see told ya they are, damn thing looks like a Mokey X Puffer Hybrid eh

:laugh: :laugh:
DD

He's purdy :wub:

--Dan

yeah thats an oddity for sure.

There are lots of interesting critters for the saltwater bubba's out there. There are a number of scorpion fish that are kinda cool looking. One of my favorite oddities is the Bat Fish. Unfortunately its a bit difficult and it doesnt keep the striking colors that the Juveniles have. The Box and Cow fishes look pretty cool too, have you checked any of these out?

That looks so ugly but yet somehow so COOL. Bet you wont say the same thing about the achilles tang.

Undoubtedly one of the best looking Tangs available Salt freak!!!

Yes very nice fish. very expensive fish to :unsure: :blink: :wistle:

I love Achillies Tangs :)

--Dan

Oh dont you know thats the truth but god they are so jaw dropping gorgous to see in the flesh. I am so tempted to grab the next one that shows up on UTS's distributor availability list dispite the cost!

depending were you are take a look at this. they get there fish in daily but no guarantee that this fish will be in there tomorrow but in a couple of weeks but I love there company all the stuff I bought from them acclimates very well and is very good health.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Di....cfm?pCatId=325

Some how I am not so sure they are willing to ship to Japan, if they did, good lord I would hate to see what the shipping is going to cost!!!

The last order I got from state side, was 3 choice Acro colonies and 2 tiny Softy coral frags and the shipping was a good bit more than the 258.00 the corals cost...needless to say I felt pretty violated! But I have to admit...Mike at MDM Aquatics has some really sweet stuff at times if your quick and stalk the site like a vulture...so you can snag those top shelf items before anyone else sees them!

Ya they probaly wont ship to japan. 258.00 for shipping I only paid 25.00 for shipping from them.

When your shipping from USA to Japan, (instead of just across the states) they charge big stupid dollars for FedEx! Its criminal and there ought to be a law, LOL! But what are you gonna do? Thats one reason I do a lot of prompagating so I can share nice but reasonably priced frags with others here. It really helps the newbies in the hobby get in on the ground floor without breaking the bank, not to mention keeps them from being harvested from the wild too.

Ya true I'm doing some propagting on my mushrooms and polyps havn't really sold any yet. And it definitly makes it easier on the reefs for every one coral that we can not take from the reef is another coral that stays in the reef.

But there are so many cool critters you can get from japanese trawlers. I'd say thats a scorpion fiash of some sort VIP, not the prettiest of fish, but look at these http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/detaile....cfm?pCatId=444 Or any of these http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=1636 or any of these http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?pCatId=1635.

So colorful, so sleek and interesting, beat thecrap outta FW fish, and SW inverts are unparallelled, The only snails that come close are tang lake snails, which aren't common in the hoby at all.

those are pretty fish Opcn bug time! but i love ugly fish as well, the more ugly the better i reckon!

That is true they do add a diverisity to your fish tank along with texture neet color patterns and they are just plane cool to begin with.

Although the Achilles is a truely beautiful fish (probably my 3rd fav fish) I personally feel the most stunningly beautiful fish in the entire ocean is the Sohal Tang


And i am getting one... soon!
(before anyone starts the "you know how aggrewssive this fish is" lark... yeah i have researched this fish in great detail.

that is one hell of a fish, how big do they get?

About 40 cm or 15.5 inches. They come from the Red Sea or Arabian Gulf...or the LFS! :D

Or the internet. :D

Yeah they can get large.. the larger ones can get very aggressive yet many find that smaller ones adjust well to tank life and are less troublesome. June 4th is the day mine arrives and i simply cannot wait

i personally think the coolest looking sw fish is the clown trigger. not that i would get one but they're cool!! :D

You got me there, that is a eye popping fish! Got to be the best looking of the Triggers although there are a few that could be in that catagory.

My favourites are:

Blue Faced Angel



Queen Angel



Flame Angel



and of course, the Black Clown



Sorry, got carried away :computerpunch:

--Dan

Dalmit... so lucky your not some a**hole that hates all saltwater fish or I would have gotten mad =(

yeah you cannot tell me you guys dont appreciate a russels lionfish. im pissed off that i cant seem to find teh space or money to set up a tank for one

I got a soft for angels...large and small. Especally love the Kings, Queens, French and Grays. Too bad they are too expensive in Aus :(

Dwarf angels are Ok price here. Not too bad. Have you looked on some online stores for livestock mango? They have some pretty good prices! :)

Of course every body knows on this forum that my favorite fish are the tangs especially the achilles yellow and blue tang. :joint: :eatit: :drunk: jay

My faves are
1. My dwarf lionfish
2, My purple tang
3. My picasso trigger
4. Antenna lionfish
5. Any clowns

My purple tang

Lionfish

Here is a pic of my Naso Tang!


Here is another pic of her! :)

very cool looking fish definitly a eyepopper.

what do you guys think about the crosshatch trigger from hawaii??






Very beautiful fish now ain't it?


Even better is it is reef safe.

damn, if i had the space and any extra money i would love to try a salt tank. beautiful fish for sure.

they sell the males for about 400.00 and pair up to 1000. I knew of a guy that owned a wholesale company and was exporting them to london for 1400.00 just for a pair wholesaled to companies there.

holy crap, yeah way to rich for my blood. i have problems paying 12 bucks for a juvie geophagus.:lol: :lol:

I used to know a divers phone number and email from Hawaii that collected the crosshatch triggers and I was able to buy males at 174.95 and females at 74.95 each from him. They were coming in at 11"+ with the females at about 8" for that price which is cheap.