The makings of a pair? My attempt with two Christmas Island Pomacanthus imperator
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Wow very nice.
Do you think they will spawn in 25 inch water column?
Also do you have any large angels spawning or just the dwarfs?
And last can you cite that Centropyge paper about them being genetically the same just color morphs, thats very interesting!...?
Sorry for all the questions, everything looks great. And the size of the lemonpeel always amazes me.
Do you think they will spawn in 25 inch water column?
Also do you have any large angels spawning or just the dwarfs?
And last can you cite that Centropyge paper about them being genetically the same just color morphs, thats very interesting!...?
Sorry for all the questions, everything looks great. And the size of the lemonpeel always amazes me.
jmaneyapanda
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I dont think the paper John is refering to says that. I believe it says that several Centropyge angels share similar mitochondrial DNA, which indicates there may have been a common ancestior in the past. I think I might have it somewhere too.
ipodhommie
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copps can you make a build thread or thread with pictures of any of your tanks
Grouperhead
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That pic of the imp and clarion is stunning. I always love your threads copps, and hopefully will use the knowledge I've gathered from them to try and keep a large angel next year.
copps
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I don't know... although many other angelfish genera and species have spawned in this size water column in captivity... the "rise" is much more important in regards to the fertility of the eggs than to the "spawning dance" alone, so I'm not too concerned. I'd just like to see eventual spawning behavior... and am obviously not worried about the fertility of the eggs...
All the angels I have spawning right now are Centropyge, and my regal angels (Pygoplites)...
The article is titled "Revision of Centropyge fisheri" and is published in German in the scientific journal "Zeitschrift für Fischkunde" by authors Schindler and Schneidewin. The article Jeremy is referring to is a different one that looks at the mtDNA of Centropyge acanthops and the three Atlantic Centropyge, and finds that the three Atlantic species are directly descended from acanthops that travelled around the horn of Africa and settled on the Brazilian coast sometime between 250,000 and 500,000 years ago...
For those you fish nerds that have read this far... just last year a paper was published officially documenting populations of Centropyge aurantonota (Brazilian flamebacks) off the West Coast of Africa... it had been rumored for a while... but the expedition confirmed it and even collected a specimen with a photo taken... it appears identical to the Brazilian form...
The easiest thing to do is do a search on my username... putting a whole list in one place would require time I do not have right now!
Eventually I'll get around to it, but life with two young kids and a demanding job is tough... I try and profile fish separately when I have time in threads like this giving in dpeth information, rather than list a thread of "Look what fish I have"... I'm very soon going to profile my tanks though one at a time when I get around to it...As mentioned above Jeremy, this was a different article...
Thanks guys for the comments...
Copps
Vili_Shark
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Hello John,
How about the tail? still keeping the orange color?
How about the tail? still keeping the orange color?
DamnPepShrimp
Moved On
Do some lose their orange tail or something? I got a CXI emperor 2 weeks ago, about 6". The shipping bag/box broke and the fish barely had enough water to cover his body. So I put him in QT and he died the next day, never recovered. He was very stressed, but his tail was never orange, but his colors looked better then a typical emperor. I want a CXI because of the orange tail, but if they lose it, its not worth the extra money to me IMO.
copps
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Not all Christmas Island specimens have an orange tail... and there is not just orange and yellow tail specimens... there is a gradient of color from a deep yellow (yellow, but not nearly as pale as some specimens from other parts of the Pacific) to near red (deep orange). Practically all Christmas Island specimens are beautiful fish... but not all have an orange tail. There are also orange tail emps from other locations...
Vili_Shark
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John,
Thats interesting.
What food are you using?
Did it lose any color at all?
Vili_Shark
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Like Red Sea Emperor, the best looking emperor....
ccampbell57
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Best looking IMHO besides the CXI is the New Caledonia Emp...
Cantonesefish
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Sounds like we need a poll? "Your favorite emperor" ?
Vili_Shark
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NC is a real stunning fish.
I saw quite a few...
The best one is the Red Sea one.
The second best is the Chinese one, orange fin with a streamer!
Thats my own opinion of course...
DamnPepShrimp
Moved On
I like the new caledonia emps as well (love the streamer) but couldn't find one. I got a decent deal on my cxi and went for it. Hopefully I can get another one that is shipped ok to me. What is special about the red sea? I don't want to pay for a cxi unless it has the orange tail. Guess I will need to see it first.
