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B-box Aquarium link (Jap)http://blog.sideriver.com/coralfish/2009/04/post-52f0-1.html
http://blog.sideriver.com/coralfish/2009/04/post-52f0-1.html
"$30K Genicanthus personatus pair in Japan
All Photos via Mr. Takuta Murakami
On April 1st B-Box, a popular fish store in Japan, posted photos on their blog of a Genicanthus personatus pair they recently received. My initial reaction was shock… I was waiting for that April Fools moment, but it never came.
The last Personatus that was collected was thought to be “bycatch from a shrimp [...]
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/personatus1.jpg
All Photos via Mr. Takuta Murakami
On April 1st B-Box, a popular fish store in Japan, posted photos on their blog of a Genicanthus personatus pair they recently received. My initial reaction was shock… I was waiting for that April Fools moment, but it never came.
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/personatus2-420x279.jpg
The last Personatus that was collected was thought to be “bycatch from a shrimp trap”. I have not heard that this pair was collected from any of the Hawaiian deepwater divers, hinting this couple may have come from the same source as the last specimen. Other whispers suggest an unknown collector may have snagged these at a new location.
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/personatus31-420x279.jpg
The pair does have some tattered fins, but they are alive and commanding a price just shy of $30,000USD or ¥2,980,000. Odds are they will sell for less than this, but at the moment that is believed to be the asking price. These fish are highly prized in Japan. So much so that one store keeper sold a small female Genicanthus caudovittatus as a Personatus!
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/jp-gifts-mag1-150x150.jpg
The photos you see here are inside B-Box, taken by Mr. Takuta Murakami, chief editor of the popular Japanese magazine Coral Fishes and the Coral Keepers Handbook. Be sure to visit his blog and B-Box showing more photos of this pair. A special thanks to Mr. Murakami and the B-Box Staff for allowing GBD to share these photos with you all.
Jap:
本当にビックリした（加筆）
今日、用があってB-BOXさんに行きました。
ら、
去年のDVDで取材させていただいた
150cmのオーバーフロー水槽に
マスクドエンゼルがペアで！
本当に見た事のない色で、
美しいです。
オスは地味だなと思っていたんですが
実際にはオレンジも鮮やかだし、
グレーのウロコの部分にも微妙に光沢のように
オレンジが入っていて、深みのある色彩でとっても美しいです。
（※撮影は取材の許可をいただいています。通常は店内撮影禁止です）
トヨタのマークXが買える値段ですが……（^_^;）
こいうモノサシを持ち出さないとイケナイ時点で
この魚を飼う資格はないという……（笑）
この魚を飼う人はお金も持っているんでしょうが
本当に魚が好きでないと
そこまで出せないですよね。
そして、メス。
不思議なモノトーンの色合い。
どっちかっていうと、やっぱりこっちの方が
スペシャルな色合いの感じは強いですよね。
自然でもペアでいた組み合せなのか
とっても仲良く一緒に泳いでいました。"
Book that looks interesting: Use google translate to read page: http://www.sideriver.com/ec/products/detail.php?product_id=13268
All text in quatation belongs to Glassbox-desigm, and B-box aquaria"
Thanks and please leave plenty of comments!:fish1:
http://blog.sideriver.com/coralfish/2009/04/post-52f0-1.html
"$30K Genicanthus personatus pair in Japan
All Photos via Mr. Takuta Murakami
On April 1st B-Box, a popular fish store in Japan, posted photos on their blog of a Genicanthus personatus pair they recently received. My initial reaction was shock… I was waiting for that April Fools moment, but it never came.
The last Personatus that was collected was thought to be “bycatch from a shrimp [...]
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/personatus1.jpg
All Photos via Mr. Takuta Murakami
On April 1st B-Box, a popular fish store in Japan, posted photos on their blog of a Genicanthus personatus pair they recently received. My initial reaction was shock… I was waiting for that April Fools moment, but it never came.
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/personatus2-420x279.jpg
The last Personatus that was collected was thought to be “bycatch from a shrimp trap”. I have not heard that this pair was collected from any of the Hawaiian deepwater divers, hinting this couple may have come from the same source as the last specimen. Other whispers suggest an unknown collector may have snagged these at a new location.
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/personatus31-420x279.jpg
The pair does have some tattered fins, but they are alive and commanding a price just shy of $30,000USD or ¥2,980,000. Odds are they will sell for less than this, but at the moment that is believed to be the asking price. These fish are highly prized in Japan. So much so that one store keeper sold a small female Genicanthus caudovittatus as a Personatus!
http://glassbox-design.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/jp-gifts-mag1-150x150.jpg
The photos you see here are inside B-Box, taken by Mr. Takuta Murakami, chief editor of the popular Japanese magazine Coral Fishes and the Coral Keepers Handbook. Be sure to visit his blog and B-Box showing more photos of this pair. A special thanks to Mr. Murakami and the B-Box Staff for allowing GBD to share these photos with you all.
Jap:
本当にビックリした（加筆）
今日、用があってB-BOXさんに行きました。
ら、
去年のDVDで取材させていただいた
150cmのオーバーフロー水槽に
マスクドエンゼルがペアで！
本当に見た事のない色で、
美しいです。
オスは地味だなと思っていたんですが
実際にはオレンジも鮮やかだし、
グレーのウロコの部分にも微妙に光沢のように
オレンジが入っていて、深みのある色彩でとっても美しいです。
（※撮影は取材の許可をいただいています。通常は店内撮影禁止です）
トヨタのマークXが買える値段ですが……（^_^;）
こいうモノサシを持ち出さないとイケナイ時点で
この魚を飼う資格はないという……（笑）
この魚を飼う人はお金も持っているんでしょうが
本当に魚が好きでないと
そこまで出せないですよね。
そして、メス。
不思議なモノトーンの色合い。
どっちかっていうと、やっぱりこっちの方が
スペシャルな色合いの感じは強いですよね。
自然でもペアでいた組み合せなのか
とっても仲良く一緒に泳いでいました。"
Book that looks interesting: Use google translate to read page: http://www.sideriver.com/ec/products/detail.php?product_id=13268
All text in quatation belongs to Glassbox-desigm, and B-box aquaria"
Thanks and please leave plenty of comments!:fish1:
