Please post pictures of any PAIRS of fish you have

Project Reef · #1 12/22/2002, 04:24 AM

Title says it all.

I love when I see fish in reef aquariums which are in pairs or groups. Although we confine them to a tiny box, I believe fish that peacefully coexist in pairs or groups together are a "happier".

So lemme see 'em.

Clowns, Wrasses, Gobies, Angels, Eels, whatever you got, I'd love to see pics of some of reef central's 'Pairs' 'Harems" or 'Groups'.

Mustang · #2 12/22/2002, 07:16 PM

Here are a few pics of my pairs
I also have a mated pair of citron gobies but can't seem to get a pic of them together

Angels Genicanthus melanospilos (just added)

Banggai Cardinals

Maroon clowns

JDM130 · #3 12/24/2002, 01:36 AM

I tried getting some pics on here but got timed out twice. Anyway I will try again tomorrow. I had a beautiful pair of French Angels. I grew them to dinner plate size before donating them to the NJ state aquarium. I havent been there in a while, but was informed that they successfully spawned there. Also had a pair of Queen Angels that I waited for over a year to get. When the guy I dealt with finaly got them for me they were not in good shape. They werent bagged to well in shipping and were very under nurished. I took them with the understanding that they may not pull through. I figured I had a better shot of getting them well in my tank then the LFS I got them from. Well after getting them in the Q-tank I could see that they were consumed by flukes. I gave them FW dips, Formulin dips, treated with copper to no avail. These fish had flukes all over them and inside as well. Finaly a secondary bacterial infection killed them. That was a real blow to have another opritunity to have yet another pair of large angels and they just crashed. The bacterial infection went very fast, once I could see the cottony patches on the bodies they were doomed. They lasted 3 days from the first sighn of infection. I had them for a month total. Anyway, The guy I got them from did make good on the fish and he was surprised I was able to keep them as long as I did. I do consider myself very lucky to have been able to keep the French's as a pair in captivity. What a sight they were!
Jeff

MtnDewMan · #4 12/24/2002, 01:51 AM

11 year old Clown Pair

1 year old Maroon Pair

Green Clown Gobies ... both are in this acro colony if you look hard enough

Yellow clown gobies just paired up

And no, they aren't fish, but they are a mated pair ...

Gary Majchrzak · #5 12/28/2002, 12:31 AM

Very nice pics of pairs! It's difficult enough to shoot one moving fish, let alone two! Unfortunately, my mated pair of Mandarinfish only got in close proximity at dusk, making it very difficult to get any pics of them together. Mustang, great Angelfish- they are beauties!

IndyReefer · #6 12/28/2002, 01:14 PM

Juvenile Gold Stripped Maroons

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jimwas...ium/clowns.JPG

IndyReefer · #7 12/28/2002, 01:18 PM

Let me try that again - sorry

Gimpy · #8 12/28/2002, 01:44 PM

Here are my clowns in their BTAs with eggs on the shelf below.

Gimpy

Gary Majchrzak · #9 12/28/2002, 02:50 PM

Nice clownfish pics. I have a gut feeling 99% of the 'pairs' pictured will be Amphiprion !

K. Lee · #10 12/28/2002, 03:25 PM

My pair of taink raised black and white A. percula.

K. Lee · #11 12/29/2002, 02:44 AM

another

samw · #12 12/29/2002, 06:50 AM

Last photo isn't a pair of fish, but looks ok.

OrionN · #13 01/02/2003, 04:15 PM

I have the same feeling as Project Reef. I try to keep breeding units if I can. Don't have any picture , but the following pair or trio I have in my tank:
Banggai Cardinals breeding pair
Trio Ocellaris clowns breeding
Royral Gramma (5 in the breeding group)
Mandarin Dragonette breeding pair
Yellow Cown gobies breeding pairYellow tail damsel breediing trio
Orchid Dottyback pair breeding soon
Marine Betta breeding pair
Pink Skunk Breeding pair
Cleaner shrimp breeding pair
Cherub Angel breeding pair
Cherub angel breeding with Atlantic Flameback angel
I think that are all of the larger animals that are breeding in my tank.
Minh

hcs3 · #14 01/03/2003, 02:12 AM

like minh, i much prefer my fish to be in pairs. i feel they settle in nicer, and adapt to captivity bettre when they are kept in pairs.

anyway, pics to follow when possible, but for now, only a listing.

i have the following fish in my 180g aquarium. note these are my only fish in the tank.

2 yellow clown gobies
2 green clown gobies
2 red head gobies
2 tiger striped gobies
6 masked gobies
2 red firefish

i do have plans to add more fish, but they will all be in pairs.

HTH

henry

Project Reef · #15 01/03/2003, 02:20 AM

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Originally posted by Minh Nguyen

Cherub angel breeding with Atlantic Flameback angel

Minh

Amazing Minh, whenever possible, see if you can take a pic of these two together. Very cool.

saltwaterfishlover · #16 01/05/2003, 12:09 AM

our pair of blue spotted jawfish
also in the same tank are a pair of
false percs, watchman wheeler gobies, antena gobies, citron clown gobies, and a small school of 4 pajama cardinals

andy & bonnie

K. Lee · #17 01/09/2003, 11:30 PM

Pair of Golden Sleepers, not established long (not even a week). These are simultaneous hermaphrodites? What, I guess, I'm asking is if it matters or not the sex of the fish when purchased, as one will be male, and one will be female?

hcs3 · #18 01/09/2003, 11:38 PM

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These are simultaneous hermaphrodites?

not sure. never cared enough for this fish to research it

Quote:

What, I guess, I'm asking is if it matters or not the sex of the fish when purchased, as one will be male, and one will be female?

if they are simultaneous herms, then no. simulataneous is not the same as bi-directional. bi-directional can go either way, e.g. from male back to female. IOW, if you get 2 males, you are SOL.

HTH

henry

K. Lee · #19 01/09/2003, 11:55 PM

Ah, ok thanks. Here;s the pic of the fish.

mr294 · #20 01/10/2003, 12:22 PM

a blurry pic of 2 of my bartletts

csanchez77 · #21 01/10/2003, 04:23 PM

Can you post pictures of the Royal Gramma or Cherub Angel pair....

I am interested in 5 royal gramma and a pair of Cherub Angel for my next tank...85g

Thanks
Chris

joetbs · #22 01/10/2003, 06:47 PM

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Originally posted by samw

What kind of fish are those? I'd guess but don't wanna look like an ***

joetbs · #23 01/10/2003, 06:47 PM

double post...sorry

sschafer · #24 01/10/2003, 11:26 PM

Here's a picture of my pair of C. lineatus. The male seems to have much more yellow/orange/red in the base body coloration, but over all pretty similar:

Pair of Lined Fairy Wrasses Cirrhilabrus lineatus

I have a pistol shrimp awaiting a goby. Has anyone kept pairs of shrimp gobies with pistols?

-Steve

Louis Z · #25 01/12/2003, 08:38 AM

nice picture Steve thanks for posting. I would have thought that they were both males due to the coloration yet I have no experience and no other info describing what a female looked like. Does he flash to the female often? Do they stay together? As for gobies I have the Randalls goby in a 20g w/o pistol. Yet in a 29g I have a lone Randalls goby with pistol. I have no way to post a picture so I alone can enjoy them.