You can't have everything. Where would you put it?

[OrchidMiss]

Actually, I had a really pretty one in the 55, until it got knocked down and eaten.

 

[tbrown]

Now when I said big I mean it was big for its price and compared to the deresa clams that were with it.


This just after adding so pretty closed and I don’t know how to get a good photo. So you’ll have to trust me that’s it pretty.

Adjust the white balance on your phone camera sir! Turn the camera to Manual or Pro mode and bump that white balance UP! Closer to 10,000 Kelvin is the most natural colors coming through.

 

[Slocke]

Yes. It may attach itself. Crocea clams are rock boring. They use acid to dissolve rocks to attach. Pretty cool, huh?

About the only spot I could fit it.

 

[Miami Reef]

About the only spot I could fit it.

Wow. It looks really good up there!

 

[OrchidMiss]

About the only spot I could fit it.

Looks like a perfect fit!

 

[i cant think]

About the only spot I could fit it.

Atleast it doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb unlike my baby maxima.

As soon as that guy gets 3-400 PAR, he’ll be the easiest thing you’ll keep in that tank. My maxima gets about the same PAR, my Deresa gets around 3-350 which is almost 50-100 PAR more than they are recommended for and the two of them are 10x easier than even LPS for me.

 

[JoJosReef]

Rubeus looking great!

 

[Slocke]

Rubeus looking great!

You can tell his spine isn’t quite right but he’s very fat and seems happy.

Also this did not work as hoped. I hoped the fish would pick the meat off the skin as a nice treat. Instead they were terrified and then the eels had each tried to drag it into their burrows. Was quite a mess.

 

[JoJosReef]

You can tell his spine isn’t quite right but he’s very fat and seems happy.

Also this did not work as hoped. I hoped the fish would pick the meat off the skin as a nice treat. Instead they were terrified and then the eels had each tried to drag it into their burrows. Was quite a mess.

"Oh my Neptune! Is this what's going to happen to us!?"

"Wait, is that Frank? Is that what happened to Frank?"

"Who's Frank?"

"I don't remember Frank. But is that Frank?"

"No, no. He was from French Polynesia. It's pronounced 'fr-AHN-k'. Poseidon rest his soul."

"Wait, where is FrAHNk?"

"Oh I wish the cleaner wrasse was here. He'd know who FrAHNk was."

"Wait, was FrAHNk the cleaner wrasse?"

"Swim! Hide!"

Eels: "Hey look, it's FrAHNk!"

"Mine!"

"No, mine!"

"Always liked FrAHNk, but never as much as I do now!"

Well that went off on a tangent...

 

[hexcolor reef]

After almost nearly 1700 post I’m here to enjoy.
That fact you were able to capture not 1 but 2 fire fish next to each other is amazing

 

[Slocke]

"Oh my Neptune! Is this what's going to happen to us!?"

"Wait, is that Frank? Is that what happened to Frank?"

"Who's Frank?"

"I don't remember Frank. But is that Frank?"

"No, no. He was from French Polynesia. It's pronounced 'fr-AHN-k'. Poseidon rest his soul."

"Wait, where is FrAHNk?"

"Oh I wish the cleaner wrasse was here. He'd know who FrAHNk was."

"Wait, was FrAHNk the cleaner wrasse?"

"Swim! Hide!"

Eels: "Hey look, it's FrAHNk!"

"Mine!"

"No, mine!"

"Always liked FrAHNk, but never as much as I do now!"

Well that went off on a tangent...

Wow
You wrote a whole narrative there. Now I’m imagining my eels as having the voice of the gulls in finding Nemo.

 

[JoJosReef]

Wow
You wrote a whole narrative there. Now I’m imagining my eels as having the voice of the gulls in finding Nemo.

Had to stop myself. Started with "Is that Frank" and just kept going. In my defense, I was charged with cleaning the house and packing the van before our ski trip today...

 

[Slocke]

Well I've done it. All fish I think I saw in Hawai'i. * means its a guess and could easily be another fish as it looks similar to another fish. (and the paste destroyed the formatting of course...)

Cartilaginous fish​

1. Whale Shark (30ft confirmed)​

Rhincodon typus​

1. Eagle ray​

Aetobatus narinari​

Tangs​

1. Goldring Surgeonfish (very pretty)​

Ctenochaetus strigosus​

1. Yellow Tang​

Zebrasoma flavescens​

1. Pacific Sailfin Tang (holly **** these get big)​

Zebrasoma velifer​

1. Paletail Unicornfish *​

Naso brevirostris​

1. Sleek Unicornfish *​

Naso hexacanthus​

1. Pacific Orange-spine Unicornfish (a giant one of these would rule like every reef I visited)​

Naso lituratus​

1. Bluespine Unicornfish ​

Naso unicornis​

1. Dark Surgeonfish *​

Acanthurus blochii​

1. Eyestripe Surgeonfish *​

Acanthurus dussumieri​

1. Whitebar Surgeonfish ​

Acanthurus leucopareius​

1. Whitecheek Surgeonfish ​

Acanthurus nigricans

1. Orangeblotch Surgeonfish ​

Acanthurus olivaceus​

1. Convict Surgeonfish ​

Acanthurus triostegus​

1. Yellowfin Surgeonfish *​

Acanthurus xanthopterus​

Butterflies​

1. Threadfin Butterflyfish ​

Chaetodon auriga​

1. Raccoon Butterflyfish ​

Chaetodon lunula​

1. Redfin Butterflyfish (very pretty)​

Chaetodon lunulatus​

1. Ornate Butterflyfish (very very pretty)​

Chaetodon ornatissimus​

1. Fourspot Butterflyfish ​

Chaetodon quadrimaculatus​

1. Forceps Fish ​

Forcipiger flavissimus​

1. Longnose Butterflyfish ​

Forcipiger longirostris​

1. Pyramid Butterflyfish ​

Hemitaurichthys polylepis​

Snapper​

1. Blacktail Snapper * (Not sure at all but there was pretty and large fish I thought was a grouper..)​

Lutjanus fulvus​

Angelfish​

1. Flame Angelfish ​

Centropyge loriculus​

1. Potter's Angelfish (This and the former would hang together and are very pretty)​

Centropyge potteri​

Moorish Idol​

1. Moorish Idol ​

Zanclus cornutus​

Silverside​

1. Hawaiian Islands silverside *(I think this is the bait ball fish i saw?)​

Atherinomorus insularum​

Lizardfish​

1. Variegated Lizardfish * (I saw two distinct species of lizardfish but no idea which is which so complete guesses)​

Synodus variegatus​

1. Slender Lizardfish *​

Saurida gracilis​

Needlefish​

1. Keeltail Needlefish ​

Platybelone argalus​

Blenny​

1. Gargantuan Blenny ​

Cirripectes obscurus​

1. Leopard Blenny ​

Exallias brevis​

1. Roundhead Blenny *​

Omobranchus obliquus​

1. Ewa fangblenny (very very very pretty)​

Plagiotremus ewaensis​

Jacks​

1. Giant Trevally *​

Caranx ignobilis​

1. Black Trevally ​

Caranx lugubris​

1. Golden Trevally ​

Gnathanodon speciosus​

Barracuda​

1. Great Barracuda (Saw many but one giant one was by the silversides, fat af too)​

Sphyraena barracuda​

Chromis​

1. Hawaiian Dascyllus (Would absolutely control satellite reefs)​

Dascyllus albisella​

1. Chocolate-dip Chromis *​

Chromis hanui​

Eels​

1. Yellowmargin Moray ​

Gymnothorax flavimarginatus​

1. Whitemouth Moray (very very very pretty and got to see it have its mouth cleaned by a hawaiian cleaner wrasse!!)​

Gymnothorax meleagris​

1. Undulated Moray (Saw a big one hunting and it was followed by tons of klarge fish hoping it would scare out an easy snack)​

Gymnothorax undulatus​

1. Snowflake Moray ​

Echidna nebulosa​

1. Viper moray *​

Enchelynassa canina​

1. Magnificent Snake Eel (I saw a snake eel!!)​

Myrichthys magnificus​

Gobies​

1. Shoulderspot Sandgoby *​

Gnatholepis anjerensis​

1. Cocos Frillgoby *​

Bathygobius cocosensis​

1. Curious Wormfish (Such a cool fish!)​

Gunnellichthys curiosus​

Soldierfish​

1. Pearly Soldierfish *​

Myripristis kuntee​

1. Hawaiian Squirrelfish​

Sargocentron xantherythrum​

Wrasse​

1. Blacktail Wrasse ​

Thalassoma ballieui​

1. Saddle Wrasse ​

Thalassoma duperrey​

1. Surge Wrasse *​

Thalassoma purpureum​

1. Christmas Wrasse ​

Thalassoma trilobatum​

1. Bird Wrasse ​

Gomphosus varius​

1. Yellowtail Coris (very very pretty)​

Coris gaimard​

1. Rockmover Wrasse ​

Novaculichthys taeniourus​

1. Psychedelic Wrasse (very very pretty)​

Anampses chrysocephalus​

1. Pearl Wrasse ​

Anampses cuvier​

1. Baldwin's Razorfish * ​

Iniistius baldwini​

1. Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse (very very pretty)​

Labroides phthirophagus​

1. Ringtail Maori Wrasse ​

Oxycheilinus unifasciatus​

1. Disappearing Wrasse ​

Pseudocheilinus evanidus​

1. Eightline Wrasse ​

Pseudocheilinus octotaenia​

1. Belted Wrasse (very pretty)​

Stethojulis balteata​

1. Redlip Parrotfish ​

Scarus rubroviolaceus​

1. Spectacled Parrotfish *​

Chlorurus perspicillatus​

1. Pacific Bullethead Parrotfish *​

Chlorurus spilurus​

Grouper​

1. Peacock Grouper (very pretty and fun to watch hunt if invasive)​

Cephalopholis argus​

Scorpions​

1. Devil Scorpionfish (Great spot by my dive guide)​

Scorpaenopsis diabolus​

Goatfish​

1. Yellowstripe Goatfish ​

Mulloidichthys flavolineatus​

1. Finstripe Goatfish ​

Upeneus taeniopterus​

1. Goldsaddle Goatfish (very very pretty)​

Parupeneus cyclostomus​

1. Manybar Goatfish ​

Parupeneus multifasciatus​

Pipefish​

1. Pacific Trumpetfish (big ~3ft and very weird to look at)​

Aulostomus chinensis​

1. Bluespotted Cornetfish (even bigger ~5ft, had no idea a pipefish could get anywhere near that big)​

Fistularia commersonii​

Triggers​

1. Black Triggerfish (very very pretty)​

Melichthys niger​

1. Pinktail Triggerfish ​

Melichthys vidua​

1. Lagoon Triggerfish ​

Rhinecanthus aculeatus​

1. Gilded Triggerfish 8​

Xanthichthys auromarginatus​

Filefish​

1. Barred Filefish *​

Cantherhines dumerilii​

Boxfish​

1. Spotted Boxfish (very very very pretty)​

Ostracion meleagris​

Pufferfish​

1. Hawaiian Spotted Toby ​

Canthigaster jactator​

1. Guineafowl Puffer 1​

Arothron meleagris​

1. Longspined Porcupinefish ​

Diodon holocanthus​

1. Spotted Porcupinefish*​

Diodon hystrix​

Hawkfish​

1. Arc-eye Hawkfish ​

Paracirrhites arcatus​

1. Freckled Hawkfish ​

Paracirrhites forsteri​

1. Stocky Hawkfish 3​

Cirrhitus pinnulatus​

 

[Slocke]

Fish I saw in Maui

docs.google.com

 

[Slocke]

 

[Slocke]

I’ll post a video soon but it is scary how small it is. Not a grain of rice small but maybe two. Any of my fish could snap it up in a heartbeat…

 

[i cant think]

New cleaner wrasse?

 

[Slocke]

 

[Slocke]

Ugggh
This fish is just too small. It’s been sucked into the sump and I can’t catch it

 

[JoJosReef]

She's so tiny!