baby boxfish

[clippo]

snapped this tiny little fella at the LFS last weekend - only about 1" long!

 

[nUgZ]

Nice shot of a neat little fish.

 

[thor32766]

wow what kind of camera are you using?

 

[edwing206]

He's awesome! Got any more of him?

 

[clippo]

thanks - no more of this one, but I do have another specimen and a few other species in my boxfish gallery here:

http://www.pbase.com/clippo/boxfishes

Camera is my usual Canon 350 with Tamron 90mm

 

[Freed]

Are these known to be reef safe? I hear tell the yellow with blue spots are but haven't heard about these yet.

 

[clippo]

think they have potential to peck at tubeworms and nip corals - suppose it comes down to particular fish and diet etc. I believe getting food to them in a mixed reef may be problem, especially if kept with quicker species. They ahave potential to release toxins of course...

 

[KellyPug]

aww so cute! i saw one at the LFS here, same size, but i figured it'd die on me on the way home. plus, no idea how to take care of one ^^

is tamron a good/reliable (not sure of a good word to describe it) macro lens for canons? i want to get my bf one for his canon d40x (something like that...).

 

[maroun.c]

Kelly the D40 x is a Nikon.
Tamron does make a macro lens for nikon cameras.
It is reported to be a very sharp lens and a cheaper alternative to the nikon 105 VR macro lens.

 

[aaron L]

great pics