Some new fish...

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Thanks :) I never really liked lemonpeel angels either before I got this one. They were just another yellow fish to me in a sea of yellow fishes, but it was either let this guy die or take him in, so I went ahead and took it, I'm glad I did.

This picture helps show the size of the dussu tang... the lemonpeel is a little over 2 inches, somewhere between 2.25" and 2.5".

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And in comparison to the 5" queen angel...

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The camera is a Canon 50D, I use either a 100mm f/2.8 macro lens or a 24-70mm f/2.8 zoom lens.

The one shot where the dussu is tail fanning the camera is a 10-22 f/3.5 wide angle lens, but that is the only fish picture I've taken with it.

Thanks for the color comments! I used to feed a lot of meaty frozen foods or fresh from the sea, depending on how good of a supply I could get at the local asian store, now I've been feeding primarily NLS pellets with 2 full sheets of nori a day, I only put in frozen food weekly as a treat and I mix it with a bunch of different supplements. It will be interesting to see if the coloration or "quality" of the fish goes down without getting the fresh food twice daily like they used to.

I stopped feeding frozen almost 3 months ago and everyone still looks great, so I think I'll be OK.
 
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WHAT CAN I SAY...............I JUST READ EVERYTHING.................................AMAZING RECTY !!! YOU ARE THE CHAMP...TOO.SWEET !!!!!!!!!!!
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15403479#post15403479 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by DAROCK79
WHAT CAN I SAY...............I JUST READ EVERYTHING.................................AMAZING RECTY !!! YOU ARE THE CHAMP...TOO.SWEET !!!!!!!!!!!
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Thanks ;) I dont know if I'd say I'm the champ and I've certainly made my share of mistakes with this tank, but I'm slowly getting things under control.

I feel sorry if you just read this whole thread, that would take hours :)
 
OMG-I've been away for too long. Are you kidding me with all the new additions?! I'm insanely jealous. That new Queen and the shoal of convicts/flames is insanely awesome. The queen is by far my favorite fish so seeing yours (which is exceptionally awesome) just makes me want one more. You are so giving me stocking ideas for whenever it is I'm able to get a big tank. Also, that majestic is pretty B/A too. One of my favs.

In the mean time I'm seriously considering adding a flame to my tank.

I've gotta go back through this thread more carefully and read the fine details.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15405948#post15405948 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fender4string
OMG-I've been away for too long. Are you kidding me with all the new additions?! I'm insanely jealous. That new Queen and the shoal of convicts/flames is insanely awesome. The queen is by far my favorite fish so seeing yours (which is exceptionally awesome) just makes me want one more. You are so giving me stocking ideas for whenever it is I'm able to get a big tank. Also, that majestic is pretty B/A too. One of my favs.

In the mean time I'm seriously considering adding a flame to my tank.

I've gotta go back through this thread more carefully and read the fine details.
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Thanks man, yeah, you've been gone a while, good to see you back.

Queens are definitely at the top of my list for favorite fish I've owned so far, either the queen or the dussumieri but the queen has more personality.

As far as adding a flame goes, just be care as to your stocking list after it. I had a flame angel in a 75g tank that was a perfect angel (pun intended) to all my current fish but anytime I tried to add anything he just went nuts and wanted it out of the tank, even small fish like chromis. I eventually got rid of him. I'm not sure if thats the usual thing with a male flame angel in a 4' tank, but he was certainly a pain to deal with for me.

I'm not too sure about the details of this thread, but you'll learn how to cause ammonia spikes, certifiably kill your live rock, lower salinity dangerously close to lethal and add way too many fish way too fast ;) Probably a good idea not to read the thread, imo.

I do like the flames/convict groups, I got a good picture of them last night I wasnt going to post but since you mentioned them I'll do it ;)

Here they are doing their thing as a group...

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After the one flame got his butt kicked one night, they've all been getting along a lot better. Apparently the dominant male heard that males have pointy fins and females have round fins, so he gnawed off all the points to the other male's fins.

The convicts stick together a lot too, which is nice, although they are starting to get a little testy with each other. I think I need a bigger tank to keep a convict shoal long term.

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They are very aggressive eaters.
 
I wouldnt say dussu tangs are popular, I think mainly because they get large.

Same deal with bariene tang.

My little goldflake has eyes that are bigger than it's mouth, it's always trying to eat the pellets that cant fit in.

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Here is one of my other dwarfs, enjoying a nice hot steamy tang poop.

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I'm not too sure about the details of this thread, but you'll learn how to cause ammonia spikes, certifiably kill your live rock, lower salinity dangerously close to lethal and add way too many fish way too fast
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That's funny. I try not to do stupid things, too, but I'm not always successful. :D


Can your Lemonpeel (Goldflake) get the bigger pellets down? My juvi Emperor ate some bigger ones for the first time yesterday, and they were stuck in his mouth for a bit.
 
Nope, he cant quite get them eaten. He really tries though and they've got sharp little teeth in there, I think he scrapes a little bit off the pellet every time he mouths it.

I drop in 1mm pellets at the same time I drop in the 3mm, so all the dwarfs go nuts for the 1mm then they start trying to eat the 3mm.

You can tell the lemonpeel is really trying to eat them, look how much his mouth is extending. It's almost alien looking, it totally changes the shape of the head too and makes it look like a different fish.
 
Could you post that pic that is zoomed in on the second photo to show how the skin is stretched around the Lemonpeels mouth? That would be cool.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15409046#post15409046 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by barbianj
Could you post that pic that is zoomed in on the second photo to show how the skin is stretched around the Lemonpeels mouth? That would be cool.
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I'm not sure I understand the question... you just want a closer zoom on the mouth? I can do it, but it will probably start looking a little grainy.
 
What I should have asked is if you could zoom in further on the Lemonpeels mouth. My bad.

Sorry. I'm at work and typed in half of the question, then came back and finished it without reading it. :rollface: :rolleyes:
 
I wonder if that dark string looking thing in the stretched out area is one of the major veins that supply blood to the lip area? It looks like a blood vein to me.
 
That's pretty good, thanks.

I see what you mean. It looks like it's at the surface, then goes underneath to the right and then curves down.

Now, that would be a good "guess what this is" picture. I say parrot eating a piece of pepperoni.
 
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