Dispar_Anthias

Do you know that they cost hundreds of dollars... If so, i would rather go for hwaiian flame wrasse( jordani)

yeah.. the word reef safe seem abit unclear........

This hog are no reef safe fish FYI

This is the yellwo coris http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di...d=21&pCatId=386 Did you bought the wrong fish

Got it!!! thats a yellow candy cane hog http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di...=21&pCatId=1157

Do you mean the yellow fish beside the elegance.... if i not worng, thats not a yellow coris, but a hogfish. wait i go check which species it is

And gthey are very polluting fishes too

1 foot long

eh she skin like skeleton... machiam like a tang nv eat for few weeks

haha..... my teacher you want..... i doubt so

nah i am a fire worm which will cause nasty sting through burning sensation

Reduce to dust

Updated pic of the giant... notice the colour has faded alot as the squamy has grown quite a bit

yeah thats why i never mentioned hippophus are from tridacna

My giant squamosa

Because they are so colourful thus add colour to your tank but hippophus eh........ dun want to comment to much

derasa(the one which is browish and has a mantle pattern diff from the rest but it looks gold from the side)

Group of croceas

A maxima

This is a squamosa(FYI my clam are ugly and no way compared to others which some reefers' own)

I think that this qns have been ask many times and answerd too. Suggest you search for older thread and you may find your answer..... Anyway just FYI........... I try to make it short Clam commonly sold in the market mainly belong to the tridacna species... A few popular ones are maxima, crocea, derasa, gigas and squamosa........ Crocea- smallest clam species which do not have huge stair case like structure(think they are call scute) on their shell........ They are very colourful and their stretch their mantle out very wide and one of the biggest in the clam family) thus making them prone to predation... Being very colourful, they therefore needs very very strong lighting(>250watts) The shell base is also very wide and that makes it diff from its cousin(maxima) as these 2 species are easily mistaken as each other...... usually lfs owner will try to say that their croceas are maxima because maxima cost more..... maxima- They have staircase like structure on their shell(some may not have) They are very colourful and therefore lots of lights are needed(some colourful one may need 400watts of light).....The shell base where the byssal is is not as wide as croceas.......... Derasa- This guys have very small and thin base......... When fully close, this clam look like pancake....... When they open, the shell can open to almost 180 degree...... Their colour are not as colourful as maxima or corceas and usually they come in brown, gold or green....... They also have scutes on their shell but the scutes pattern are more unique becos they continue from one end of the shell to the other end........ Squamosa- This clam have shell pattern that resemble maxima... only thing is that maxima scutes are more closely pack while squamosa's are more wide..... Another thing to differentiate maxima from squamosa, is from the mantle pattern, squamosa mantlt tend to be more dull and usually in gold or brown while maximas mantle can be of almost and colour........ Squamosas are very hardy clam and should be recommended for beginners....... They need very little light too(least is many t5s)....... As for gigas and hippophus, i would not talk much abt them as they are seldom see in lfs trade.... Gigas being rare and endangered while hippophus being very ugly thus no lfs owner would want to bring them in..... From the way you speak, i suggest you read up lots more on clam before buying them, read up on their needs and diseases or predation which may affect them......

nah just constantly browse through my dr burgess marine atlas

Eh....... actually there are many tangs which i do not know, its just that those pic of tangs which sis AP posted, i have seen them before..... he gave the blue to me thus nvm lah, dun charge him

haha i dun mind...... eh since when i am a tang critics...... My tank has become a bit of a tang nursery home, my fren just chuck his blue tang with me because he was shock when that tang poo....... haha ironic part is that he has a beckett skimmer but not me

Your tank no space for elegance lah........ have them in your dream