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lol so ugly!

in real life the line is more easily seen. the picture doesn't show it. that is the male colouration for randall's. two purple and two orange stripes. only when they are alpha male then the stripes gets so sink and gorgeous like the photo i posted. anyway i don't really like anthias, but bartletts and randalls are ok since they are colourful and very easy. all others are either too boring or too difficult. my favourite is the endangered and super rare Pseudanthias regalis from Marquesas (shown below). won't get to see them since there's no collection there. there are also many rare and gorgeous ones likes the infamous Ventralis anthias, the flavicauda anthias from fiji only, leucozonas from bali etc etc. but alot of them are too difficult, too expensive or too rare. anthias are a tough family of fishes as far as price, obtainability and difficulty is concerned

it will take very long. now there are 2 very faint stripes on the body. not shown in the photo. i have a larger male and 3 females. when the male display, the stripes become more evident.

lonely detective possum wrasse

having some fun with black and white haha. peekaboo!

wow fantastic method! the livebrine always comes out! thumbs up

Yes gorgeous. we can expect them in singapore very very very soon. all sizes. for orders pls contact steven at LCK.

Cirrhilabrus lineatus displaying. dorsal and anal fin will turn while, tail will turn bright orange and so will the pectoral fins.

beautiful exquisite wrasse with yellow dorsal fin.

Digiman, i got this email from Glassbox design. Hi Lemon, I wanted to thank you for pointing out P. rubrolineatus. Despite it staring me, and many prominent Japanese fish collectors, writers and publishers in the face, the species slipped through the cracks! I've since discussed this species with Tetsuo Otake and Kiyoshi Endoh and they have confirmed. It was previously unknown in the Japanese market, and likely would have gone so for sometime without your observation. Here's an excerpt from the message I received: "Pseudanthias rubrolineatus is officially founded in Japan, and named as "イトヒキコハクハナダイ, Itohikikohaku hanadai"in Japanese last month. Therefore, it is P. rubrolineatus!" Thanks for always keeping me on my toes! Best, Eric GLASSBOXDESIGN Would like to thank you for pointing out to us that is is rubrolineatus. if not for you, none of us would have known. so this email should be credited to you.

Wow nice thalassoma wrasse. Thalassoma noronhanum

burgess butterfly is the most common of the 5 Roaops sub genus. they can be commonly found here in singapore but small ones are very very hard to find. the pair for sale at DD is 3.5 and 4 inches. huge if you ask me.

nice scape!

one of the 4 that i have. all are equally lazy.

Pseudanthias randalli. small young male. hopefully it will grow big and develop the two bright magenta stripes on it's body that adult randalli anthias are famous for! photo of what i hope it will grow into, below. got 2 males 3 females. got them i think 1-2 weeks ago. easy to feed too

oh yes forgot to post. my giant true octo. seriously, this thing is huge.

roseafascia in the wild. i want mine to grow up like this. but this wrasse is seriously aggressive. comparable to scotts and pylei! my marjorie is constantly switching back from male to female because of the roseafascia. it was male, then female, then male and now, becoming female again. despite the other females, it's no use. the roseafascia's assertion is too strong.

a pair of feminine wrasses. male on left and female on right in the bags. very blur. another pic of a female below. i want this so badly!

this is his pintail from DD too.

I'm so jealous of snorvich from RC. he has a pair of johnsoni and a pair of earlei which brian greene has caught for him from twilight aquatics. why dont we have such luck

ya touch wood! so far my SPS never STN or RTN yet. just change colour only.

the one being subdued is turning back to a female. that's why it's losing it's bright red on it's fins an doesn't flare or flash.

why want to trap lei?

tonozukai looks very similar to rubripinnis, but has an elongated dorsal fin similar to whip fin fairy. it's found in malaysia and indonesia if i'm not wrong, but we never see them here. they used to be very commonly shipped to japan but lately, they don't get them even at japan too. don't know why.