Japanese Swallowtail... (Genicanthus melanospilos)

[loosbrew]

Hey all,

I just returned from my favorite shop in Orlando and of course brought home a few things. Unfortunately most of the new guys/girls are either not open or hiding... but I was able to grab shots of my newest fish friend...

I've yet to name her....

http://www.illrevue.com/pics/tanks/03082006/images/DSC05019.jpg



and another...

http://www.illrevue.com/pics/tanks/03082006/images/DSC05024.jpg



Here is the clam I picked a few months back. It has grown consideably since I picked it up.

http://www.illrevue.com/pics/tanks/03082006/images/DSC05064.jpg



and I just picked up this guy at Ocean Blue for a good price...

http://www.illrevue.com/pics/tanks/03082006/images/DSC05065.jpg

I also picked up a blue linkia and what I've been waiting a few months for... a red goni frag! Pics of that soon.

enjoy.

Luis

[rbaker]

Beautiful fish!

Look like you got yourself a little flatworm problem... :D

[Petro]

Hey!

Maybe mine and yours should hook up :p

This is a photoshop of mine where I cut him out and blurred the background... (my first shop actually ;) )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v499/Petrogk/Angel.jpg

Evil Photobucket shrank it.....

I'll soon have host for my site and pics :D

[loosbrew]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6912247#post6912247 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by rbaker
Beautiful fish!

Look like you got yourself a little flatworm problem... :D

I never cared about the flatworms. I've had them for 10 years and they never bothered anything. So I guess to me it's not a problem ;)

Sad news though, last night after I fed the angel then left to run some errands, I came home to a dried baby on the floor. Dont know why she jumped, but do any of us?

At least I took a few flattering shots of her before she left. :(

Luis

[twon8]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/swallowtaill.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y78/twon8/Corals/dec29th049.jpg

[loosbrew]

beautiful. I am waiting for another one from SITC. btw... That place never ceases to impress me....

Luis

[Petro]

Eww...sorry to hear that...a dispar anthias I used to have jumped... :(

Why dont you cover the tank in egg crate??

[loosbrew]

I'm thinking about it now that its happened. I have 2 400w MH about 6 inches from the water so I'm afraid of melting anything...

sry to hear about your anthias...

Luis

[twon8]

the angel in my pictures also perished shortly after taking the pictures. the camera was a christmas present, on jan 6 a heater malf got me to 90*F+ and i lost all but three fish.

[zenya]

Sorry to hear about your angelfishes, guys. I had my share of jumpers over the years... :(

Here's a cousin of your fishes, Genicanthus lamarck. I've had her about a week without incident and hope she stay put.
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/8411Genicanthus_lamarck_filtered-copy.jpg

[loosbrew]

Gorgeous. :)

[zenya]

Thanks, Luis! :)

[gho]

A Japanese tropical reef fish? or is it a cold water species?

[patsan]

Here's mine. She's a beautiful fish. Now I just need to find a male.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Fish/Angel3-3-06.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v628/patsan/Fish/swallow2.jpg

[zenya]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6929945#post6929945 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by gho
A Japanese tropical reef fish? or is it a cold water species?

Gregory,

here's the links to the Fishbase pages on the two species from the genus Genicanthus mentioned here.
Genicanthus melanospilos (http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=8710&genusname=Genicanthus&speciesname=melanospilos)

Genicanthus lamarck (http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/speciesSummary.php?ID=6612&genusname=Genicanthus&speciesname=lamarck)

:)

[143gadgets]

NIce fish! I had one, but it passed for some reason a while ago.