My new fish!!!

[apedroza]

I just got this guy yesterday and was a little worried when I put him in, because my Ornate Christmas wrasse didn't like him at first. It chased him around for a bit but it eventually got tired of being bullied around and began to fight back. I din;t realize how big their teeth can be, anyway today they seem to be getting long fine and not chasing each other around. Glad I didn't go with getting another wrasse!!!
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o43/apedroza/DSC_7314Medium.jpg

[crossxfire2]

WOW what a beautiful fish! I absolutly love it! Thank you for showing us!!!!!!!!

[TexasTodd]

I want some of your Palys!

Oh, nice fish too. :)

Todd

[apedroza]

I got plenty Todd!!!!

[tropicana]

You got it yesterday, and its already in your display tank???? Be careful!

[RayAllen]

You got it yesterday, and its already in your display tank???? Be careful!

Great fish you got there!

Not every fish needs to be quarantined before going into your display. Many or most of us do not quarantine before going in the display. Most important is to buy a healthy fish; observe it at the store, look for signs of sickness and ask questions about its eating habits.

[copperband]

i never quaritine my fish i just feed with garlic and my cleaner shrimp helps alot so i have to agree with Rayallen

[copperband]

oh awesome fish

[chuck4824]

Beautiful fish and beautiful capture of him. So, please share with me how you were able to get such a great picture. Doesn't look like you used a flash and as fast as these guys swim around I can't imagine using a slow shutter speed. Please share you
secret with me.

Thanks
David

[caferacermike]

I'm still waiting for someone to convince me without a doubt that feeding a fish garlic will "cure, prevent, treat, and diagnose" whatever ails it. Garlic is not a medicine, it may ward off Vampires but it won't ward off flukes, worms, parasites, ich, bacteria, and it certainly does not treat any of those symptoms. I will accept any attempts to prove that garlic does anything other than possibly trigger a strong feeding impulse and that truth be told, a well fed fish has a healthy immune system.


BTW Anthony, colorful fish you got there.

[copperband]

I dont beleive it cures a fish it will keep a fish eating which helps the fish.

[JimD]

Well, I eat garlic and I dont have Ich. Proof enough for me! :wink_smile:

[TexasTodd]

I do belive it's been proven to have some anti-baterial properties.

As far as fish...me thinks it make them eat.

TT

[caferacermike]

Just wanted to get the point across to any new readers that feeding a new fish garlic is absolutely no way an excuse not to quarantine all new purchases. Now with that being said I am one of the club of about 90% that rarely ever quarantines and that's my own personal responsibility and choice.

[BIGBIRD123]

Garlic induces eating and the eating helps the fish to combat the ich.

[apedroza]

I normally don't quarantine my fish because I only have a few. My main inhabitants are sps, so I don't worry about spreading disease. On top of that I saw the fish for almost a week before I decided to purchase it and made sure it was swimming and eating. It also went through a small dip for parasites before it went into the tank.

[apedroza]

Beautiful fish and beautiful capture of him. So, please share with me how you were able to get such a great picture. Doesn't look like you used a flash and as fast as these guys swim around I can't imagine using a slow shutter speed. Please share you
secret with me.

Thanks
David

I actually used my speed light but directed the flash away from the tank and I snapped on continuos catching several pics before finally getting a good one!!!

[chuck4824]

Thank you for the information. Something new to explore, love this hobbie for that reason.

[erikharrison]

Taking pictures of fast fish is a pain in the wazoo. The only pictures I can get of my clown tang is when it is eating. Other than that, it's darting through the rocks or "surfing" in the path of 3600 gph. Very very hard to get a pic with good detail! What camera did you use Anthony?

[stoneroller]

Well I gotta ask, what kind of fish is it? Nice colors.

[erikharrison]

I believe it's a candy hogfish. It is purdy. Anthony told me today it has a righteous set of chompers.

[beerguy]

thats one of my favorite fish for sure and was one of my latest purchases. I just hope you have a lid on your tank because mine is definitely a jumper. only Id call your's a one spot candy hog due to its lack of tail spot, but Ill reconsider if that red tail spot only comes once a month...

[Richard]

Great fish Anthony! Candy hogs are almost my favorite small reef fish (next to midas blennies). As beerguy said, they are really good at finding a way out of the tank or into overflows.

[apedroza]

I used my Nikon D50 with continuous shooting. It is a candy hogfish and luckily I have my overflow covered (my wrasse used to love jumping into it) so I'm not too worried about it jumping out, except when the front door is off my canopy.

[JimD]

Im probably wrong here but that looks like a Flasher Wrasse to me... Heres a link to a candy hog fish, notice the previlant spot before the tailfin missing on Anthonys fish.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.liveaquaria.com/images/products/large/p_90079.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm%3FpCatId%3D1157&h=199&w=216&sz=8&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=LzQAEKkO5G1jRM:&tbnh=99&tbnw=107&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dcandy%2Bhogfish%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1 %26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN

[apedroza]

Its definitely a hogfish the only difference is the spot near the tail is a faint red not black. the mouth is much larger than a flasher wrasse.