Deepwater Hawaiian Reef Fish

[snorvich]

Yes, C. declivis range is Eastern Indian Ocean: Christmas Island Eastern Central Pacific: Line and Marquesan islands. Hence its common name.

 

[SDguy]

I'd say pass on the anthias. So much trouble for such delicate fish, only to have to move them around later?

I didn't see tank size mentioned, but if it's significantly smaller than a 120, I'm not sure I'd do 5 angels, regardless of the % chance that an upgrade will happen

 

[Aquabacs]

Michael,

I am a sucker for a harem of flame wrasses. Visually having the bright red flame wrasses with the black and white bandits would provide a look quite striking display.

Mike

 

[mrwilson]

michael,

i am a sucker for a harem of flame wrasses. Visually having the bright red flame wrasses with the black and white bandits would provide a look quite striking display.

Mike

+1

 

[RGBMatt]

I would love to add a group of 5 or 6 longfins. How hard are the very small ones to come by?

Not easy. The main problem with these fish is that they're a huge pain in the butt to catch, so few people bother with them.

 

[michael_cb_125]

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

jaa1456- I am downsizing temporarily just to make the move and transfer easier on Megan and myself. I have the space and money to setup another large tank, but as you can imagine, transferring homes, Universities, work, etc. is difficult and time will be short.

~Michael

 

[rekn]

Thanks for all the advice everyone.

jaa1456- I am downsizing temporarily just to make the move and transfer easier on Megan and myself. I have the space and money to setup another large tank, but as you can imagine, transferring homes, Universities, work, etc. is difficult and time will be short.

~Michael

i dont think jaa1456 knows how much of a fish freak you are.


my choice would be anthias, maybe not longfins but something nice-theyre all show stoppers if the aquarists gives half a rats so im sure theyll look amazing with you.

 

[michael_cb_125]

Thanks rekn- There is no doubt that I am a freak

I love anthias, but the ones I like are either huge, super rare $$$$ or difficult to maintain.


~Michael

 

[Cantonesefish]

I love anthias, but the ones I like are either huge, super rare $$$$ or difficult to maintain.


~Michael

How about all three



Caprodon unicolor... Michael you were made for this fish

 

[skibum9884]

Chris, I think you've got it backwards, that fish was made for Michael!

 

[cwoods8]

How about all three



Caprodon unicolor... Michael you were made for this fish

at roughly 20inches in max length.......i'd be more tempted to fry it:wildone:

 

[ShrimpChipGal]

I say pass on those long fin anthias, too. They are trouble: Bad shipper, aggressive toward each other, not very hardy. P aurulentus are nice if you can get them small. They can be a bit aggressive, too. Otherwise, P. flavoguttatus (not endemic to Hawaii) are also very nice and much less aggressive.

 

[michael_cb_125]

"Caprodon unicolor... Michael you were made for this fish"

Chris- I freakin love you. I was looking at this fish the other day, thinking if I had a 1200 gallon DT, Id have a shoal of them

~Michael

 

[Yurivd]

put up sum new photos of the banded angels
the more i see them the more i like them
it must be incredible to see them in real live

 

[michael_cb_125]

Yurvid- I love the Bandits. These are a fish that cannot be fully appreciated in photos.
I will try to get more pictures.

~Michael

 

[Cantonesefish]

Chris, I think you've got it backwards, that fish was made for Michael!

lol I think the fish came first though!

Chris- I freakin love you. I was looking at this fish the other day, thinking if I had a 1200 gallon DT, Id have a shoal of them

~Michael

Can't wait to see pictures :beer:

I think a trio of Tosanoides sp. would be pretty sharp with your bandit pair... wouldn't be hawaiian but hey it's still subtropical!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3P7UBj1soNU

 

[skibum9884]

Agreed! Tosanoides would be sweet! Does anyone have them though? As I recall, there may be some in Japan, but I've never heard of them coming to the US.

 

[michael_cb_125]

I love those Anthias, but as David mentioned, those may be a little difficult to obtain.

Some News...... long story...... in short, Megan and I will not be leaving Charlotte right away. We are going to move into a house closer to UNCC, and I am going to finish some classes, and start working on my Spanish. In two or three years, we will be moving to the coast, but the 120 will go with us then.

So, I am still going to be going with the Hawaiian Biotope....
But I have a little more room to play with.... So, keep the ideas coming.

I want some sort of anthias, and I guess I am limited to.....
Longfins
Bi-colors
Yellow
Thompsons
Earles


So, maybe back to my original plan of a shoal of bicolors?

~Michael

 

[Cantonesefish]

I'm going to try a shoal of bicolors, if you go that route let me know how it goes!

 

[michael_cb_125]

That is what I have been leaning towards from the beginning.

Chris- do you have a source for these fish?

~Michael