dreaminmel
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I don't know which to complement first... the fish or the picture! Great joby Gary :thumbsup:
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GMaquarium
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thats a cover page shot. quality photo
Conesus_Kid
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Incredible, as always!
That is either one cooperative fish, or you pressed the shutter button an awful lot to get that one!
That is either one cooperative fish, or you pressed the shutter button an awful lot to get that one!
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
thanks for the feedback, folks.
Nick- I don't know what that off-color spot is. I can't find any other closeup pix of this particular fish's facial area to compare it with. I'll be monitoring it. Thanks.
Nick- I don't know what that off-color spot is. I can't find any other closeup pix of this particular fish's facial area to compare it with. I'll be monitoring it. Thanks.
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
I asked Lee Birch about the spot on this thread:
Strange discolored area on Imperator?
Lee's pretty sharp about fish pathogens, behaviours, and general health. Feel free to comment in when he starts asking questions.
Nick
Strange discolored area on Imperator?
Lee's pretty sharp about fish pathogens, behaviours, and general health. Feel free to comment in when he starts asking questions.
Nick
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
I dont think the cheek spines are connected with cartiledge. I;m pretty sure they are actually part of the gill plate bone. A LFS here in St Louis, (Clayton Pet Emporium) has a gorgeous male Imperator, (Clyde) in their display reef, and there are no corresponding off colored areas on him.
I also used to work in a WHolesale/Retail LFS in Hawaii, (Coral Fish Hawaii), which had at the time, about 1.5 million gallons of saltwater in the store. I worked there for 2 years, and saw alot of fish, including several adult imperator angels, and I dont recall ever seeing an off colored spot like that before.
It may very well be nothing, but Lee is the guy with the most knowledge in this area, that I know of, so it made sense, (to me) to ask him about it.
Nick
I also used to work in a WHolesale/Retail LFS in Hawaii, (Coral Fish Hawaii), which had at the time, about 1.5 million gallons of saltwater in the store. I worked there for 2 years, and saw alot of fish, including several adult imperator angels, and I dont recall ever seeing an off colored spot like that before.
It may very well be nothing, but Lee is the guy with the most knowledge in this area, that I know of, so it made sense, (to me) to ask him about it.
Nick
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
Nerf darts, too
I have yet to see another Emperor with this gill cheek spot we're talking about. There's an identical spot on the other side of the fish. My fish is a very young adult. I've seen pix of 'Clyde'- he's a biggun'
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
no protrusion. Not to detract from the original intent of this thread I started a new one for this particular topic here
My fishes do get scratched up from time to time. The Emperor and Powder Blue like to go at it every now and then but I don't believe the imp's strange discolored area is from a tussle (although located at what would seem to be an area of high stress if a spike were used in combat).
We get heavy grunting over here, too
My fishes do get scratched up from time to time. The Emperor and Powder Blue like to go at it every now and then but I don't believe the imp's strange discolored area is from a tussle (although located at what would seem to be an area of high stress if a spike were used in combat).
We get heavy grunting over here, too
maxxII
Super Housemonkey!
Thanks for the link to the new thread, I'm susbscribed.
Sorry for the hijack....
You've had your Imperator since it was a Juvi? I'd always heard that the colors didnt develop as well on captive fish that transition from juvi to adult.....obviously that's far from the case. Your's is stunning.
What are you feeding it?
The first time I heard the grunting I was shocked it was audible from such a distance.
Nick
Sorry for the hijack....
You've had your Imperator since it was a Juvi? I'd always heard that the colors didnt develop as well on captive fish that transition from juvi to adult.....obviously that's far from the case. Your's is stunning.
What are you feeding it?
The first time I heard the grunting I was shocked it was audible from such a distance.
Nick
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
to clarify, I've had this fish since it was just leaving it's juvi coloration (circular markings).
Searching through many pictures I've only seen one other Emperor with what might be considered similar markings on it's opercular spine and (most importantly to me) it was a wild specimen.
My Emperor eats a lot. I feed it VibraGro, HBH soft sinking spirulina (both are pellet foods), nori, frozen krill, HUFA mysids, frozen broccoli florets, frozen Angelfish formula (containing sponges), and occasionally a big chunk of frozen Cyclopeeze.
In my aquarium I've seen it take sponges, Bryopsis, Aiptasia, Chaetomorpha and Tridacna clams
As anyone that owns one probably already knows, Emperor Angelfish have a very difficult time picking small foods out of the water.
These guys prefer bigger prey items.
Searching through many pictures I've only seen one other Emperor with what might be considered similar markings on it's opercular spine and (most importantly to me) it was a wild specimen.
My Emperor eats a lot. I feed it VibraGro, HBH soft sinking spirulina (both are pellet foods), nori, frozen krill, HUFA mysids, frozen broccoli florets, frozen Angelfish formula (containing sponges), and occasionally a big chunk of frozen Cyclopeeze.
In my aquarium I've seen it take sponges, Bryopsis, Aiptasia, Chaetomorpha and Tridacna clams
As anyone that owns one probably already knows, Emperor Angelfish have a very difficult time picking small foods out of the water.
These guys prefer bigger prey items.
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
them too<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12517794#post12517794 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
like yummy fingers?
since this thread is a record of my current reef aquarium I figured that I'd mention that I'm just coming out of a period of minor setbacks- mostly due to a spike in alkalinity that has negatively affected some of my SPS. I also had two unhealthy Sarcophyton melt down in my SPS reef aquarium- maybe it's significant, maybe not.
I changed my saltmix two buckets ago. A big no no. That's 300 gallons of water changes. Expensive mistake. If it's not broke don't fix it, right? Lesson learned. (Or should I say re-learned?)
Still, life isn't too shabby.
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