Good Fish Identification Site
>Hey Marina,
>>Hey.
>Don't know if you guys already do have a link, I did not check, any way it I was referred to it by a Marine Biologist in Hong Kong.
>>Yes, it's a very good site.
>My dark secret, About 3 weeks ago I bought a Majestic Angel and put it into my 50gal tank.  It's a little lady about 2.5 inches and in perfect health.  It's very difficult to get a healthy collected Majestics in Hong Kong.  I managed to convince the guy who I buy my reef supplies/corals to get it for me (when I asked them first the response was you just have to keep buying
them and hope that they survive...eeeks!!!).  
>>I'll say!  Jeez..
>When he got this fish he called me and I just had to take it, so you understand why I took it.   I paid $25 for the fish, steal huh??
>>Out here, definitely.
>That's the going price here anyway. My twin daughters (5 years) just love her and call her Gabriellis (after the arch angel).  I would not have got her if I did not plan to get a bigger tank later on.  As you know my dream tank comes in Dec/Jan.  Still, I was feeling quite guilty, and if there were any delays to my tank,
I wanted to release the fish.
>>Not such a good idea, my friend.
>So I wrote to this Marine Biologist and enquired if there were any angels in Hong Kong waters, apparently it turns out there are 4 species which for your info are:
Centropyge tibicen
Chaetodontoplus septentrionalis
Pomacanthus annularis
Pomacanthus semicirculatus
but there are no Pomacanthus Navarchus and he has requested me not to release it, so I guess I have not choice but get my tank on schedule.
>>Spot on.
>I am a fishing nut, I have seen damsels in Hong Kong waters and some fish that from the top look like Banggai Cardinals...not sure they spook immediately when you approach to close.  Just a question on this angel, can I feed her cabbage and Broccoli?
>>I see no harm, though I don't know what nutrition she'll really get from the cabbage.  Nori would be excellent for her, though.
>I tried it yesterday and she ate it, any side effects?
>>Broccoli smells and cabbage gives me gas.  I'm feeling fine, though, thank you.
>She takes spinach and lettuce readily.  She is a real lady, does not molest the corals in my tank.  
>>Do watch the LPS corals.
>Very well behaved.  When my large tank arrives (400 gal) I will introduce a smaller Asfur, any problems?  These are my absolute two favorite fish.
>>We like to avoid mixing angels of the same genus unless there's a great deal of room.  Differing genus' may be worth a try, though I would watch all angels carefully.
>Kind Regards,  Jorell
>>Do take care.  Marina

Blueface angel eyespot disappearing with growth
Hi,
<Hello there>
I've been in the marine aquarium hobby about 25 years.  I started way back
in the "caveman" days with undergravel filters and crushed coral.  I have
definitely had my share of heartbreak and disappointments with ich until I
"learned" the absolute essential of quarantining.   I then became a fanatic
about quarantining - and I do it a minimum of 6 weeks just to be sure.
Since I've done this one simple step of quarantining, I've have never had
ich in my main systems.  I've still lost some while in quarantine, but all
of my main systems have remained ich free.  Yes, ich-free is possible.
<Agreed>
I actually started doing the transfer method (aka water change method w/ bare
bottom vacuuming today) back in the late eighties.  This is somewhat of an
intense process, but I believe is the very best method of eliminating ich in
quarantine - not to mention that it's chemical-free.  I was thrilled that
you guys are such proponents of intense quarantine practices upon
discovering your website some years ago.  It is probably the single most
important thing to learn in order not to become frustrated and drop out of
the hobby.
<Perhaps so... vies with a lack of ready, useful information IMO>
  Anyway, about four years ago I moved and was able to set up my
dream tank:  A four hundred gallon (96"x30"x32").  FOWLR, DSB, 125 gallon
sump with two Red Sea turbo skimmers - I know, I could stand to upgrade here
but the newer turbo series is way better than the old venturi models that
Red Sea has.  Anyway, the current occupants are:  10" Blueface Angel, 6"
Rock Beauty Angel (alive and doing well for over four years now :-)), 4"
Flame Angel, 4" Lemonpeel Angel, 8" Blue Tang, 8" Blonde Naso Tang, 6"
Purple Tang, 8" Harlequin Tusk, 5" Clown Trigger, 4" Stars and Stripes
Puffer, 4" Bicolor Goatfish, 4" Yellow Goatfish, 3" four-stripe damsel, and
two 2" yellowtail damsels.  All are doing well and thriving.  A special
thanks to Bob Fenner regarding the Goatfish.
<Welcome>
  I read his article about them
which inspired me to try them - mostly for stirring up my sand.  They are
really cool, both behaviorally as well as functionally.  Now to my question.
Or, I guess it's really more of an observation.  I have had the Blueface
angel for about 5 years now.  I got him at about 4-5 inches with his full
adult coloration which included the black eyespot on the rear top fin.  As
he has grown this eyespot has slowly faded and has now disappeared.  It is
totally non-existent now.  I have seen pictures of wild specimens where this
eyespot is still present on similarly very large full adult specimens such
as mine is now.  Does anyone know if this disappearance of the blueface's
eyespot with age/growth is normal?  Or, is it related to something else?
<Interesting possibility... perhaps the "false eyespot" has utility in the wild (where there are more predators), but whatever mechanism for its expression is somehow lost in captivity...>
Thanks for all you are doing for this hobby.  
Tom Duck       
<Thank you for sharing your experiences, opinions as well. Bob Fenner>