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a good picture of an unidentified angelfish from bali. it is not a tigerpyge. anyone can guess what it is?

another large but not as large as the previous 2 monster annularis we've posted on. but this one has a unique pattern. misbar annularis

found where? fishbase say coral sea region .

not a very impressive looking species but as far as rarity goes, one of the more difficult to obtain meiacanthus.

ok that makes more sense now that we put the japanese price into perspective. i assumed that the pauci was $300 converted to sg price and so were everything else in their regular red sea shipment.

VERY expensive considering it's a common red sea butterflyfish in the wild. compare with the other red sea fish price. semilarvatus <$100 mesoleucos <$100 purple tang <$100 sohal tang < to ~ $100 red sea regal i don't know coz too many years never see red sea banner fish < $100 red sea flasher wrasse < $100 paucifasciatus $300!? i'd still buy it though.

THE MUSIC IS SO FUNNY. A BIG MASSIVE SCARY ANNULARIS and the tinkly happy music.

OMG THE ANNULARIS.

haha i don't know why but that rock beauty is just absolutely stunning. the first time i saw it i was just blown away.

warmed up the photo so you can see the rock beauty in probbaly normal coloration! amazing isn't it! oh my god my new favourite obsession!

super nice right i love it

and a very rare aberrant rock beauty!! the black has taken over the whole fish! stunning! this kind of aberrations will not likely revert to normal because it's not xanthic or tricolor morphs, but rather, a colour aberration like the purple purple tang and the purple spot firefish.

meiacanthus reticulatus. i want this!

yup. iphone 4 and edited the photo abit using iphoto. i took the picture under sunlight and the colours got abit washed out. edited to depict real life colours. no enhancement, just adjust light settings.

i took a short video of this unknown damsel? from renaissance aquatics in L.A. it's large, and very yellow. it's actually really beautiful but i have no idea what it is. anyone knows?

oh really? it's not a deepwater pipefish? i remember seeing one video if it in very deep water but maybe they can be found in shallow water too. the bleerkeri is beautiful. i think the colours will stay with all the other damsels constantly playing with each other.

ooo deepwater hawaii. not likely to see.

The bleekeri damsel is now part of my growing pomacentrus collection which includes Chrysiptera cf springeri, C. rollandi, C. caeruleolineata, C. traceyi, Chromis nigrura and C. acares.

My Bleekers from another mother! Pseudocoris bleekeri and Chrysiptera bleekeri. found these 2 puppies in coral farm today and i HADDD TO HAVE them. the bleeker's pseudocoris wrasse here is a male. last year i bought a male from ah beng which, over the year or so, slowly turned into a female. it's drab, pale blue. for a long time i wanted to sell it because it has become so unattractive over time as a female, but yet secretly hoping to find another male for it. the time have come and now the pair is in my display and my gosh the male looks stunning when it displays. all the body becomes electric blue and the black and yellow stands out so much! the bleeker's damsel is like a rather unusual cousin of the starki damsel. i've only seen it less than 5 times here and each time in small numbers. it's more purplish than blue and the colours are not so stark (pun intended). but i like the subdued pastel-ness of the bleeker's damselfish compared to starki. i find it funny how i've stumbled upon two "bleekers" in one sitting, both of which on my want list for quite sometime now.

Very nice! I kept one before but for some reason mine was super aggressive. It chased and ate up all the fins of my golden angel

CF have male and female bellus Angels as well as some undescribed tomiyamichthys shrimp gobies

Mine disappeared

oops realised i posted in the wrong thread. a pair of latifasciatus clowns. new photo!

a pair of latifasciatus clowns! (new photo)

this is the entire reason why i started the reefsafe butterflyfish thread. some butterflies can be kept in the reef some cannot. it's not about the "altering" of the diet but more of the fact that they do not eat corals in nature. pls do your research, as teardrop butterflies are some of the most destructive species around. they have a large mouth compared to other species which is meant for tearing up corals.