Candy Bass

[NexDog]

This fish is listed as a "Candy Bass":

I can't find any info on this fish at the usual places (MarineDepot, LiveAquaria etc).

 

[turtlespd]

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=799968

thats my old buddy there. Awsome fish in a nano, eats anything i give him. He doesnt take well to agressive fish larger than it.

 

[NexDog]

Okay, now I'm gutted. The fish is priced at 138,000 yen ($1,150 USD).

 

[PoukieBear]

Why in the world does it cost so much???!!!

 

[a.fool.for.fish.]

i think they live at deep depths and are probably not to easy to catch because of it

 

[palmer59]

Liopropoma swalesi - Pacific Candy Basslet

Marinecenter.com

Or it's Caribbean cousin

Liopropoma rubre - Swissguard Basslet

Liveaquaria.com

Neither one is that rare or that expensive in the US.

Mike

 

[NKT]

I believe the one pictured is Liopropoma carmabi, a deepwater Caribbean fish rarely seen in the trade. They normally go anywhere north of $800. The one linked is the much less expensive relative Liopropoma swalesi, which until recently was practically unheard of in the trade. The carmabi has brighter, more neon-like colors than the swalesi.

 

[Amphiprion]

The fish pictured is Liopropoma carmabi. Funny thing is, the lfs I work for got an L. swalesi--at the time, we even knew it was rare, but our distributor sold it to us cheap, so we sold it for $40.

 

[turtlespd]

I have three diff varieties at one time also. They are very hard to identify. One is brighter, one has more neon and so on. I cant belive the liopropoma camabi is so freakn expensive but you can get a copy of one for pennies! Mine does have alittle pink on it under 10k so manybe i should sell it for more, lol. The pink however is not as bright as your pic

 

[jmicky41]

Definately a Carnabi. The few I saw were $800 and blew the coloration of a swissgaurd or swalesi out of the water.

 

[NexDog]

Whatever the case, I refuse to pay anymore then $100 for a fish that could die in transit, QT etc.

 

[Brad W]

Beautiful fish, but I believe they hide a lot.

 

[Jens Kallmeyer]

Hi

Check out this page, a bit further down is a beautiful picture of a L. carmabi. You can see the difference in colouration compared to the swalesi or rubre

http://www.reefsafe.de/bilder.htm

Best wishes

Jens

PS: The photographer of these pictures has a PAIR(!) of these beauties

 

[Peter Schmiedel]

Hi,

guess I am the only one who had them all (L.rubre, L.swalesi, L.carmabi)

The fish pictured is as correctly state L.carmabi. From the species I keept it is the most recommended one as it is a lot more out in the open then the other members. Plus the awsome coloration makes this fish a center piece of any tank. But the price is heavy
Swalesi is hidding the most, rubre is also hidding a lot.

I keep all of them in pairs and enjoy them a lot. More info on my webiste http://www.reefsafe.de/liopropoma.htm in german unfortunately - sorry but just have not time for translating.

 

[NexDog]

Maybe I can graduate to Candy Bass keeping in the future.