New Fish!

[MyMonkey]

Was out and about yesterday and what did I find but the cuttest little fish. A very small Centropyge argi, or Cherub Pygmy Angel. Tiny thing at less than one inch in length.

He was acclimated yesterday and is out and about today. However, looking a bit stressed. Breathing fast and has a tiny patch of odd looking scales on his rigt flank near the ventral fin there.

Hope all is well with this little buggar. Will be watching him. He was picking at the rocks for food but did not take the pellet I added this am.

Will make a perfect fish in my little 33 Gallon once it is rolling.

 

[kar93]

Congrats! Pics?

 

[SDguy]

Great fish. Beautiful color! I had to get rid of mine for coral nipping

My tiny female:

 

[tmantaylor18]

Good luck with him . I had one for 24 hours and my mystery wrasse had bite marks all over him.

 

[MyMonkey]

Thanks. He looks quite stressed right now. Hope he settles down in teh next few days.

 

[Capt_Cully]

I had one I falsely accused of coral nipping. It took WEEKS to get him out of a 180......only to find out it was innocent. It's back in the display, fat and happy. My wife is pleased. She hated seeing it in purgatory (basement sump). The fish and I still have difficulty making eye contact despite my appologies.

 

[lowincwrx]

i love mine as well great fish lots of personality.

when i first added mine it did the same was easliy stressed and even had the patchy scales just watch it closley and make sure its eating ok.

 

[MyMonkey]

Well, I am now advised on our local club forum that this fish requires a much larger tank than my 33 gallon as well as that this fish is a TERROR. Was advised by LFS that this guy was like the coral beauty. I had one in teh past for over a year and he was a perfect angel. (Pun Intended)

What gives? Does this little buggar need a bigger tank and are they that aggressive?

 

[SDguy]

Yes they can be aggressive. No they don't need a bigger tank.

 

[nancymccall]

Can you put these together with a flame angel?

 

[MyMonkey]

Don't think so.

 

[Snowboarda42]

Only aggression I've seen from mine is towards newcomers and that only lasts a day or two. Love the fish otherwise, lots of personality and they never stop moving.

Mine while it was in QT:

 

[SuperNerd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12524244#post12524244 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SDguy
Great fish. Beautiful color! I had to get rid of mine for coral nipping

My tiny female:

It was nipping your corals even though it had macro and microalgae growing in the tank?? Which coral was it nipping?

 

[MyMonkey]

Sadly, I think this little fish is no more. Have not seen the fish since Monday. He was looking pretty stressed. Dadgum.

 

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12542733#post12542733 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SuperNerd
It was nipping your corals even though it had macro and microalgae growing in the tank?? Which coral was it nipping?

Yes, algae for it to eat, never mind the COPIOUS amounts of food being thrown into the tank for all the anthias. Not 5 minutes after a feeding though, she'd be back to ripping polyps off my gorgs and all my acros It sucked, because they were soooo pretty. I pulled the male too, just in case, even though he didn't pick on anything.

 

[sprinj76]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12525759#post12525759 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Capt_Cully
I had one I falsely accused of coral nipping. It took WEEKS to get him out of a 180......only to find out it was innocent. It's back in the display, fat and happy. My wife is pleased. She hated seeing it in purgatory (basement sump). The fish and I still have difficulty making eye contact despite my appologies.

lol, good story.

 

[lowincwrx]

Sorry to hear that mymonkey. sometimes theres only so much we can do.

 

[MyMonkey]

Thanks. Dadgum. Sux.

 

[Twz]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12529745#post12529745 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Snowboarda42
Only aggression I've seen from mine is towards newcomers and that only lasts a day or two. Love the fish otherwise, lots of personality and they never stop moving.

Mine while it was in QT:

Awe, What a cute fish just from the image you can tell it had lots of personality
Do you find He/She picks at corals?
What size tank is it it?
Sorry, Just such a beautiful fish, its hard to come by nice looking fish with lots of personality
I would like to get one for my new 65 When it's ready
Time for some studying =D

P.S That image has made it to be my desktop image.
It makes me smile when i look at the cute little fish