Couldn't resist this unique beauty...

[stuifbol]

Nice to hear Peter:bounce1: Still fighting some parasite in my show tank, don't know what it is....some fishes keep scratching themselves against rock with their gills but nothing else to see on the fish(I suppose It's still velvet??)and some have blurry eyes
Very hard to get rid off IMO....started copper therapy again.... problem is to find good testkits for copper over here...some have a scale from 1 to
5 ppm:hmm5: and are useless for that fact

Update: The fish is doing well in QT, in spite of my best efforts to kill it Long story...

Anyway, he handled cupramine just fine, and eats well, though hasn't taken to pellets yet.

 

[SDguy]

Scratching and cloudy eyes... hmmm, flukes maybe?

 

[stuifbol]

Can this be treated with copper???

Scratching and cloudy eyes... hmmm, flukes maybe?

 

[SDguy]

No, you want to use praziquantel, like prazi pro, or similar...

http://www.amazon.com/PraziPro-oz-treats-480-Gallon/dp/B0006JLPC2

 

[stuifbol]

OK thnx that's probably why I can't get rid off it....

No, you want to use praziquantel, like prazi pro, or similar...

http://www.amazon.com/PraziPro-oz-treats-480-Gallon/dp/B0006JLPC2

 

[smartandfast]

Nice looking fish. I need to try other fishes beside tangs and clowns!

 

[SDguy]

OK, he got dropped into the 240g today. The declivis in there is defintiely eyeballing him... we'll see how things go...

 

[SDguy]

Along with these guys...

 

[lcf425]

haha nice nice! whats next =D?

 

[reeferstace]

Peter, I love it when you go shopping

 

[SDguy]

lol thanks. but those are all old timers... years in my care at this point...

 

[tcmfish]

Hows the aggression on that melanopus pair? Were they spawning?

 

[SDguy]

No spawning. Not aggressive.

 

[johnike]

Can't wait to see the whole tank Peter, very nice fish.

 

[SDguy]

Thanks!! Hoping to get the lights transferred this weekend so I can finally get some pictures taken...

 

[SDguy]

Here's a video of the butterfly hoard, including the little hybrid...

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[SDguy]

Still kickin' it... took a while to get eating regularly...longer than I would have expected with a Roaops butterfly... Really tought to get a good pic... he zips around the tank like a little fly!

 

[SDguy]

Just to follow up on this thread... I'm disappointed to report that the fish's eye band has darkened; basically all the yellow is going away, so it's looking like a very expensive burgessi :lol:

 

[Overboard]

Too bad. That has been the best looking hybrid I have seen. The yellow was so clear and distinct.

 

[SDguy]

Pic from tonight.....