Lotilia (White cap goby) + rubromaculatus shrimp pair. this tiny fish is living in my sump together with the japanese Bellae sandsifter goby. In my display tank is also a pair of Priolepis boreus, and a lone Priolepis sp which i don't know the ID. next week i am going to take back my Priolepis nocturna (Fullmoon goby) from fuel. I passed it to him as a breeding pair before i decommed, but one of them died. the lone one is no longer useful for breeding so it's coming back to me. too bad all these Priolepis gobies are too shy for any pictures.

a video of the interaction between the goby pair and shrimp pair. watch in 1080 HD.

Here's another goby that I am extremely excited to own. I first came to learn of this species about three years ago around the same time the white cap goby (Lotilia graciliosa) made its debut in the aquarium scene. One specimen came from Iwarna's cebu shipment, but the fish was not in good condition and it died. This week, with the help of Fuel, I found two. I paired them up and the pair now live in the same burrow with also, a pair of Alpheus ochrostriatus pistol shrimp. 4 occupants in one burrow, a feat i am quite happy with. This is Cryptocentrus leucostictus, the Saddled-prawn goby. some pics of the largest one (i presume the female) exploring the peripheries of its burrow. Also a pic of it in a holding tank prior to introduction.

MH arrives tomorrow. for now the tank is running on spare T5s. It's been more than a week since water etc went in. Used NSW and matured cured live rocks. Added Two Little Fishies Biopronto and Fauna Marine Ultra Bio daily. great products for bacterial additives. Because of the pre-existing matured rocks and active dosing of biological filtration cultures, there was negligible to no cycling. water parameters are as per normal, with the exception of Ca and Salinity being on the low side due to NSW. With that, i introduced some inhabitants. All of them are small gobies which do not impact much in terms of bioload. At this stage, one must be careful not to overload the system with too much bioload. slowly and a little at a time. here's a gorgeous shrimp goby that is very seldom seen. Amblyeleotris latifasciata. I don't believe there's a common name for this goby. It is paired with Alpheus randalli, the red/white striped pistol shrimp. The second photos shows the same fish in an agitated flared up posture with change in color and a widened mouth, as another goby was intruding its turf.

some updates. I decided to stick to using a CR. trying out the reef octopus. heard it's not too shabby