hogfanreefer
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Holy cow! Maybe they accidentally ran their April Fools ad a few weeks late? :headwally:
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Holy cow! Maybe they accidentally ran their April Fools ad a few weeks late? :headwally:
reef3r
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It's a different scientific name than the typical skunk cleaner shrimp
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hogfanreefer
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Yeah, but that scientific name is the one that's found in the Caribbean. Why would those be more than the ones from the Pacific (Sri Lanka) that are more commonly sold?
reef3r
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I dunno, they are listed as "West African" which is why I assume that they are so expensive.
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DeepSeaReefer94
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May I ask what LFS this is? 90% of my livestock is shipped anyways (2 hr drive one way to my closest LFS and about 70 miles one way). so shipping is the same as paying for gas and it's easier for me to just have them shipped to my house verses drive to local fish store hope to have what I want and bring it home. Or do they have a website? Thanks
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I've had one for about ten months -- he is fat and happy. although he occasionally takes some frozen food, he mostly sifts my sand. Unlike other sifters which can scatter sand all over he just drops the sand out of his gills near where he picks it up. The fact that my sand was mostly live sand from Tampa Bay Saltwater probably has something to do with him getting plenty to eat.
big mamma
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they do not ship out . pick up only.
DeepSeaReefer94
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ThRoewer
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200 dollars for these???
ORA® Captive-Bred Randall's Assessor Basslet (Trio) (Assessor randalli)
The first one looks like he should go into a predator tank... as food! The other two are also looking a bit suspicious...
ORA® Captive-Bred Randall's Assessor Basslet (Trio) (Assessor randalli)
The first one looks like he should go into a predator tank... as food! The other two are also looking a bit suspicious...
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nanoreefer1000
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What a shame, especially considering there's no other way to get Randall's in the US.
ginpang
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Though I'm pretty sure lysmata grabbhami should have solid whites lines on the ridges of the tail as well as in the center. Soooooo if it's a wysiwyg ... I think you guys reactions to the pricing were pretty accurate.
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ThRoewer
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Good catch!
Source: http://www.tropical-hobbies.com/salt-water-aquarium-inverts---shrimp-2
This is the WYSIWYG picture of Diver's Den's listing for a pair of West African Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata grabhami)
http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+4&ddid=354360
And this is Live Aquaria's listing of Lysmata amboinensis:
Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Lysmata amboinensis)
Looks like the same species to me...
There is a reason why you should be careful with unbelievable deal offerings from West Africa... most of them are scams.
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ThRoewer
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After checking past listings I think there was a mixup. At least one of the previously sold pairs was the real deal: http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversde...ref=4282&subref=AI&cmpid=E-_-TR-_-DDN-_-PRDCT
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LobsterOfJustice
Recovering Detritophobe
Looks like they dropped the price on the Tigerpyge again... wonder why this hasn't sold yet. This is one of my dream fish. This one isn't as good looking as some of the first ones that came into the hobby ~10 years ago (from what I remember), but it's better looking than some of the other recent tigerpyge offerings.
wii64brawl
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My new guy. Spent a small fortune on SPS so he wouldn't starve during the weaning process, but lo and behold, he was eating brine shrimp on day 1 and mysis on day 2. He's now the most aggressive eater in my tank. He still nips at SPS all day long; he seems to really like stylophoras, and gorgonians as well.
JamesHolt
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They lose some of the brightness as they mature, I am still think about getting one though..
sde1500
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Cool Fish on Diver's Den
That grouper is really making me want to set up a giant fowlr tank. Looks pretty sweet.
And they still have this grouper..
Red Sea Cobalt Slender Grouper (Epinephelus cf leucogrammicus)
That grouper is really making me want to set up a giant fowlr tank. Looks pretty sweet.
