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When I get a larger tank I want a black edge moray... Gymnothorax nigromarginatus
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They are another small moray species, they reach about 2' in length but don't get as big around as a snowflake eel, Echidna nebulosa... I'm really partial to the Gymothorax genus.
 
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I'm a little confused now... Gymothorax nigromarginatus, saxicola, and ocellatus all pull up the same photos on Google. They all are called the same things; Black Edge, Honeycomb and Ocellated... I've seen some things that the Black Edge is very aggressive, where the Ocellated is not... hmm, oh well research for another time.
 
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I had a dwarf golden on order a few months back but I have 1 super small gobie I was worried about so cancelled the order for now.
I have a very small tail spot blenny that would be an easy snack... golden dwarves won't bother your fish.
 
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Went by the LFS today. No Aquatic Life fixtures in stock, but we got coral. Yes, I have an addiction. I can't walk out of the LFS without coral. So what did we get? Well, we got one meaty chunk of Idaho Grape monti and a Hyacinth Birds Nest. I was in a purple mood...
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Yea, it's palm sized. Only paid $40 for it. I hope I can hang in to it. Should be good as it's a nice size and my frag tank is stable now. I killed two blue polyp green montis in the past with alk swings.
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The hyacinth has better PE now. You can see a few green polyps scattered on its base. It keeps these few green polyps as it grows out purple tips. It's an amazing looking colony.
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love the interaction of the feeding. I have a couple of clowns that will eat pellets out of my fingers but obviously nothing like that. The head shaking is quite interesting, I almost though he was stuck when he first shook. That Wrasse is gorgeous too! Great color in him! Now I’m sitting here thinking of names....

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I was thinking Barry Allen, because The Flash and he's a flasher wrasse... but he's red and purple. Not red and yellow. After that I've just come up blank... The clowns are Bonnie and Clyde because they were a terror in my 75g. They ganged up and chased everything including the 4" Atlantic tang. So far they've been passive as can be in The Deep Blue Sea.
 
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I think we're going to call him Barry Allen regardless that he's got purple color. His side's have a hint of yellow when he's displaying full colors. I've been contemplating getting another species of flasher so they'll display for each other... I think I've become a wrasse man. I've been looking at a lot of wrasse lately.
 

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Hey buddy. Are you sure that's a hyacinth?

Birdsnests confuse me.
 
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Hey buddy. Are you sure that's a hyacinth?

Birdsnests confuse me.

Here is the mother colony. I was told it was hyacinth.
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Also, anyone have a positive ID on this stuff. I think Blue Clove Polyps, but it looks a bit different than most images of it. Specifically, the green on the "petals."
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