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very difficult to trap sand wrasses bro. especially leopards. if yours is greedy enough, a standard betta box works well. here's a very good trick but there's very low chance of working in a sandbed set up. If someone for some reason put a sand wrasse in a barebottom and wants to remove it, put a tray of sand in a plastic container and the wrasse will sleep in that tray. observe and wait for the wrasse to dive into the tray of sand and remove it at night. In a sandbed tank, trapping them using the tray method is more difficult but not impossible. I've tried doing it by placing a black acrylic sheet on the sandbed so that the wrasse cannot see the sand and won't attempt to dive in it. then using a large tray of sand, put it on the sheet and the wrasse will sleep in the tray of sand at night. can't put a single large acrylic sheet on your sand? improvise. cut it up . remove it and ta da.

true for what terryz said. golden angel is a very problematic fish. they are - very very timid (which means no large fishes or sudden movements. will scare the hell out of them) - very difficult to feed (you NEED live rock. if you are quarantining it, do it fast or don't do it at all, and provide lots of hiding places) - They are very easily stressed. (These fishes are very very timid) - Decompression problems. (Golden angel lives in relatively deep water and suffer decompression problems. don't buy those with funny swimming habits) - Majority of golden angels are caught with cyanide. These fish are very very difficult to hand catch because they are so cryptic. Cyanide is often employed When looking for golden angels, get small sized 1-2 inches. Smaller ones adapt better. Next, make sure it is swimming properly and alert, curious. Don't get those that look dazed. Not feeding? Nevermind. A golden that is feeding in LFS is from heaven. Once you buy, bring home, acclimate and dim your lights. they are deepwater so adjust your lighting for the first few days. Make sure no aggression and plenty of liverocks. VERY IMPORTANT. Next, begin your training to feed them immediately. Try using live brine shrimp to initiate a feeding response together with macroalgae and liverocks to tide over the initial starvation. If all goes well, it will begin feeding and you can wean it onto frozen. Good luck. it is one of the hardest dwarf angels.

omgoodness don't add any large angels into a small tank like yours even juveniles. I know it can be very very tempting, but you will regret it. terryz is right. in a small tank like this, it will totally stunt their growth and the stress of a small space will prematurely kill them. it's very inhumane also, juvenile queen angels are not easy, they will eat up all your corals (queen angels will eat up your corals 100%, if it's not too stressed from the small space), and are very aggressive. you will see it panicking and darting around in a small tank.

yeah. well i don't know. maybe knock by car or old age... i really don't know lol. but it's so sad to see the white one still caring about it after it's dead. and when he lie there and close his eyes... so cute. and so sad

yup haha. We're very lucky because stuff like this don't happen at all. Rare, newly discovered species usually are ridiculously expensive and ship to japan. but because they are very common and are within our reach, we get them. there are plenty of rare new fishes that i want but are too ex and rare... anyway, enjoy your naoko. there will be plenty more to come hehe

excellent to hear. Your new fish, especially the wrasse, are dither fishes and will encourage other shyer fishes to venture out more.

it is a holy grail! and you have to be proud of that. because the americans pay $200+ USD for it. i'm so glad that the price has dropped so much here for us to afford. just a few months ago this fish was extremely rare that will never appear in singapore. Because of it's very recent discovery.

nice. Cirrhilabrus naokoae. what was once the holy grail and newly discovered fairy, is now dirt cheap and abundant. marvelous!

not a fan of zeovit lol.

check the stripes of the juveniles properly. juvenile queen and blue angels look very very similar.

video of my 2 colinis. i love the jerky methodical swimming style very reminiscent of paracentropyge sp.

mm yeah i guess nonsence isn't really the right word. what terryz said is true. it's just fanciful sprinkling of heavy sugar coating to make the zoas more sellable. it's just too commercialized for my liking. it's subliminal messages you know? trying to get reefers to see the beauty of the zoas not for their true beauty, but because of all these fancy names. but i keep my comments to myself. just because i don't like it, i don't go around criticizing. it's just personal views. and since this topic is brought up, i'll just share how i feel about it. i find it weird when people start threads "help me ID my zoas" it's just a naming game. it's not the true identity of the coral. it's just what humans make it out to be. it's just like prada, gucci etc. most of the items for sale are just "so what?" in terms of design. If i took a giordano or bossini shirt and label it as gucci. How much more do you think i will be able to sell? just something to think about

honestly i wish they would just abolish all this "alien eye, eagle eye" nonsence.

go to www.zoaid.com and do a search. faster than posting here waiting for replies.......

yeah.. sigh

more info on the ultra rare Centropyge abei. latest discovery It's been released in books already! the specimen being held by the guy is either a dead, preserved holotype, or a plastic replica. i lost touch of my japanese....

xenia elongata tends to do that. many reefers report different success stories with them.

Wild colinis

good experience. i love the cycling 3-6 months part. ideally if we all could wait that long it would be perfect. imagine cycling your tank for 1 year. imagine how matured your rocks will be!! plenty of growth which will feed your fishes for months.

red firefish from indonesia, or maldives can find in coral sea too. purple firefish also from indonesia

yes these are my little monsters. living with fuel for the time being. here's a better picture of them while they were with me.

the mickey mouse goby is dam cute lol. do you have an ID for that?

brown 1 isit? xenia elongata. these guys pulse when the pH is 8.2 and above. Low pH results in poor pulsing. Also do note that sometimes they just stop pulsing for no reason. In fact, why xenia pulse is unkown to science. If you find out why maybe you could get a nobel prize Many scientist hypothesize that they pulse for water exchange, waste, etc. Here are the criteria for pulsing. - low flow. (They pulse better in lower flow. And their pulsing is best observed in low flow, however, xenia do pulse in high flow too) - pH of >8.2 any lower and your xenia might not pulse. If all of the above conditions are met, it just means your xenia doesn't want to pulse and it's perfectly normal. Like i said, they do stop pulsing but that does not mean they are dying. Secondly, if your xenia is growing too long and thin, it means the flow might be too strong or there isn't enough light. Also do bear in mind that if your species is xenia elongata, the brown one, they tend to grow like this. Hence their scientific name, elongata = long, elongated (in latin) hope this helps.