not your everyday ordinary reef fish thread

[gwaco]

this fish ! says its also known as a leopard filefish

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Fantail Filefish

[Barcochris]

that is not it, it was one UGLY fish. and I loved it. it looks kind of like a tasseld filefish just no tassels. I am thinking i have the wrong name. I will look into it

[salt-rookie]

Those Barred Flagtails look like BIG female guppies!

[salt-rookie]

Does THIS qualify as a NOT SO ORDINARY reef fishie????

[motorslave]

Some really cool fish you all have! How about some secret links to online shops that carry the out of the ordinary? I must expand my favorites list!

[gwaco]

Originally Posted by salt-rookie

Does THIS qualify as a NOT SO ORDINARY reef fishie????

it does in my book .

[Geoff]

i have 3 of them now. the biggest is about 5". this will prolly be its max size. the others are quickly catching up. they are monster eaters. they are super aggressive eaters, but passive tank mates. they school together more than anything else i have put in the tank. if the tank was bigger and i had more they truely would school. i think a group of 10 in a large tank would be very impressive.

G~

[Fly Guy]

Originally Posted by gwaco

WOW. Where did you get him?? Hes gorgeous.

I see you have him in with the siganus doliatus. I could make room for that one I think.

[cmjreef]

Here's my little female Watanabe Angel. Really good reef angel, pretty well-behaved. A little bossy. (Genicanthus watanabe).

[cmjreef]

Here's my algae grazin' crew. Two tangs: Tomini tang (Ctenochaetus tominiensis), and Bristletooth tang (Don't Knowensis). Both are well-behaved and eat everything happily.

[crvz]

great pics, cmjreef. You're bristletooth reminds me of an Acanthurus pyroferus, known as a mimic or half-black tang. Beautiful marine betta, too! I'd classify that as a little rare.

[gwaco]

Originally Posted by Fly Guy

WOW. Where did you get him?? Hes gorgeous.

I see you have him in with the siganus doliatus. I could make room for that one I think.

thanks fly ! it doesn't have that "pop" value that some others have , but was different so i paid the l.f.s. the $30 they wanted . they had three others also , and still have one left . i guess colors are in .
nice fish craig ! also craigs (cmjreef) store is where it came from .

[snappy1]

Originally Posted by know-it-all

and I have no idea what this one is

If that's what I think it is I used to have a couple of those damsels. They look really sweet as a juvenile but they turn a blah brown color as adults and are very aggressive. They get quite big too.

[gwaco]

Originally Posted by know-it-all

and I have no idea what this one is

its a neoglyphidodon crossi a.k.a. cross damsel and for good reason ! all of the damsels in the neoglyphidodon family are the most pugnacious of the damsels . this perticular one does not get as drab as some of the others though , but it will make your life misserable .

[know-it-all]

Originally Posted by snappy1

If that's what I think it is I used to have a couple of those damsels. They look really sweet as a juvenile but they turn a blah brown color as adults and are very aggressive. They get quite big too.

Originally Posted by gwaco

its a neoglyphidodon crossi a.k.a. cross damsel and for good reason ! all of the damsels in the neoglyphidodon family are the most pugnacious of the damsels . this perticular one does not get as drab as some of the others though , but it will make your life misserable .

they turn different colors in different tanks
they stayed an intersting brown in my tank
a buddy got a bunch for his tank
and they all turned black

the temperment wasn't as bad as my yellow damsels
but they make the blue devils and YT's look like harmless kittens