Pyramid Butterfly
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Dmorty217
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Sounds like it's time for you two get get bigger tanks...
I think healthy ones eat everything, but I had a couple come in with mouth problems and they ate nothing and died .... and I tried everything (including fish 'crack' aka ova and fish 'bacon' aka brine). What ultimately worked for me was to put a second set into a QT with nitrofuracin green powder - it is a mix of a couple of antibiotics, methylene blue, and maybe something else ... cannot now recall. It is said to ease transition, help with ammonia burn, treat minor infections, yada yada. But, based on a sample size of one group, I was able to successfully get them all into my DT where they are now thriving. So, QT, NGP for two weeks, and then observe for at least another month .... that's what I'd suggest. Mine all came in at 3 - 3 1/2 inches.
chipchip
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Ok, I get mine from DeJong Marinelife.. They will stay for a few weeks at my LFS (good friends) and they will QT them in their QT tank. I told them that they should send the healthy ones with no mouth issues. But this butterfly is quite pricey here I think, thats cool! I am think about getting all 4, what do you think?
http://www.dejongmarinelife.nl/fish/chaetodontidae/hemitaurichthys-polylepis/5
http://www.dejongmarinelife.nl/fish/chaetodontidae/hemitaurichthys-polylepis/5
Wow, that's a serious website - fish are listed by their genus. That'll scare away the amateurs :lol: I see they also have the Zebra Tang listed. That is my dream fish.
Sorry, failed to note the size of your tank, but I got four because I like the way they swim together (not 'schooling' really, but swimming together).
Cannot speak to Hawaii versus indo since all mine, both survivors and casualties, were the latter. It's interesting, I've been diving in HI a few times and never saw one - didn't see a Flame Angel,, either, so I guess that doesn't mean much
chipchip
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Yes, the website is very cool! They update it like every day and have a big import every week. You mean the Acanthurus triostegus? Thats not very rare here. The A. polyzona is more rare imo.
I have a 180g tank but I think will try 2 first. What do you think can I add some more after or is that a problem?
Btw. tomorrow you will find the "new arrivals" sometimes there are very nice specimen on this site.
I have a 180g tank but I think will try 2 first. What do you think can I add some more after or is that a problem?
Btw. tomorrow you will find the "new arrivals"
sometimes there are very nice specimen on this site.No, I meant A. Polyzona (I have seen it called the zebra tang, as opposed to the convict, Triostegus, which is quite common here also). Oh, right, duh on me, 180 I added all four of my pyramids at the same time, but they appear to be relatively easy-going fish so I'd imaging adding a few more later would be OK. I always use one of those socialization boxes just in case.
I added all four of my pyramids at the same time, but they appear to be relatively easy-going fish so I'd imaging adding a few more later would be OK. I always use one of those socialization boxes just in case.
Dmorty217
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Wow, that's a serious website - fish are listed by their genus. That'll scare away the amateurs :lol: I see they also have the Zebra Tang listed. That is my dream fish.
Sorry, failed to note the size of your tank, but I got four because I like the way they swim together (not 'schooling' really, but swimming together).
Cannot speak to Hawaii versus indo since all mine, both survivors and casualties, were the latter. It's interesting, I've been diving in HI a few times and never saw one - didn't see a Flame Angel,, either, so I guess that doesn't mean much
Zebra tangs are awesome! Never see them available, I too noticed the zebra tang at Dejong... One of the many sites I troll on a daily basis
Is this a site that ships internationally? There are a couple neat butterflies that i'd be interested in trying. Probably need to order a whole box.
I've never seen one locally. I think NYA or BluZoo may have had a few within the last year of so, but they were $800 which, while not super expensive, is more than I've had the guts to pay for a single fish.
I had some offered to me early this year, and $800 is a pretty decent retail price. They went quickly and I didn't have the cash to jump on them at the time.
Cool fish, i'm just not sure it's that much cooler than a convict.
Dmorty217
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DeJong is for us, what LA and DD is to those "across the pond" Just a dream...
chipchip
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You cannot place orders at Dejong as a person. You have to be a registered company and then they ship to you. I can only order via my LFS and they order my wish with their weekly order (omg is that understandable?)
So I am trolling like every day on this site and then pick up some fishes. Tbats the reason I am opening so many threads about fishes
I just cant decide!
The problem is that my LFS has to ask DeJong for the prices as we cannot see prices on their homepage.
But the best thing is that I can get all those fishes
And btw. i just saw that they have 2 hybrid powder blue
Oh wait and 5 c. interrupta
So I am trolling like every day on this site and then pick up some fishes. Tbats the reason I am opening so many threads about fishes
I just cant decide!
The problem is that my LFS has to ask DeJong for the prices as we cannot see prices on their homepage.
But the best thing is that I can get all those fishes
And btw. i just saw that they have 2 hybrid powder blue
Oh wait and 5 c. interrupta
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Dmorty217
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thanks
One eye shouldn't inhibit the fish much if at all. It will adapt
Rea17
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As long as it isn't too recent, otherwise watch for infection and possibly treat with antibiotics.
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