Cool find today

[LisaD]

Black and white pajama cardinals
We think they may be a hybrid of Banner x Pajamas... Look pretty cool regardless

And my new keyhole angel :)

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[mike007]

Nice they are very hardy also.

 

[LisaD]

Yeah I now have PJ's in both my tanks. Love them. If these are really hybrids I guess I have Banner's in both too lol


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[VB68]

Nice find.... Congrats

 

[michael_cb_125]

Neat finds. The cardinals are Sphaeramia orbicularis.

~Michael

 

[Trentondrummer33]

What kind of fish that by the pump, the one with the bright neon blue in it?


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[LisaD]

He's a blue velvet damsel. He's one of my favorites and is the sole survivor of a tank crash caused by my own stupidly. Love him :)


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[Mike J.]

I had a Blue Velvet Damsel. It was a model citizen for about a year. Then one day it went on a rampage and tore down and ripped up every soft coral, polyp. LPS, SPS - well, you get the idea, anything that wasn't solid rock. Just a warning. And when they get bigger they lose that beautiful color. I took it to a local pet store and it stayed in their tank for over a year then someone took it. Also, they get much bigger than other damsels.

 

[LisaD]

Well he's in a FOWLR so we should be ok. He is a bully but tends to stick to his own area. I have a 75 I'm converting to reef once the seahorse tank is up and going. The 55 he's in will stay fish only. ;) he's my little survivor so I'll stick with him.


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[Mike J.]

I have a fish like that. It survived a truck crash on the way home. It was in the windshield in a dry bag. Put it in another bag and it's still with me today. That was five years ago. The Blue Velvet Damsel was the second meanest fish I have ever owned, and I have a predator tank. For a fish to tear stuff up just for fun?

 

[LisaD]

Well we all have our fun in different ways. They aren't called blue steak devils for nothing ;)


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[Mike J.]

LOL. I was going to say the same thing. They say they get only 6 inches, but they're at least 6 inches around too. If I had to compare it to another fish it would be a full-grown female Maroon Clown that's guarding her eggs. That's the fish that survived the crash. She'll bite you and draw blood, but she won't take over a whole tank and go around tearing stuff up.