The long nose is one of my favorite looking fish!Don’t know that no one talks about the Long-nose but it’s a cool fish that not everyone has in their Reef.
Isn’t that the Hawkfish that by Liveaquaria they second named the Anthias Hawkfish?I agree with the Japanese not looking as nice, and the behaviour is certainly to be expected considering the family they’re in.
Personally, my favourite hawkfish is the LyreTail or SwallowTail Hawk, Cyprinocirrhites polyactis. It’s up there on my wish list of fish for sure. P.S. Not my photo however this is extremely close to looks in person as I have had this species in a 7’ tank with several other hawks when working in the LFS.
That was once my favorite Angelfish! I so wish I could keep one.Majestic Angelfish.. anyone know of a more beautiful fish? I’d like to see it. Mine (Neptune) has attitude and is super hardy. Got mine at 3” and is 5” now. The bottom pic shows a scar near the tail that was a 1” open gash that happened one day when I was cleaning the tank. Makes mine unique but I call him ‘boof head’ because he is super clumsy. Boss of the tank even though the PT thinks it is lol
What about this guy with no tail?I have to say the Bandit Angelfish. Such a spectacular fish.
That just makes him/her extra special. Frankly, to me, when a fish has a deformity or missing something (as long as it’s not taking a toll on its health) I find myself compelled to them lol.
Something seems off there - not far off from when people amputate tails of blood parrots because it “looks cool.”
It does say wild caught
Sometimes there's genetic issues that lead to missing parts on fish, but more likely the tail got bitten off when it was younger and it survived the ordeal. I remember seeing pictures in a book, Kuiter's butterfly book, where butterflies often get chunks taken out of non-vital areas of their body when young but survive, growing to look very strange.
I know it does - just seems suspect that it would be born that way.
That makes sense - the initial pic looks like it was from an injury.Sometimes there's genetic issues that lead to missing parts on fish, but more likely the tail got bitten off when it was younger and it survived the ordeal. I remember seeing pictures in a book, Kuiter's butterfly book, where butterflies often get chunks taken out of non-vital areas of their body when young but survive, growing to look very strange.
Had to pull it off to shelf to find it but here it is.
I mean that’s what the Tailspot is for. It served its purpose and saved the fish.Sometimes there's genetic issues that lead to missing parts on fish, but more likely the tail got bitten off when it was younger and it survived the ordeal. I remember seeing pictures in a book, Kuiter's butterfly book, where butterflies often get chunks taken out of non-vital areas of their body when young but survive, growing to look very strange.
Had to pull it off to shelf to find it but here it is.
Kinda neat though that they still grow up just fine even though they have a deformity like thatSometimes there's genetic issues that lead to missing parts on fish, but more likely the tail got bitten off when it was younger and it survived the ordeal. I remember seeing pictures in a book, Kuiter's butterfly book, where butterflies often get chunks taken out of non-vital areas of their body when young but survive, growing to look very strange.
Had to pull it off to shelf to find it but here it is.
They kind of remind me of gem tangs except it's a blenny instead
Had six in my previous display. Very cool fish especially how they find a place to lay in for sleeping, then return to it every night. Mine mostly used the magnetic bases of the jebao gyres. Each having its chosen spot.Just grabbed a few - took a bit for him to cooperate (learned pretty fast that food comes at the top of the tank and doesn’t like to leave).
He’s a captive bred one - and has a birth defect where his head is a little crooked.
Not as flashy as some of the other fang blennies, but the black definitely stands out.
