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What coral is that? If it's an anemone or a non-photosynthetic soft coral it could be the natural color.

Here's a stocklist. http://www.pacificaisi.com/livestocks/bali_coral.htm Exporters do indeed dye their soft corals, even rarer is one that admits it.

Bubble tip anemones are rarely dyed as their natural color is bright enough. Usually anemones that are dyed have a base color that is white/grey. The most common color used to dye anemones is yellow. Bright yellow anemones are almost certainly dyed. Pink pigments are natural for some anemones like bubble-tip anemones. However bright pink is not a natural color for leather corals and other common soft corals that are photosynthetic. Pink can be a natural color if the coral is non-photosynthetic. Basically if you see a photosynthetic soft coral that is bright yellow or deep/bright pink, be very skeptical. If you want to see examples, go to one of the largest marine farms in the north. Tanks and tanks of dyed corals. In the east side as well.

Dyed.

Clownfish are tough. 1.016 to 1.020+ is no issue to them (tried & tested by commercial hatcheries). Not for your delicate fish, with your hypo being way below that.

I don't get it. So much effort trying to feed the fish & get rid of ich. It'll be a miracle if they even survive after this quickie transfer.

Most of them. Just don't support the bleaching and coloring of soft corals and anemones. It's a disgusting practice. Just because these things are not on CITES or listed as endangered does'nt mean that it is ok to artificially color them to make them more attractive for sale. The marine aquarium hobby does not need bad press like this. The only time you will ever see a naturally yellow leather coral is from Fiji/Tonga shipments. These are dark yellow. Leather corals that are bright, fluorescent yellow have been dyed.

They don't have the same nutritional profile of the blue linckia, which is one of the natural prey for harlequin shrimp. Your shrimp will die on a diet of sandshifting sea stars.

Do not buy those soft corals which look slightly pale fluorescent yellow. Those have been bleached purposely (& maybe even dyed as well) for sale. Such acts by the supplier to make money are disgusting. The worst part is that even the most reputable farms receive these soft corals.

Can't be sure if those extensions are for food capture but one thing is a fact. All corals exhibit some kind of heterotrophic feeding, simply because of the plain fact that they are animals. No corals rely 100% on photosynthesis, not even SPS. Polyps are designed for prey capture. A good reference. http://www.reefs.org/library/aquarium_net/0697/0697_3.html

Fish only die when you are away..happened to your picasso perculas. I went KL for only 3-4 days and they decided to die..some kind of toxic tank syndrome.

livloyalist gets the item. Bid closed.

Fishes have been spoken for. Thanks for interest.

Bigger one is 3", smaller one 2". Just measured with ruler as they are sleeping.

Postponed till next week.

Depends on fate. If no confirm buyers by 2359 I will put the fish in my 5ft shallow tank.

The fish featured on reefs.org is probably juvenile that's why the body shape look a little different.

Will offer delivery tonight. No worries about collecting.

Some information on this peaceful & reef safe species. http://www.reefs.org/forums/topic84591.html http://www.poe-poe.com/tererubr.html

If no takers by tonight the fishes shall go into my tank.

Nope I did not say. If you jump to conclusions yourself you can't blame me. I already said I have not seen this fish before. I kept fish for over 2 decades and would I not know if it was a bodianus?

Have the above pair of Terelabrus Rubrovittatus for sale. Asking for $200 nett. If not I will keep them for myself.

Last day of bidding.

Yes, nice. Offer someone at cost and even offer to deliver to him. Since he's not interested I'll let them off.

H. picta has been reared through larval stages in at least 2 places. For best health feed blue linckia. I have found other starfish like sandshifting stars lead to premature deaths. 1) Hawaii 2) Japan