Corpus Callosum
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Just got 3 of these guys today will post pics, they ate in the shop so I'm hoping for the best.
Pseudanthias parvirostris
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Corpus Callosum
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unfortunately my camera is out. but I will find some pictures online for you guys.
just fed the tank cyclop-eeze and anthias are eating.
Got one dominant male and 2 larger females. Male has much more pink/red.
just fed the tank cyclop-eeze and anthias are eating.
Got one dominant male and 2 larger females. Male has much more pink/red.
Corpus Callosum
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Corpus Callosum
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pecan2phat
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Nice Mike,
Where did you find them at?
Where did you find them at?
Corpus Callosum
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fishtown around 15 a piece
pecan2phat
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Nice score Mike.
Did they have a lot or just a few?
Did they have a lot or just a few?
Careful there....I was always told FishTown fish have ick and have seen it there before. I recently bought a copperband with no sign of anything. Put him in the tank everything was fine, three days later he is "white". Lost cole tang, the coperband mentioned and my brown powdered tang is making a slow recovery. Lesson learned....QUARANTINE ALL FISH! From now on I sure will!
pecan2phat
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I would almost always say that all fish from a LFS has ick whether visible or not.
FishTown and most stores keeps a low level of cooper in their systems (with the exception of FishTown, they keep a heavy concentration) unless you see their system filtered through live rock. One LFS comes that comes to mind is Pets of New Hyde Park. They filter their rack system through the live rock bins on the bottom of the rack so no cooper is used in their system but the alternative effect is what I saw last week where every tank and every fish is infested with ick. Most of the fish didn't look like they would pull through. I told the guy he should shut down the SW section cause it was such a pitifull sight and anyone in their right mind would not buy a fish anyway.
Then you have Pets Warehouse in Copiague which I don't believe uses a therapeutic level of cooper in their system but what they do is keep their salinity at about 1.013 which is very close to hypo-salinity conditions (1.009 - 1.011).
It's not poison like cooper but they should inform the customers so that a much longer acclimation process is performed. Imagine the newer hobbist who floats the bag, adds some tank water every 15 minutes for 45 minutes or so and releases the fish from 1.013 to 1.025 salinty conditions.
There is just so much turnover in any LFS that disease would be hard to control.
FishTown and most stores keeps a low level of cooper in their systems (with the exception of FishTown, they keep a heavy concentration) unless you see their system filtered through live rock. One LFS comes that comes to mind is Pets of New Hyde Park. They filter their rack system through the live rock bins on the bottom of the rack so no cooper is used in their system but the alternative effect is what I saw last week where every tank and every fish is infested with ick. Most of the fish didn't look like they would pull through. I told the guy he should shut down the SW section cause it was such a pitifull sight and anyone in their right mind would not buy a fish anyway.
Then you have Pets Warehouse in Copiague which I don't believe uses a therapeutic level of cooper in their system but what they do is keep their salinity at about 1.013 which is very close to hypo-salinity conditions (1.009 - 1.011).
It's not poison like cooper but they should inform the customers so that a much longer acclimation process is performed. Imagine the newer hobbist who floats the bag, adds some tank water every 15 minutes for 45 minutes or so and releases the fish from 1.013 to 1.025 salinty conditions.
There is just so much turnover in any LFS that disease would be hard to control.
pecan2phat
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Can't dumb down anymore than me saying "cooper" instead of "copper"4x 
dougwilliams
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"A fish with many color variations, Parvirostris Anthias is also known as a Shortsnout, Diadem, or Sunset Anthias. One of the more common color variations is predominantly yellow highlighted with red on the anal and caudal fins. In the wild, Shortsnouts are often found in schools, swimming at depths of 200 feet and so do well in an aquarium with similar tank mates."
From liveaquaria.com :
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From liveaquaria.com :
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=56
