Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
so that's a debbie?
so that's a debbie?
just to be sure... there's just a coloration variance from nox?
so that's a debbie?
just to be sure... there's just a coloration variance from nox?
Centropyge Deborae
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Yurivd
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That is what thy first was thinking
DNA tests showed that it is a new angel so it was described as Centropyge deborae ( named after Walt Smith's wife )
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
thanks
thanks
for that information. Interesting.
thanks
for that information. Interesting.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
thanks, Peter
thanks, Peter
Walt must have LOVED those findings!
thanks, Peter
Walt must have LOVED those findings!
Ambition
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Took some pictures today, still needs better lighting. I think some actinics would help (but this is just a QT tank). Leaving a clam in there (clam on the half shell) for a day or two to for it to eat. May have taken a nibble or two.
Pictures:
Likes to spy on me from behind this rock:
Pictures:
Likes to spy on me from behind this rock:
Ambition
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Odd, this guy was eating Hikari mysis and sprinula(sp?) flakes aggressively before being shipped. Maybe he just needs a bit more time. I did drop in a small piece of ON Angel Formula for him, but he wasn't interested. Maybe it has taken some of the clam while I was gone today.
here's my C. deborae, got it off DD in May this year.
this is the best non-flash photo i can take with my camera. he's always on the move. i have some pics with flash, but they're a bit misleading as far as coloration. i wanted to show a non-flash photo to truly represent the deep blue hue of this fish.
he's a fatty! still does not eat any prepared food, but loves to pick at algae all day, and will also eat Rod's and frozen/live brine shrimp.
so far it has only picked at palys, but that was when it was first introduced into the tank. i removed the palys, but introduced them back in about a month later, and it does not pick at them anymore. it also picked at my RBTA a few times, but learned its lesson! it has not touched any of my other softies, LPS. i do not have any fleshy LPS or SPS.
this is the best non-flash photo i can take with my camera. he's always on the move. i have some pics with flash, but they're a bit misleading as far as coloration. i wanted to show a non-flash photo to truly represent the deep blue hue of this fish.
he's a fatty! still does not eat any prepared food, but loves to pick at algae all day, and will also eat Rod's and frozen/live brine shrimp.
so far it has only picked at palys, but that was when it was first introduced into the tank. i removed the palys, but introduced them back in about a month later, and it does not pick at them anymore. it also picked at my RBTA a few times, but learned its lesson! it has not touched any of my other softies, LPS. i do not have any fleshy LPS or SPS.
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el aguila
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I had a chance to purchase one a couple of months ago, but didn't because I could not find any info concerning reef safeness with clams, SPS, and my LPS are not the meaty acans (but mine are chalices, favias, encrusting types). In deliberated long enough to do some research it was gone.
May go after one the next chance I get.
I'm very interested in hearing from someone who has had one for awhile concerning their reef safeness.
May go after one the next chance I get.
I'm very interested in hearing from someone who has had one for awhile concerning their reef safeness.
Well, I've had mine for 7 months and it's thriving. It did pick at my palys and RBTA initially. It learned quick about the RBTA, and stopped picking at the palys once I removed them then reintroduced them a few weeks later. It did pick at my finger leather quite a bit. It ended up killing the leather because I couldn't remove it.
My tank is dominated by softies, but I do have lots of non-fleshy LPS (hammer, frogspawn, etc.) and they are all doing OK. I think there are more reef-safe dwarf angels than the deborae, but as you know, every fish is different. It'd be a shame to drop one of these angels in your reef tank and not have a way to remove it if it started eating all your corals.
Dwarf angels in a reef tank will always be a gamble, even with supposed reef-safe species like coral beauties and flames.
My angel is very picky, but it did eat frozen brine from the getgo. That was a lucky break. A lot of my success with this angel is my "dirty" water which allows all the different algaes to thrive. Indeed, my tank is almost overrun by macroalgaes!
My tank is dominated by softies, but I do have lots of non-fleshy LPS (hammer, frogspawn, etc.) and they are all doing OK. I think there are more reef-safe dwarf angels than the deborae, but as you know, every fish is different. It'd be a shame to drop one of these angels in your reef tank and not have a way to remove it if it started eating all your corals.
Dwarf angels in a reef tank will always be a gamble, even with supposed reef-safe species like coral beauties and flames.
My angel is very picky, but it did eat frozen brine from the getgo. That was a lucky break. A lot of my success with this angel is my "dirty" water which allows all the different algaes to thrive. Indeed, my tank is almost overrun by macroalgaes!
Ambition
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It wouldn't eat anything. Barely picked off the rocks and I think had issues with the use of cyanide or decompression from its collection. I gave it all I had and next time I don't plan on getting one unless it is from DD or from one of my trusted LFSs.
Sorry to hear this. I know you went thru hell with this fish.
Ambition
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Thanks. This fish pushed me in a way no fish has ever pushed me (financially and mentally), and I learned a great deal from the experience. Great fish when you have a healthy one!
Toddrtrex
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Sorry to hear about you losing it (( didn't this the thread when it first came out, hadn't been RC in a while )).
Mine has been with me for just over 2 years, and still is going strong. Still have it with a Potter with no issues, though the Deborae will do an 1 second chase a couple of times a week, and then go back to ignoring the Potters.
Eats like a pig, anything that I put in the tank it will go after and eat -- by the way it "begs" when I am near the tank you would think that I never feed it.
Mine has been with me for just over 2 years, and still is going strong. Still have it with a Potter with no issues, though the Deborae will do an 1 second chase a couple of times a week, and then go back to ignoring the Potters.
Eats like a pig, anything that I put in the tank it will go after and eat -- by the way it "begs" when I am near the tank you would think that I never feed it.
Ambition
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Hey Toddrtrex, glad to see you back on RC! Also, thanks for sharing your experience with your deborae as your threads made me want one.
Hey Toddrtrex, glad to see you back on RC! Also, thanks for sharing your experience with your deborae as your threads made me want one.
The more I see pics of this fish & read about it, the more I think I might be taking a crack at one soon. :rollface:
Ambition
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I would highly suggest gettin one off of DD like Todd did.
Actually, I almost bought one of the several that showed up on DD awhile back and I was going to pair it with the one I had. So close to pullin the trigger too.
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