OP
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Fish and other:
Royal pencil wrasse, not terribly expensive but difficult to acclimate to captivity IME. This guy's a pig and very colorful. $30
(not my pic but identical to the fish I have)
Halichoeres cosmetus Adorned Wrasse, probably the best pest hunter in the ocean, in high demand in Europe for their pest control capability (insurance policy for my tank), a bit harder to find and slightly more expensive than the more common Christmas wrasse, but very similar appearance, $30
Ornate leopard wrasse, best looking of the leopards (IMO) except for the pricey choatis. Dark background, blue spots, red spots and stripes near the head, $25
Geometric pygmy hawkfish, pretty small, $25
"Holy grail" golden Rhomboid fairy wrasse, not a supermale but on his way. He flashes nightly after feeding when he showing the other wrasses that he's the "king". $160
Yashi Hase goby, a bit reclusive but I do see him more and more as he gets comfortable with his surroundings. Best of the pistol shrimp symbiotics (except maybe the Randall's goby). $35
Tail spot blenny, omnivore, $10
Whip-fin fairy wrasse, smaller fairy that develops yellow dorsal streamers as it ages. Male but only about 2", $25
Powder blue tang, pretty mild compared to other powder blues I've encountered, small to medium sized, I've seen this guy eat bubble algae, $35.
Mystery wrasse, pretty mild but will occasionally chase others for 5 seconds with no damage done. Still has the white bars (albeit faint) which is a bit unusual when they mature, $50
Tomini tang, bristletooth variety so eats more diatom type algaes. Medium sized and great disposition, $30
Sunburst (fathead) anthias, hard to acclimate because they tend to like hiding in the rocks but this guy is out all the time and not very timid, $35
Tierra anthis trio, 1 male, 2 females. Always out in the water column and playing with one another, $60 for the trio and would like to see them stay together (not terrible large either).
Eviota or trimma goby, white with red or pink horizontal stripe. Likes to hang out in the rocks but that may be due to the presence of all the wrasses, $10
African blue stripe pipefish, had this guy about a year and he does very well in a reef environment. Mainly seen dusk/dawn and will eat frozen mysis, $20
Male "red" mandarin and "blue" female mandarin, do the "spawning dance" a few times a week at dusk but never seen them release eggs/sperm. I know the female eats frozen but have not seen the male do so. $35 for the pair and would like to see them remain as a pair.
CBB, smallish size of medium, have not had a problem with him picking on anything (other than tube worms and aiptasias (which I only had one or two of). Eats frozen with gusto. $25
Harlequin shrimp, $15
Skunk cleaner shrimp who actually sets up a cleaning station (anthias love it), $15
Tuxedo urchin (if he's still in there), $10
I should be able to start catching fish after next w/e. I'm more than willing to put you on a "waitlist" if interested.
Dave
Royal pencil wrasse, not terribly expensive but difficult to acclimate to captivity IME. This guy's a pig and very colorful. $30
Halichoeres cosmetus Adorned Wrasse, probably the best pest hunter in the ocean, in high demand in Europe for their pest control capability (insurance policy for my tank), a bit harder to find and slightly more expensive than the more common Christmas wrasse, but very similar appearance, $30
Ornate leopard wrasse, best looking of the leopards (IMO) except for the pricey choatis. Dark background, blue spots, red spots and stripes near the head, $25
Geometric pygmy hawkfish, pretty small, $25
"Holy grail" golden Rhomboid fairy wrasse, not a supermale but on his way. He flashes nightly after feeding when he showing the other wrasses that he's the "king". $160
Yashi Hase goby, a bit reclusive but I do see him more and more as he gets comfortable with his surroundings. Best of the pistol shrimp symbiotics (except maybe the Randall's goby). $35
Tail spot blenny, omnivore, $10
Whip-fin fairy wrasse, smaller fairy that develops yellow dorsal streamers as it ages. Male but only about 2", $25
Powder blue tang, pretty mild compared to other powder blues I've encountered, small to medium sized, I've seen this guy eat bubble algae, $35.
Mystery wrasse, pretty mild but will occasionally chase others for 5 seconds with no damage done. Still has the white bars (albeit faint) which is a bit unusual when they mature, $50
Tomini tang, bristletooth variety so eats more diatom type algaes. Medium sized and great disposition, $30
Sunburst (fathead) anthias, hard to acclimate because they tend to like hiding in the rocks but this guy is out all the time and not very timid, $35
Tierra anthis trio, 1 male, 2 females. Always out in the water column and playing with one another, $60 for the trio and would like to see them stay together (not terrible large either).
Eviota or trimma goby, white with red or pink horizontal stripe. Likes to hang out in the rocks but that may be due to the presence of all the wrasses, $10
African blue stripe pipefish, had this guy about a year and he does very well in a reef environment. Mainly seen dusk/dawn and will eat frozen mysis, $20
Male "red" mandarin and "blue" female mandarin, do the "spawning dance" a few times a week at dusk but never seen them release eggs/sperm. I know the female eats frozen but have not seen the male do so. $35 for the pair and would like to see them remain as a pair.
CBB, smallish size of medium, have not had a problem with him picking on anything (other than tube worms and aiptasias (which I only had one or two of). Eats frozen with gusto. $25
Harlequin shrimp, $15
Skunk cleaner shrimp who actually sets up a cleaning station (anthias love it), $15
Tuxedo urchin (if he's still in there), $10
I should be able to start catching fish after next w/e. I'm more than willing to put you on a "waitlist" if interested.
Dave
