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Old 04/24/2006, 08:43 PM
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Emperor Color Change

I saw another thread on this and thought I'd document my emperor's change to adult coloration.

Here he is a month ago
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Old 04/24/2006, 08:46 PM
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Here he is today. I apologize for the pic quality. Hopefully my photography skills will increase as he changes. I think this one is a little better than the first. Notice how his mouth is whitening, the yellow coloration is forming on the body and the circular patterns are starting to break up.

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Old 04/25/2006, 04:29 AM
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Excellent !

Please keep this thread going with updates !

I have a juvvie that looks like it might be starting to change... not sure, might just be wishful thinking...
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Old 04/25/2006, 08:33 AM
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Looking good I love those fish just never been able to have one in my mixed reef.
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Old 05/23/2006, 04:55 PM
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Here is my monthly update. Not much different but you can see the lines of the adult pattern starting to form.

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Old 05/23/2006, 05:02 PM
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Emperor fish are nice.. too bad they are not reef safe
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Old 05/23/2006, 08:24 PM
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Depends on the reef and the fish. From what I have read they are pretty safe in a SPS reef. Mine hasn't touched anything in my tank yet.
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Old 05/23/2006, 10:33 PM
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ObscurityKnocks - How big would you say your imperator (yeah, I'm annoying, using the scientific name) was before it changed? I absolutely love the color of my juvi, but I can't help salivating over the thought of his color change. He has such a personality that I actually named his Caesar because he rules the tank.
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Old 05/23/2006, 10:33 PM
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btw, lovely looking fish...very vibrant
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Old 05/24/2006, 07:57 AM
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I bought him from LiveAquaria in March as shown on the first picture. As you can see he was already starting to change when I first got him. I would say he was about 3.5" to 4".
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Old 05/24/2006, 08:46 AM
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Awesome! I love seeing angels in their color-changing phase. Be sure to keep us updated!
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Old 05/24/2006, 09:41 AM
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ObscurityKnocks- Cool thread. I have a Juvie Emperor that has grown substantially in the first two months that I have it. I purchased it from a LFS and was about 3.5 inches. Its is now around 4.5-5 inches and it is starting to show its dominance in the tank. It did mix it up with my Maj. Foxface and suffered minor injury ast month, but now is healthy and starting to get a slight yellow coloring on the upper part of his body. This fish is by far my favorite fish since i started in this hobby. I highly recommend them to other hobbyist, just keep your water clean. Also someone mentioned that they were reef safe with SPS, that for the most part is not true. They are notorious for picking at polyps and clam mantles. They are better with LPS, mostly torch, hammer, frogspawn because they are more noxious than other LPS. Good Luck with your Emperor.

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Old 05/24/2006, 10:22 AM
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Any update pictures ?!

I was right - mine is changing too... Fantastic to see...
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Old 05/24/2006, 11:31 AM
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great pics keep us updated
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Old 05/24/2006, 11:46 AM
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Dave,
The 3rd picture above is from last night.

Jason,
I was the one mentioning SPS. Quite a few people have them in SPS tanks with no issues. I have even seen some with clams but they seem to be more prone to nip clam mantles from what I have read. As I said every fish is different and they may eat SPS. Mine so far has not touched any of my SPS or LPS.
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Old 06/22/2006, 08:35 PM
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Here's this months update. The face is becoming more white and the yellow striping is filling in a little more.
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Old 06/22/2006, 10:37 PM
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great pics keep us updated
agree..any one know how long it takes them to make a full morph from juvenile to adult?
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Old 08/27/2006, 03:56 PM
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Well I skipped last months update because there wasn't much or a noticeable change. I can barely see a difference this month. I'll probably update every two months unless I see some sort of drastic change. Well here is a picture from today.

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Old 08/27/2006, 04:01 PM
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gorgeous fish, thanks for sharing
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Old 08/27/2006, 04:56 PM
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Has anyone had one that has ever completely transformed. I am not aware of one. They always seem to stop with a yellow blue and white hodge podge pattern and stick like that forever. Maybe something to do with their captive diet?
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Old 08/27/2006, 08:41 PM
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Here is a link to Zoom's that he has had since a Juvi. Not perfect in the mask, but the stripes look great.

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/showp...t=1&thecat=500
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Old 11/25/2006, 08:55 PM
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Okay I have updated this in a while but my Emperor hasn't updated much either. About the only thing I can notice is the lines have changed ever so slightly and his forehead is starting to turn yellow.

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Old 11/26/2006, 02:00 AM
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pretty sweet....tagging along
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Old 02/03/2007, 09:02 PM
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Here is an update from Today
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Old 02/03/2007, 09:31 PM
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Wow he looks sweet like that!! I just got a majestic, and its 3 inches long. It is just about in it big boy cloths, , and you can hardly see any of the juv. blue. Ive alway loved emperors, but they get to big for me, and they are more likely to eat corals. My majestic is doing good with frogspawn, some random shrooms, and some xenia belive it or not. It did eat my polyps. But I only had a few, so if that is all it eats im good to go. Good luck with your emperor, they are great fish!!!

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