New WC Onyx Pair!

[benihana]

Thought I would post a quick picture of the Wild Caught Onyx pair that I am picking up tomorrow! The female is about 3" and the male is about 1.5" (hard to tell from where they are in the photo).

Will take many more as they get acclimated to my tank

 

[ExtremeClownfish]

Those are gorgeous!

 

[clowns101]

Very nice.Not that common that you will find Perculas that dark in wild...:lol:.

 

[Elliott89]

Those are awesome do you know where they originate from in the wild?

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15478689#post15478689 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Elliott89
Those are awesome do you know where they originate from in the wild?

My pair are from the Solomon Islands.

Depending on what type of anemone hosts them they might lose their black. My pair is losing their black after being hosted by an LTA.

 

[ILLiDaN]

Quite honestly it doesn't always have to be what they host. Just a slight change of setting can affect the black. A different bulb combination for my t5s was all that was needed toa ffect the dark coloration in mine

 

[Toddrtrex]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15479093#post15479093 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ILLiDaN
Quite honestly it doesn't always have to be what they host. Just a slight change of setting can affect the black. A different bulb combination for my t5s was all that was needed toa ffect the dark coloration in mine

That is true, I should have stated that was what happened with mine. And in my case I know it was the LTA that caused it (( at least pretty darn sure )). The female was hosted first, and started losing the black first. The male didn't start losing his until he was hosted.

 

[GSMguy]

todd is right i had a BTA suck my rods onyx colors out in a few months and has taken almost a year to get the black back in a frogspsawn and i still dont have the black dorsal.

 

[ExtremeClownfish]

How are the new percs?! Any updated pics??

 

[sleeperls]

Where did you get them. I want

 

[amore169]

Very nice!!!

 

[benihana]

sorry, I am out of town (back tomorrow). I acclimated them on Thursday, and they were doing well in the acclimation box before I left. I will try and post more pics when I get home tomorrow


The guy I got them from does not have any more at this time

 

[patriots81]

those are beautiful!

 

[benihana]

Got them from Bones on Thursday, and had to keep them in the acclimation box until today becasue it took me that long to catch the Clarkii that I had in the tank....I got him this morning at 4:45am when I checked on the tank after I woke up...transferred him right to the frag tank....I think it took him a little while to realize what happened

Here is an updated pic of the pair, they are fast little buggers. Will try to break out the SLR this weekend to get better pics. The female is on the bottom

 

[ExtremeClownfish]

theyre very nice. great find

 

[ExtremeClownfish]

How about that update you promised us????

 

[clownfish 15208]

those are nice looking fish you have their

 

[benihana]

no updated pictures yet. At first the female was REALLY hesitant to eat, in fact I had not seen her eat anything for about 1.5 weeks, until lat night when she devoroured the Mysis I put in the tank.

They both have a little onyxing up to do, but overall they are getting along well with the other tank mates, and have found a temporary home in the top of my torch coral

 

[ExtremeClownfish]

We'll hound you for more pics later lol

 

[ExtremeClownfish]

How about some updated pics! sorry to keep hounding you but i really like these guys