For the love of Genicanthus
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otrlynn
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I just discovered this thread and love these beautiful fish. I like that they generally seem to be reef safe, unlike the dwarf angels who seem to be questionable in that regard. My question is, can I keep any of them in a 58 gallon tank or is that considered to be too small for all of them? I have 4 other smaller fish, none are aggressive.
tomtoothdoc
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11518149#post11518149 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by BangkokMatt
that's the nicest male i've ever seen. i may be coming to bangkok in july or august.(my parents now live there). i'm planning to visit some people from siam reef club also. do you know chingchai? i gotta see his tank in person. i'm not a sps person but man his tank is sweeeeet.
tomtoothdoc
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bangkok matt, i just saw chingchai got totm. i guess it's obvious you do know him. he must be very famous in thai reef community.
BangkokMatt
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Thank you tomtoothdoc 
It's great for the Thai Reef community that Chingchai has been awarded TOTM. I'm a Brit myself - now residing here.
Have PM'd you
It's great for the Thai Reef community that Chingchai has been awarded TOTM. I'm a Brit myself - now residing here.
Have PM'd you
flameangel88
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It took 2.5 months and I'm finally able to get watanabe, swallowtail and bellus angels in the same picture.
HookedOnReefing
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flameangel88,
What a GORGEOUS!!!! collection.
What buuterfly's are those?
What a GORGEOUS!!!! collection.
What buuterfly's are those?
xinumaster
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No male?
flameangel88
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Thanks. The yel is the semi and the blk/wht is the burgess.
flameangel88
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Had a male bellus but I was not able to get him to eat for 3 months and found him dead one day when I got home.
Actually the male was in the video just before it died--click on the red house
OK folks, I need some input on my male swallowtail. As I've mentioned in this thread, his overall color has darkened significantly. I've also notice the classic black spot on his chest that gives him his name has faded, like it's been smudged out. Now it seems the stripes on his forehead are moving/shifting/disappearing, again, like they've been smudged? Is he turning female?? Not sure..here are some side by side pics....
When I first got him:
And now (the camera flash actually made the forehead stripes more prominant)...
When I first got him:
And now (the camera flash actually made the forehead stripes more prominant)...
BangkokMatt
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Peter - Visually, mine is virtually a female now, other than a few faded stripes. The tail was never fully male when I got him but the next sighn of the change was the smudging / loss of the blackspot. The lines on the head were the next to go.
It's interesting yet disappointing when they change.
It sounds like yours could be 'on the turn' so to speak. In the second to last pic it looks like he is getting the black outline on the tail.
It's interesting yet disappointing when they change.
It sounds like yours could be 'on the turn' so to speak. In the second to last pic it looks like he is getting the black outline on the tail.
Wonder if throwing in another female would help (though the current one would probably destroy her, anyway)....
BangkokMatt
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I thought of that when mine changed but I had previously attempted adding a watanabe. The female swallowtail killed her so was put off the idea.
There seems to be no 'rhyme or reason' as to why this change occurs. Mine is twice the size of the female and is clearly dominant, yet....
There seems to be no 'rhyme or reason' as to why this change occurs. Mine is twice the size of the female and is clearly dominant, yet....
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