OMG! Look at these hybrids and rare fishes!

[Terryz_]

it looks like its in ur tank? lolx..

Just released in... Hope it survive..

[Digiman]

Super male Bell's flasher wrasse! This one is sold at USD900!

[Digiman]

Terelabrus Rubrovittatus! I miss mine from Fuel.

[Terryz_]

Super male Bell's flasher wrasse! This one is sold at USD900!

I thought it all looked like Carpenteri to you? But seriously I cant tell the difference other than the location caught and name..

[Digiman]

I thought it all looked like Carpenteri to you? But seriously I cant tell the difference other than the location caught and name..

Exactly i cant tell the difference also so i'll unlikely spend 900 on a bell flasher.. Below is a common filament flasher and i cannot see much difference:

[Digiman]

I like to thank M3 Seekers for bringing these v rare fishes into Singapore!

Gramma linki 2"

Chaetodon Paucifasciatus Pair 3"+

[Digiman]

Three v rare deepwater fishes from Japan.

Liopropoma Japonicum

Bodianus Pacificus

Odontanthias Unimaculatus

[Ketchup]

These fishes are in SG now? thats candy basslet right? (2nd pic..)

[Digiman]

These fishes are in SG now? thats candy basslet right? (2nd pic..)

Which fishes are u referring to??

If u are referring to the japanese fishes, den no! And the second pic is not a candy basslet but a hogfish.

[yikai]

some of chingchai's super rare fishes..

Paracirrhites xanthus aka the super rare and beautiful golden hawkfish.

and his ventralis anthias from hawaii and marshall islands respectively (they are different species)

[Digiman]

some of chingchai's super rare fishes..

Paracirrhites xanthus aka the super rare and beautiful golden hawkfish.

and his ventralis anthias from hawaii and marshall islands respectively (they are different species)

I think... maybe the hawaii ventralis would be dead by now. Maybe the new ventralis also...

[yikai]

they do look skinny..

[M3Morph]

Exactly i cant tell the difference also so i'll unlikely spend 900 on a bell flasher.. Below is a common filament flasher and i cannot see much difference:

Seems like the bell has lots of pattern on it body. Nice.

[yikai]

bell's flasher has a super lunated tail and a yellow edge.

the anal fin is also purely red.

[yikai]

bell's flasher has a super lunated tail and a yellow edge.

the anal fin is also purely red.

[Ketchup]

i love Chingchai's golden hawkfish... i believe it was given to him by a Japanese reefer iirc.

[Digiman]

i love Chingchai's golden hawkfish... i believe it was given to him by a Japanese reefer iirc.

Haha no one will be so nice to give away such an expensive fish!

Chingchai bought the yellow hawkfish from Japan BlueHarbour.

[Ketchup]

Haha no one will be so nice to give away such an expensive fish!

Chingchai bought the yellow hawkfish from Japan BlueHarbour.

Oh is it? Well, can't rem cos i read his thread on RC a while back

[Digiman]

With so many deepwater hawaii fishes collected recently, is there anything else down there that is still worth catching for the trade?

Yes! There is a v beautiful and v deep water fish in hawaii (see video link below). The Grammatonotus macrophthalmus. It can be found in Japan water also. This fish is v deep much more than prognathode basabei depth! It is found 300m to 500m, that is >1000 feet! It will never survive being pulled out from such great depth, so likely never to appear in this hobby.

Video: http://www.hawaiianatolls.org/video/HURL/HURL_GramFish.mov

[FuEl]

Are these reef-safe?

[Digiman]

Are these reef-safe?

No they are not considered reef-safe, but they are not too destructive either. Kept them well fed and they should be fine in a reef tank.

All three are from africa, in order of the pics, leucopleura (came in from Iwarna twice), blackburni (M3 has some to offer now if anyone is interested), dolosus (saw at CF once thru east africa shipment and i believe LCK can bring in too). All three are obtainable and not expensive.

[yikai]

blackburn is not available at M3 now. it's only coming in around april.

it's a very rare butterfly from Africa. seldom show up in the trade.

dolosus is the safest of the three. it's behaviour is similar to citrinellus, guentheri, miliaris etc. i.e, partial plankton feeder as well as benthic. very easy to feed since their diet is very wide ranging in the wild.

[yikai]

With so many deepwater hawaii fishes collected recently, is there anything else down there that is still worth catching for the trade?

Yes! There is a v beautiful and v deep water fish in hawaii (see video link below). The Grammatonotus macrophthalmus. It can be found in Japan water also. This fish is v deep much more than prognathode basabei depth! It is found 300m to 500m, that is >1000 feet! It will never survive being pulled out from such great depth, so likely never to appear in this hobby.

Video: http://www.hawaiianatolls.org/video/HURL/HURL_GramFish.mov

OH MY GOD!

look at the way it gracefully emerges from the darkness. the tail so flamboyant. it's so legendary.

[yikai]

P. aculeatus at LADD.

i want prognathodes butterflies

[Digiman]

OH MY GOD!

look at the way it gracefully emerges from the darkness. the tail so flamboyant. it's so legendary.

Exactly. There's another v deepwater anthias down there in hawaii that if available will make H.fuscipinnis look cheap and common!

odontanthias elizabethae

After Roa Excelsa, the only possibly new and rare ones from hawaii will be anthias like these from the deep dark bottom! Dun understand why they hav to be so beautiful when it is total darkness down there.

P. aculeatus at LADD.

i want prognathodes butterflies

Email M3Seekers, so they will time to start sourcing and by the time u return they would hav found one.