What rare angel is the least owned?

[Freed]

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[NexDog]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7147277#post7147277 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Freed
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A man of small words.

 

[copps]

Kingii and africanus recently were available last fall... Tom at Marine Aquatics got them along with some gem tangs and I spoke to a loacl distributor that saw them pop up... I think the retail on the kingii's were around $6000, while the africanus were a little above a grand...

Hotamatua has also shown up here and there from Easter Island, with even Live Aquaria offering a few on their site at a pricey $1500... seems like years ago they were more available at less than $1000...

One I've never personally seen or seen available is C. narcosis...

Also not mentioned are Genicanthus personatus, Centopyge nahackyi and Centropyge debelius (although this does become available)...

Clipperton's I've never seen available, although they have one at the Waikiki Aquarium I took a few shots of and spoke with Bruce Carlson about...

 

[moonpod]

Did the kingii really show up? I asked about pricing and never got a response. They are supposed to be hardy so despite the price being steep if it's a tough fish...

 

[copps]

According to Tom it did, although I can't verify it as I did not see it or order it obviously... I wanna say the price was $5800... looking at it from a supply/demand perspective I would have thought the price to be more... I was surprised to see the africanus relatively cheap and this was substantiated by the distributor I spoke with...

 

[moonpod]

The africanus may be rare, but it's so plain looking as an adult.

The kingii I think is pretty cool looking. Love those tiger stripes.

 

[copps]

Yeah uniqueness could take you far... I met with Frank Baensch at his facility and home last year and he talked about how interuptus were outselling resplendens unbelievably... they're both cool looking but the interuptus is just so unique whereas the resplendens has it's relatives from the mainlands...

Also not brought up are the different hybrids... I believe the kingii hybridizes with trimaculatus (flagfin)... I wanna say there's a pic in the Scott Michael book... and then you've got rare varieties of the common fish such as the all yellow and white xanthic regal angel...

 

[moonpod]

Oh yeah...that xanthic regal....yummy.....

 

[Maximus]

Great thread guys! What I would do to have a debelius. Would anyone know where to get one? Copps?

 

[BGreene]

Rare= Centropyge abei Allen, Young & Colin 2006

 

[H.Tanaka]

It is just a 3cm long Centropyge boyei. The first specimen I saw (at a retailer in Tokyo) in 1993. Until recently it was called Paracentropyge boylei, but now it is included in Centropyge again, and venusta and multifasciata, too.

 

[NexDog]

H.Tanaka - are you in Miyazaki? I saw your hospital's website and it seems to be. I'm in Miyakonojo.

If you know of any good coral/fish shops in Miyazaki, please let me know!!

 

[H.Tanaka]

NexDog,
You know my clinic !? Miyakonojo !! How near we are ! It takes some one hour by car.....
Yes, I know one marine fish-coral (and freshwater fish) shop in Miyazaki City. It is "Papi To Suzu" (they will close at 20:00). Do you speak Japanese ? When you can come I will take you there by car and it is near my home.
Well, where do you come from ?

 

[NexDog]

I just saw your home page under your WWW button and saw the Miyazaki address.

I'm English, living here in Miyakonojo for about 8 years. My Japanese is okay - probably not as good as your English! Maybe I wil drive up to Miyazaki with my wife in a week or two so would be happy to meet you, check out your tanks and go to Papi To Suzu. I will PM you.

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

Also not brought up are the different hybrids... I believe the kingii hybridizes with trimaculatus (flagfin)... I wanna say there's a pic in the Scott Michael book...

Thats right. Michael's book is a great angelfish reference, lots of hybrid pics in there, the best angel book IMO.

 

[virginiabreeze6]

How about the Chaetodontoplus conspicillatus

 

[moonpod]

conspics are relatively common vs the others being bandied about.

 

[jmicky41]

Moonpod, how is your conspic doing. I was at the LFS yesterday and they had a 7" and a perfect 3" (already sold). Good thing the 3" was sold - I might not have been able to resist.

 

[moonpod]

I had a tank temp dip in late feb when I was out of town. Everything more than 2-3" died. Everything under that size regardless of species did just fine. Weird and quite brutal. The conspic WAS doing great. I now have a big tank full of rinky dink fish. But I suppose that's ok.

A 3" conspic is a buy on sight fish. They practically never come in at that size.

 

[jmicky41]

www.oldtownaquarium.com

The blue around the eyes and lips was just starting to come in.