So what's your Piece de Resistance?

[jennm]

My Hollywood Stunner. Granted it's in the shop's prop tank, so aesthetics around it aren't all that and a bag of chips, but I've grown it from a frag that someone gave me as a gift 6 years ago. Many of you have seen it - I should post a new pic of it. It's huge. The original frag was about the size of my thumbnail.

Jenn

 

[nanonano]

It is ridiculously huge. You should definitely try to get a pic.

 

[jaustin]

Pic or ban!

 

[jennm]

JAustin;575337 wrote: Pic or ban!

I choose ban... :lol:

I forgot my camera at home - will a crappy cell pic do?
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[jennm]

Here's one I took from above - again, bad cell phone camera and I was trying to time the picture between surge bucket dumps. It's a bit better than a foot across. It would be a lot larger if we'd never fragged it.
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[hhughes]

I'm a simple aquarist. All I want is a hippo tang. But I fear my 55 is too small, so I'd need to upgrade, which makes a $60 fish quickly into a couple thousand dollar fish if I set up like I'd like to.... lol

 

[gnashty]

JennM;575360 wrote: Here's one I took from above - again, bad cell phone camera and I was trying to time the picture between surge bucket dumps. It's a bit better than a foot across. It would be a lot larger if we'd never fragged it.

I think it looks great! havent seen it from that angle before - i bet it could make short work of some mysis too!! lol

 

[smoothie]

I'm thinking towards the 20k side. What's it been 2 or 3 years since they have been collected? Imagine funding that trip and coming up empty handed:shout:

jmaneyapanda;575290 wrote: Out of EVERYONES league. They are not collected or available. And if they vere are, theyll likely be between 10 and 20K

 

[jennm]

gnashty;575372 wrote: I think it looks great! havent seen it from that angle before - i bet it could make short work of some mysis too!! lol

With a decent camera (which my phone camera isn't) or just looking at it the eyes are neat to look at from above. It's actually well behaved - I know it has crazy long sweepers but I haven't seen it use them since we moved it out of the nano, when it was about 1/8 the size it is now.

Jenn

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Smoothie;575415 wrote: I'm thinking towards the 20k side. What's it been 2 or 3 years since they have been collected? Imagine funding that trip and coming up empty handed:shout:

Much longer than that. A collection trip was proposed for last year, but no one wanted to pony up the $$ to possibly come back with zero fish. It is a collection trip for those fish only. Otherwise, there is a Japanese hobbyist with one that lives in a 75 gallon with live rock and a couple cleaner shrimp and thats it. But that fish is maybe 5 years old (in captivity).

 

[smoothie]

I may be wrong but he is also the only one that has had one in a temperature correct tank. 68-71 degrees.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Smoothie;575517 wrote: I may be wrong but he is also the only one that has had one in a temperature correct tank. 68-71 degrees.

I believe that is correct.

 

[smoothie]

beccamc10;575522 wrote: What location are they from, depth, why are they so hard to find.

Cook Islands. They are found between 180 and 400 ft.

 

[brianjfinn]

WHOO HOOO!!! They're here! My Yasha Goby and Pistol Shrimp just arrived!

 

[nanonano]

brianjfinn;576572 wrote: WHOO HOOO!!! They're here! My Yasha Goby and Pistol Shrimp just arrived!

Pics!!!

 

[crewdawg1981]

My Yasha/Goby WAS my fave... until the CB Shrimp got the goby...

 

[bobz]

I agree on the Yasha Goby pair. They are one of my favorites as well. I kept mine for a couple of years with their pistol shrimp and just recently lost the male. :sad:

I've always been a sucker for gobies and blennies, so my favorite is still the Flaming Prawn or Spike-finned Gobies. The first time I saw a picture of them I was blown away. Very cool little fish!

BZ
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[brianjfinn]

NanoNano;576573 wrote: Pics!!!

As soon as the new system is up and running! You'll see a build thread soon, as I should be getting it in the near future.

bobz;576581 wrote: I agree on the Yasha Goby pair. They are one of my favorites as well. I kept mine for a couple of years with their pistol shrimp and just recently lost the male. :sad:

I've always been a sucker for gobies and blennies, so my favorite is still the Flaming Prawn or Spike-finned Gobies. The first time I saw a picture of them I was blown away. Very cool little fish!

BZ

Me too, Bob!! If I ever finish my 10 gallon all-in-one project, I'll probably dedicate it to a bunch of the smaller, shyer gobies, the Flaming Prawn being one of them.

 

[brianjfinn]

These aren't as bad as I expected, but still pretty bad.

Anyway, these are the pics of the trio being acclimated.
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[bobz]

sweet! they look great