Deepwater/Remotely Located Butterfly and Angelfish Thread
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Oh. I didnt know that...
yucks. even on RC you have bad taste!!
My taste is the same everywhere I go.. Haha..
Matt_Wandell
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Ah, right you are. I read that too and thought Rapa=Easter Island. Looks like there is a Rapa Iti and a Rapa Nui.
Vili_Shark
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True, about 2-3 shipments a year in winters to HK were usual.
There were HI collectors who were going there.
Fish was sold in HK for less than 500.00.
Those days are over...
Jens Kallmeyer
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Hi
While I was diving on Easter Island, I saw plenty of Chaetodon litus (actually a pretty ugly fish...) but absolutely NO C. smithi. Considering the odd coloration of the smithi I am sure I would have noticed if there were any. The C. litus is very abundant and not shy at all. What is also pretty funky around Easter Island is the fact that there are plenty of completely black Forcipigers.
While I was diving on Easter Island, I saw plenty of Chaetodon litus (actually a pretty ugly fish...) but absolutely NO C. smithi. Considering the odd coloration of the smithi I am sure I would have noticed if there were any. The C. litus is very abundant and not shy at all. What is also pretty funky around Easter Island is the fact that there are plenty of completely black Forcipigers.
jmaneyapanda
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Cripes, I made the same mistake.
jmaneyapanda
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+1 nice selection of fish. Had to turn it on mute though
Get new ears. The Charlatans are kings!
LemonLemon
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actually chaeotodon smithi is found in easter island.
but it is rare there and is much much more common in rapa and pitcairn. it is also found in illots de bass islands.
but it is rare there and is much much more common in rapa and pitcairn. it is also found in illots de bass islands.
jmaneyapanda
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Good stuff Jeremy......Lucky your clarion doesn't chase after anyone.....i want to flush mine down the toilet!
That still wouldnt kill a clarion. I dont think bullets would work agauinst them either. They are IMO the sturdiest organism on earth.
Yeah, Im very lucky mine is VERY laid back. The only species he wont tolerate are regal angels. He has killed one, and every time I have tried one in the acclimator, he chases and paces the box, and doesnt break from it for ANYTHING. Mine is also dumb as live rock. I watched him try to eat a piece of clam once, and got all sand about 5 times before he finally got it.
cwoods8
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clarion = one big, mean, expensive Damsel......impossible to kill.......damn thing laughed in face of velvet......outlived several power-outages...killed a joc....and dumb as a pigeon...*imagine seeing this guy trying to get cleaned by a hermit crab for days upon days...dumb and dumber*
i'm liking the chromis man.......are you experimenting "the survival of the fittest"?!
i'm liking the chromis man.......are you experimenting "the survival of the fittest"?!
jmaneyapanda
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Ive had that group for about 6 months. 3 MUCH smaller ones didnt last long, but I think they are so preoccupied with fearing the bigger fish, they dont take the time to beat each other up. They ALL sleep in that staghorn.
jmaneyapanda
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cleaned by a hermit crab. I didnt think eating sand would get topped. Well played.
copps
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Hey Matt! All of the hotus that were coming in were from Easter at the time, and collection was cut off and made illegal so they are no longer offered. I was offered Frank Baensch's breeding pair a few years back but I did not have the sub 72 degree system for them...
The Chaetodon smithi that is on display at Waikiki did indeed come from Rapa, collected by a certain young collector who made enough greene from the sales to buy a Cis Lunar rebreather... while at the same time being a great guy and donating one to Waikiki
Matt, here is a shot of me and your coworker a few years back in Waikiki, conveniently with the smithi about to bite Charles' beard...
Oh, and on a side note you'll notice Centropyge hotumatua has a Western range all the way to Rapa... but this was based on just ONE specimen collected by Jack Randall back in the day... he was at Rapa for a full month with five divers (and a ton of rotenone
) and that was the only hotumatua collected... this species is only common at Easter and Pitcairn...Copps
AngelAddict
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If anyone doesn't like or want their clarion I will gladly take it from you! I'd love to get one, one of my all time favorites, just don't have quite that much money yet, but close! If anyone knows of a deal for one, let me know!
Iwishihadgills
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The Chaetodon smithi that is on display at Waikiki did indeed come from Rapa, collected by a certain young collector who made enough greene from the sales to buy a Cis Lunar rebreather... while at the same time being a great guy and donating one to Waikiki
Thats really cool
