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Breed him with a Tinkers and send me the babies:). Love that fish so much Bryan.
 

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Yes very cool thread!!! Would like to hear about this part of hobby from the rare fish collectors! Where u get them how much u spend how u quarantine etc... My FAvorities r the bandit angle and gold flake angle
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also love the choti wrasse but don't own any ! I do have a super male earmuff wrasse that I'll try to up load a pic soon and a Swales candy basslet!!
 
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Thanks. I will likely end up trying to pair this guy up later on, but with another Mitratus :)

As for quarantine, I isolated him for just a week to ensure he was eating well without competition, but not for disease. He came from Divers Den, which I've never had a problem with their fish. Fish from anywhere else I'll be quarantining them at least 4-6 weeks to ensure they don't bring anything into the display tank.

I'm getting 3 fish tomorrow, a baby blonde Naso and a pair of Blue Stripe Akindnyos clowns, both from Divers Den as well. I'll be keeping them in for at least a week, likely longer unless another vendor comes through with some "must have" fish :)
 

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I get all my rare and expensive tangs hand picked by a dealer from a wholesaler. top notch quality i have almost 1300 in fish. tang: Achilles, vlamingi , macipolous, blonde naso, blue, lieutenant
wrasse: red tail, melanarous male,flimented flasher, mystery wrasse. maroon clown. spotted dragonette and red scooter.

as for photos i only have my phone camera that's why they all suck
 

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Nice list, but I don't think any of them are "rare" per say, kinda like my butterfly I posted. They are readily available, but just cost a lot.

People seem to confuse expensive with "rare". :)
 

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Nice list, but I don't think any of them are "rare" per say, kinda like my butterfly I posted. They are readily available, but just cost a lot.

People seem to confuse expensive with "rare". :)

Only rare fish is the macipolous and maybe the red tail as some people tell me hahaha but yes i agree with you on that. my bad on the typo. Ive always wanted butterfly fish but with all my coral and clams and such i can't :/
 
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i also picked up a White Bar Anthia....after 4 weeks quarterine moved her into my DP...she s a shy fish hasnt come out in three days...
i'll take some pics when she comes out
 

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i also picked up a White Bar Anthia....after 4 weeks quarterine moved her into my DP...she s a shy fish hasnt come out in three days...
i'll take some pics when she comes out

Man, I was trying to get a hold of a few of those, but they were off the wholesaler list by the time my LFS orders.
 

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Red Sea pearlscale, small muelleri, and tiny declivis butterflies:
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Robustus butterfly:
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Pellet eating rainfordi butterfly:
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Great pics Peter! :bigsmile:
 

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Thought we'd share a few pics:

C. earlei


M. kuiteri


P. bellae


P. octotaenia (flasher)


While not rare, these three are favorites:
C. rhomboid


C. lineatus


C. rubrisquamis


Holanthias borbonius


 

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Great pics M & T have admired your tank for some time now and am actually trying to acquire many of the wrasses in your collection. Keep up the GREAT work!
 

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Great pics M & T have admired your tank for some time now and am actually trying to acquire many of the wrasses in your collection. Keep up the GREAT work!

Thank you for the kind words and be careful - once you acquire one or two, the wrasse bug bites pretty hard, LOL. :xd:
 

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