Recent content by JasonE

Hey Jared! It's Jason from Greenwich Aquaria... You working in LI still? I'm looking for people and thought I'd check on you first! jason@greewnichaquaria.com...Hope you're well!

Though they are often touted as being reef safe, diphreutes will often pick, so I'd steer clear of them.

Now that's a fish I'd pay $1000 for.....

Unlikely they were going after much else at that depth. Only a few fish are collected from The Cooks Islands, Ventralis anthias (the true one, not the one out of Tonga), Galba damsels, Olivaceous anthias... The only other Cook fish I've seen lately is the Galba. Getting back to LA...you don't...

I'd doubt this is the same fish, you may be talking about smithvanizi, which used to be much more available a few years back. Looks like privitera is endemic to the Cook Islands...see the original paper http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/49/49rbz019-034.pdf

There's a couple of things to be considered here. Short of what's been listed on Liveaquaria, nobody here has the faintest idea what it took to bring these fish to the US. Diving to 280 ft is fraught with danger, requiring ridiculously expensive equipment and skill. These were collected in the...

Its not the pic, she is not fat. If you look carefully at the pic you posted you'll see the skull of the fish is protruding out of the body. Not many people look at this area to judge a fishes health (they always look at the belly), so I can understand your confusion. If she has some kind of...

Good that she is eating, nonetheless, she is definitely not healthy. The concave area behind her neck is an indication of severe malnourishment.

Very unlikely she is pregnant. She is severely emaciated, and probably has some kind of intestinal infection/parasite. Sorry to be the bringer of bad news, but she needs food, often, if she is going to live, let alone spawn.

Sounds messy

Guys, Superman, Rainbow and Pokerstar montis are not danae...

1) Black clown Not uncommon to lose these, brook can run through in less than 24 hrs 2) Hectors goby Tricky little fish, my guess the CB 3) Fang blenny All of the fang blennies have a very dubious record in captivity. IMO, nothing to do with your tank, just not picking appropriate fish for your...

Saw 6 inch LH cow stuck to an intake in an 800 G reef, and watched about 30 fish die within 15 minutes. Not very common, but FYI id does happen.

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It's an acro... that's as far as you'll get I'm afraid.