Lets see your rare fish!

[MMacro]

Starting this thread to see what rare fish you guys own!
Lets see some pictures of any rare fish/corals/inverts!
They don't need to be super rare, mostly anything goes!
Ill start.

Cirrhilabrus nahackyi male

 

[MMacro]

Pseudocheilnops ataenia pair

 

[CrayolaViolence]

No rare fish here. Sorry. I don't trust my fish keeping abilities enough to wager the money.

 

[MMacro]

No rare fish here. Sorry. I don't trust my fish keeping abilities enough to wager the money.

Yeah, I feel ya. I try not to spend more than $300-400 on a single fish. Then again, "rare” doesn't always mean super expensive. The ataenias pictured above are fairly hard to find yet surprisingly affordable.

 

[laga77]

Golden Hawkfish

 

[kevin21]

I did not know golden hawkfish existed! I have a flame hawk an love him.

 

[Chasmodes]

Beautiful fish. I'll be following this thread

 

[DivingTheWorld]

Golden Hawkfish

Very cool looking fish!

 

[GimpyFin]

Not exactly rare, but not common either. Mitratus butterfly.

 

[MMacro]

Golden Hawkfish

Beautiful fish! I haven't seen those around for a while.

Not exactly rare, but not common either. Mitratus butterfly.

How is this fish doing around corals? I have been considering picking up a butterfly of some sort.

 

[CountrysideVinc]

Oh man, I love the Golden Hawkfish. There were a couple of them available last year around me, I just wasn't at a point to pull the trigger on one. Next time I will for sure.

Cool fish in here guys, hope to see some more coming.

 

[GimpyFin]

How is this fish doing around corals? I have been considering picking up a butterfly of some sort.

He's been good (Been in the tank for probably 7-8 months now.) Probably one of the safer bets as far as butterflies go, next to maybe a pyramid. He picked at my green button polyps initially, but now he just casually pecks around looking for food and doesn't do much to my corals (Mostly sps.)

 

[ca1ore]

Only 'rare' fish for me are my Mauritius twins - a polyzona tang and a lapillus leopard wrasse.

 

[MMacro]

He's been good (Been in the tank for probably 7-8 months now.) Probably one of the safer bets as far as butterflies go, next to maybe a pyramid. He picked at my green button polyps initially, but now he just casually pecks around looking for food and doesn't do much to my corals (Mostly sps.)

Awesome! I might try one. Any pointers?

 

[mark54321]

Not so rare but here is my Tinkeri butterfly and Sailfin anthia

[/url]tinkeri butterfly by Mark Mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

[/url]sailfin anthia2 by Mark Mikina, on Flickr[/IMG]

 

[biglurr54]

I'm loving the butterflies. I contemplated a 180 butterfly dominated reef. Right now I have a heniochus dip. Perfect reef citizen. Also a copper band. Also a perfect reef citizen.

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[Joe0813]

woooo I like that golden hawkfish

 

[GimpyFin]

Awesome! I might try one. Any pointers?

I don't think you'd have any problems care-wise, as they're a pretty hardy and peaceful fish. Mine literally ate like a horse right after he was unbagged and thrown into my QT tank. Soft things like zoanthids or maybe clams might be targets for nipping, but other than that they're pretty safe in a reef, IME. He'd also be a good tank mate with the wrasses you have.

 

[MMacro]

I don't think you'd have any problems care-wise, as they're a pretty hardy and peaceful fish. Mine literally ate like a horse right after he was unbagged and thrown into my QT tank. Soft things like zoanthids or maybe clams might be targets for nipping, but other than that they're pretty safe in a reef, IME. He'd also be a good tank mate with the wrasses you have.

I have some zoas but I think owning one of these guys would be a fair trade haha. Ill see if I can find some online. Thanks!

 

[monkeysee1]

Nice Butterflies!
How the hell do you get your pictures from your album here onto a post??