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haha yah exaggerating nia. yes larvatus from red sea. alot of very nice butterflies from red sea. like larvatus, paucifasciatus and melapturus. melapturus is really striking. black and yellow. never see before though...

yes. the ratio of success to failure is 1 to a thousand. for everyone that survive, hundreds more die. larvatus is really nice. seldom see though.

here's a video of ornate feeding on mashed up pellets! it looks very big though. not sure if it will adapt to the pellets, or will end up dying of nutritional deficiencies the octofasciatus and baronessa is also feeding on pellets in the video

but very difficult right? how many success stories compared to the number of failure? i mean for every 1 that survives, 40 die? haha. sometimes is not wether can or cannot, is worth or not. that's why i say sometimes better left in the sea. but i'm very curious and exited at the same time to know that ornate has been done successfully!! it's really one of the nicest of the lot.

puka shell is too rough for a yellow wrasse. it will hurt itself as it buries to sleep at night. the shells will cut and abrade it's skin

yes! it's definitely not easy to keep them alive. :welldone: bro bigbird what are you waiting for? i'm sure you're dying to play angels again hahahha

row 1 from left to right - Chaetodon austriacus (melon butterflyfish) - Chaetodon zanzibariensis (zanzibar butterflyfish) - Chaetodon lunulatus (red-fin butterflyfish) - Chaetodon andamanensis (andaman butterflyfish) - Chaetodon trifasciatus - Chaetodon baronessa - Chaetodon melapterus (arabian butterflyfish) - Chaetodon octofasciatus (eight banded butterflyfish) Row 2 from left to right - Chaetodon triangulatum - Chaetodon meyeri (scrawled butterflyfish) - Chaetodon bennetti (bennett's butterflyfish) Row 3 from left to right - Chaetodon larvatus (hooded butterflyfish) - Chaetodon reticulatus - Chaetodon speculum (oval-spot/mirror butterflyfish) - Chaetodon trifascialis (chevron butterflyfish) - Chaetodon capistratus (four-eye butterflyfish) - Chaetodon ornatissimus (ornate butterflyfish) - Chaetodon plebeius (blue-spot butterflyfish)

Since we're on the topic on obligate coralivores, these are the commonly offered butterflyfishes that should never be attempted in the aquarium. All of them may feed on prepared foods but will die unless offered a live constant supply of SPS polyps. They may however, have a chance of success if purchased as tiny juveniles below 1 inch, and are readily accepting prepared foods. However don't attempt unless you are experienced and willing to dedicate a lot of time and effort into these fishes. Never buy them casually. They belong in the wild.

it's so nice to hear that someone is having this success too. actually, getting them to feed is not really an issue. but because these fishes are highly adapted to eating nothing but coral polyps, they don't get the nutrition they need from normal fishfood and usually just die of nutritional anomalies. Hopefully yours do well. 2 months is really too early to tell but it's a good good start. Bennetti, although a coral feeder, is considered one of the "easier" ones. the ultimate hardcore one will be the ornate butterflyfish. thanks ketchup. good luck to holachantus too!

very nice fts!

congratulations! that's very good news to hear! looks like mine is not the first afterall what was the size you got it at? if it's larger then that's fantastic news. april to june is only 2 months plus. it's actually too early to tell. these fishes usually die even after eating pellets and mysis because their body cannot utilise the nutrients. however if yours is still alive and growing then it's a very good sign.

there's a quite nice centropyge eibli x centropyge vroliki hybrid at iwarna

Last but not least, the tank- raised juvenile C. bennetti also shares it's home with the rest. But i will not post so much on these fishes. Afterall, this the colini log.

Also in the QT are two carribean sailfin blennies. Emblemaria pandionis the first two photos are from internet. the last 1 are mine in the QT. their colours will turn a dark brown to black when comfortable and living in liverock. In the quarantine, their colours are a faded light grey. However they are extremely hardy and have been feeding very well in hyposalinity for almost 3 weeks.

Updates on their new quarters. Toyogo box leaking so now in a glass tank. Both colinis placed inside betta box to facilitate easy feeding. They are feeding on pellets and mysis but not a lot. each time 3-4 pellets and about 5 mysis. that's it. so placing them into betta boxes to make sure they eat everything up and not foul the tank with uneaten food.

or the few wavemakers can be strategically oriented so that constant random flow is achieved.

dun keep sand wrasses in betta box. cannot tahan for long. stress very easily. release into main tank with sand bed straight away.

ok ok guys. don't mess with the TOTM award. needs fixing.

LOL wow! yah where did that come from. i jealous leh i also want..

the mods are bringing in the TOTM system soon bino ur tank definitely up for nomination no? ahahha

BRO FANTASTIC!! one of the nicest nano tanks here definately. and such great improvement considering it was made not too long ago. definitely TOTM material (for nano ) great photography too! makes me feel like owning a better cam

toyogo box leak. guess it can't handle the immense pressure of so much water. the sides were bowing haha. so i transferred everything into a 2ft tank. fishes seem a little stressed, but they will be fine.

2.5 red notes around there

yes. wavemakers are just as any other equipment without a wavemaker, your reef will not make it. Many corals require flow that the wavemaker can generate many fishes require turbid water movement to survive last but not least, wavemaker helps to improve water circulation. the single most important thing in your tank. without water movement, water is stagnant and a whole bunch of problems will arise that being said, my advice is just for standard useful wavemakers. if you want one that is more for toy purpose like controlling, wave effect etc, then it's up to you.

ok ty