MTRC Fish

NeedBiggerTank · Jun 26, 2011

So, we have a thread for Full Tank Shots and a thread for cool corals - so I thought we should have one just for our fish!

Here are a few of the fish from our tank.

Atlantic Blue Tang (Sparkie)

Royal Gramma (Fred)

Lyretail Anthias yawning (new today - no name yet)

Blackspot Angelfish (Sophie)

Black Bar Chromis (Sunshine)

p woodard · Jun 26, 2011

A good one here. This will us all decide what fish we can get for our tanks. I thought it is bad luck to name fish all the fish I have named have died after I named them.

NeedBiggerTank · Jun 26, 2011

Everything on our farm has a name - including our tractor (Harry). LOL

Jennifier615 · Jun 26, 2011

Haha I name all my fish too!

For those of you reefers about to "rock"- we salute you

TinaFoster · Jun 26, 2011

I LOVE Sparkie!
Remember I said I bought a fish yesterday? It's a yellow. A philippine yellow tang. He's in QT for a month or so, so I'll have to get his pic in there. Will post some pictures later when the lights are on. I think I'm naming the new fish Tango, because that's what I keep calling him/her. But I keep naming the fish and inverts and the grandkids keep changing the names! So I forget what their names are sometimes.

NeedBiggerTank · Jun 26, 2011

Just FYI (and you may already know this) - that philippene "yellow" tang (aka yellow mimic tang or chocolate tang) will not stay yellow... that is its juvenile coloration. It mimics the lemonpeele angel when young (or other dwarf angels). It will turn brownish as it grows up. I still thing they are pretty though - some are almost a violet/purpleish brown.

Sparkie will turn several shades of blue as he grows up. He is an Atlantic blue tang.

Guess no one else is going to pics of their fish? I know there are several members with some unique fish!

TinaFoster · Jun 26, 2011

Yes I did read that. And I am cool with it. I like the fish, and already had a lot of blue in the tank so it needed something else. I really did want the Hawaiian yellow but there's just no way I'll risk my hippo(uniquely named Dori--thanks boys!) to have one.

TinaFoster · Jun 26, 2011

Ok here's a few of my fish. I just can't bear to take pics against the brown rocks but then remembered I had some on the computer already.
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royal gramma

my favorite pic kind of. Coral beauty and hippo blue tang best buds

diamond goby "Roby"

Bicolor blenny "Bubby" checking out the new coral

Six Line Wrasse "Stripe" I will get a better pic of him one day. He's so fast.

Jennifier615 · Jun 26, 2011

randy

leroy

mannie

nostridamus

For those of you reefers about to "rock"- we salute you

Jennifier615 · Jun 26, 2011

Haha my old sixline's name was Mr. Wong

For those of you reefers about to "rock"- we salute you

TinaFoster · Jun 26, 2011

Nostridamus hahaha he's so cute! Is the tang a Philippine Yellow/Chocolate/Mimic tang?

NeedBiggerTank · Jun 26, 2011

Tina - thats a Powder Brown Tang (different type tang from yours).

Great pics!

NeedBiggerTank · Jun 26, 2011

Jennifier - your new blenny is using your barnicles!

Jennifier615 · Jun 26, 2011

Yeah I bought four barnicle blennies (not a one uses the baracles) lol

his name is Steve.

For those of you reefers about to "rock"- we salute you

TinaFoster · Jun 26, 2011

Is he rolling his eye upward? That is SO cool!

TinaFoster · Jun 26, 2011

My new tang. "Tango"

Couldn't get the shot I wanted. Dang bubbles! He likes them though. He's Tango because I had one tang, and it wasn't enough so now I have two and everyone knows it takes two to tango.

NeedBiggerTank · Jun 26, 2011

He's beautiful.

TinaFoster · Jun 26, 2011

Thanks! I think he's even more cool since reading why he's yellow now. He's mimicking the lemonpeel angel. In the wild, they live in the same area with damsels and eat the same food. The damsels will torture them over competition for the food, so they mimic the lemonpeel angel who does not eat the same exact diet as the damsel so damsels don't bother them much. That way the little tangs can eat enough without getting killed. Isn't that awesome? Everyone probably already knows that but I didn't til today.