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#51
12/06/2007, 03:52 PM
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Red tail? Don't know without the scientific name. Or maybe its the same as the Flametail Scott Michael writes about in Reeffishes Vol. 2. Its gray with an redish orange head & tail. hails from the Great Barrier reef. Beautiful fish, but uncommon in North America. ( I look up the binomial l8r).
*** Bax, Your orchids got fish profile of the month! Splendids are great looking, but does anyone actually keep them? Matthew |
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#52
12/07/2007, 02:20 PM
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Hi. Thanks for your response. The species I am referring to is:
Pseudochromis flammicauda Any expericence anyone? Thanks! |
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#53
12/09/2007, 09:58 PM
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Scott Micheals gives them good praise, but adds there very rare in North America. Maybe some japaneese keepers have them?
They are truly unique in color for a dottyback. Love the gray body & red-orange head & tail! Matthew |
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#55
12/10/2007, 12:33 AM
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This guy looks ****ed off!!!!
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#56
12/10/2007, 08:54 AM
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OK. Thanks for the info. Sounds like it may be an interesting one to try.
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#59
12/11/2007, 04:07 PM
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Of the species that are available tank-bred (ORA/Liveaquaria, for example), which ones are the least aggressive? Trying to put together a fish list for the new tank
 Only confirmed occupants are my current ocellaris clown pair.
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#61
12/11/2007, 05:20 PM
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If I can expand beyond the genus pseudochromis to dottybacks in general, my favorite is the green wolf eel blenny, Congrogadus subducens. Big, great personality, interactive. I've had mine for years. Not flashy, but a really fun fish. Mine acts kind of like a goofy dog. I don't have a picture of mine, but here are a few images from the web:
   Can you tell I mostly hang out in the fish only and aggressives forums? I like pretty fish too, love my orchid dottyback, which is in the seahorse tank.
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#62
12/11/2007, 10:10 PM
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P. fridmani are pretty much pacificsts as far as dottybacks go. P. sankeyi has (so far) posed no trouble in my reef, but they will fight & are more aggressive. I don't know if the "INDIGO" (which is an orchid-Sankey's hybrid) takes after its parents.
**** Lisa, I think those are interesting. however, I like smaller reef fish in my tank. They are a little too carnivorous for me. Matthew |
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#63
12/12/2007, 07:25 AM
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I have a male coccinicauda that I have tried to pair twice. He has pestered the females to death twice, but he's now i na 180 so I might try again. For a fish reputedly peaceful for a dotty he really is a mean s.o.b.
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#64
12/12/2007, 05:36 PM
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Even fridmanis are tough to pair. When I paired mine, I held the new male in a specimen container for nearly three weeks in the display until the female stopped trying to kill him through the plastic. Then I released him. By doing this her pursuit was much less aggressive in person.
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#65
12/12/2007, 10:27 PM
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Too bad "peaceful for a dottyback" only means that it won't terrorize or murder your other fish. They are still pretty tough on each other. Interestingly, in nature fridmani are nearly colonial & sankeyi or truly colonial. But our tanks must just be too small..
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#66
12/13/2007, 02:27 AM
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undetermined species
I got a 35mm long dottyback that looks like Pictichromis porphyrea (Magenta Dottyback). It ws collected in Okinawa.
It has red markings on gill cover and on caudal peduncle. It is rarely seen in market (as far as I know it has never been sold alive !). It seems to be differing from P. luteus that I really want, but this tiny fish is quite attractive with a pinkish red body and active. 
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#68
12/13/2007, 08:13 PM
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That is a neat little fish, Dr. Tanaka. but it sure doesn't look like
what is sold as Pictichromis porphyrea here in the states. Oh, you said somewhat. I think that is an undescribed Pseudo, since the literature mentions several yet to be officially described. Its a pretty little fish. how is it temperment wise? Sincerely, Matthew |
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#69
12/14/2007, 11:42 PM
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Thanks guys,
Yes, it is a rarity in any market. Dr. Hiroshi Senou in Kanagawa Prefectural Museum informed me that it is undecribed and he wants it as a type specimen. I promised to send it to him next year. It has been photographed in Kumejima, Ryukyus, etc. Now it is lively, active and eating well. I got another rare dotyback Pseudochromis striatus, 35mm from Okinawa. If you have a book 'Coastal Fishes of Taiwan' (Shen, 1984) you can see the same species in the book, but it is shown as P. porphyreus. |
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#72
12/16/2007, 09:38 AM
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Sheol,
I showed an undescribed species here. I got another rare Pseudochromis striatus (Striped Dottyback) and will show it, too soon. The pinkish dottyback is very rare and is known only from the Ryukyus as far as I know. I have never seen it at any shop or web, so I am not sure if I can get more. Ichthyologist Dr. Hiroshi Senou asked me to send it to him as a type specimen to describe; he has no specimen of it at any museum. I promised him to send it early next year. It may be classified into another genus, but now I have no idea. |
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#74
12/16/2007, 10:43 PM
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Dr. Tanaka,
Sounds interesting. Would you be allowed to have a role in the formal naming of the fish? ( when I was a little kid, I always had that as a silly daydream.). Looking forward to shots of the striatus! **** Man, that is a neat looking fish. Too bad it was a holy terror. Those are supposed to be pretty expensive too. Sincerely, Matthew |
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#75
12/18/2007, 09:51 PM
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My future wish list for my next tank:
Any one of the following- P. fridmani P. olivaceous (black phase) P. fuscus (yellow phase) P. alleni ( actually, the species that is undescribed, but unoffically a colour variation.) Sailfin Dottyback ( sorry, cannot recall the proper name of top of head. P. flammicauda (or is it flavicauda???) *** Anyone else? |
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