genicanthus watanabei fish

[dadonoflaw]

I am a huge fan of angel fish and the fish above mentioned is my favorite of all salt water fish. I would like to get a thread going where people share there experiences and pictures of these beautiful fish.

 

[2x210g]

only one male per tank! believe me

 

[dadonoflaw]

yea it seems like alot of fish are sensitive to that fact. what do you feed them?

 

[2x210g]

they eat almost everything........i once had 3 pair living together until one day, one of the male went nuts and killed all 3 female and force the other 2 male to change back to female.

 

[dadonoflaw]

what size tank are you keeping all those fish in. i have a 125gal for the pair i plan to get.

 

[falconut]

I just got a pair a couple of days ago. Here are the photos of them, they are still in the bag:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=166209
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=166210

The male started eatting the 1st day, but the female hasn't started to eat yet. Hopefully in the next couple of days.

The male has eaten frozen brine & mysis, flake and sweatwater zooplankton. I may go get some live brine to try to entice the female.

They are beautiful fish, and even look better in person. I would love to hear others experiences with these fish as well.

 

[tom obrecht]

falconut

I've been trying to locate this fish. Where did you purchase from?

 

[falconut]

I picked them up locally. A local store near me gets them in ever couple of weeks. I've been looking for a couple of months now. When I saw them I just had to buy them. They were even the size I was looking for, male is about 3" and the female is about 2".

 

[jda]

I have had my pair for 2 years in July. They are great reef fish. They eat anything, are not shy and are gentle with the other fish. I love all of the genicanthus.

 

[foob]

I've had a pair before, I didn't think their colors were very intense, just sky blue.

Mine loved mysid, but would eat pellet too.

They are nice to keep though since they don't eat corals.

I think the swallowtails are nicer.

Just be patient and you'll find them easily on online stores, they come in once a while.