RAREst fish in your sps tank

[Lunchbucket]

ok fishes!!! sorry didn't see the two. was so wowed by one i missed the other

Lunchbucket

 

[Lunchbucket]

they had to have cost a HUGE penny or two

 

[Maximus]

LOL! They were around 50k pennies each.

 

[RedEyeReef]

They are captive bred Interruptus angels aka Japanese angels.

Where do you get those? and do they pick on any corals?

 

[Maximus]

I got them from a company called RCT. They have never picked on any of my corals. They are truly reef safe. Here is their website:
http://www.rcthawaii.com/

 

[SHOmuchFUN]

Maximus, what clownfish is that in your first pic?

 

[Maximus]

It's a black occelaris. They are captive bred from ORA. Hth.

 

[Lunchbucket]

ok SPENDY fish but they are sweet looking!!!

Lunchbucket

 

[rkl303]

No fish in my tank but the LFS has a jewel tang in his plywood tank.

 

[reef fanatic]

nice angels maximus.....how about a full tank shotwith the angels and SPS.....

 

[2004jeepoutlander]

Truely stinning jap angels.

 

[Zoom]

No a Rarest fish but is in a sps tanks .
Here is my two years old Emperor .

When i first got it.

Two years later.

 

[nebraskareef]

thats awesome that you got the emperor to change coloration! i heard it is very hit or miss when you get them juvi, that they will go through the entire change.

congrats on a beautiful tank and fish!

 

[mcola78]

Maximus -

Those Japanese pygmies are incredible. Where is that RCT located? Hawaii or Japan?

And didn't those fish go down in price to be only (lol) $650? Thought they were untoucable for under $1,500

 

[john37]

well, it will be an sps tank.

my mystery wrasse

 

[Mark]

Not the best picture, but these two guys don't quarrel too much with each other in my 180:

I'm kind of breaking the rules with these guys, since I've been keeping them in a open-topped aquarium, with semi-aggresive tankmates(Emperor Angel and 2 tangs).

 

[coralite]

I gotta give props to Mark and maximus for having prs of rare fish. Maybe these guys will be posting about their rare fish spwaning in the future. I have watched mark's helfrichs swim for hours and I never got over it. Maximus, do you know that a full grown interruptus can get over 5 inches? do you see any signs of sexual dichromatism yet?

 

[MAreefer1]

I wish I had a rare fish!

 

[Bigred]

I have 8 yellow tangs in my tank. Is that rare? Along with:

Dragonface Pipefish
Unicorn Naso
Vlamingi
Carpenter Flasher Wrasse
Pink Banner Wrasse
Blueside Wrasse
Clown/Tricolor Wrasse
Blue Spotted Rabitfish
2 True Perculas

 

[Maximus]

Coralite,
Yes, I see definite signs of differences between the sexes. The male now has stripes on his fins and is more colorful. The female does not have the stripes and probably will not develop them. She is a little less blue. Here's a pic of the male. You can notice his stripes. Yes, I am aware that Interruptus are one of the larger dwarf angels. When I received them from RCT, they were probably around 3/4"-1" long. I've had them for over a year now, and they have tripled in size.

Here's the same angel back in Nov of last year: