TheKleinReef Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 The Petco picture is nothing like any Swissguard I've seen lol, but yeah, I've seen a lot of places before get 'candy' basslets that are just swalesi. The cheapest I've ever seen L. carmabi (the real candy) go for is around $600. that's what i asked the LFS, they said its not the "rare" candy, but a candy nontheless. the more i look at swissguard pics, the more i don't think its what i have... lemme check the invoice from my LFS Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 boom there it is. pacific candy basslet. technically its a swalesi but i really don't care i'm not calling it a swissguard since it looks absolutely nothing like this: 3 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 There are two types of Swissguard, the L. swalesi and L. rubre. The latter is from the Caribbean, but their tails have a vertical black bar on them unlike the Pacific swalesi.\ But does yours actually look like that? That kinda looks like someone Photoshopped it. 1 Quote Link to comment
SouthFlorida_Tron Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 The magic of t5 lighting lol Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 12, 2013 Author Share Posted October 12, 2013 There are two types of Swissguard, the L. swalesi and L. rubre. The latter is from the Caribbean, but their tails have a vertical black bar on them unlike the Pacific swalesi.\ But does yours actually look like that? That kinda looks like someone Photoshopped it. no i legitimately thought it was a candy. its my favorite fish and i can tell them apart usually. it wasn't until i started looking at candy basslet color variants on google that i found a similar looking fish. The only difference i can really tell between a "real" one and the one i bought was the blue on the tail fin. everything else looks exactly the same. regardless, its still a candy basslet in my heart The magic of t5 lighting lol just you wait 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 debating on selling the yellow tang and the flame and find some more docile fish.... input? 1 Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 debating on selling the yellow tang and the flame and find some more docile fish.... input? I would do this Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 I would do this meh. Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 You could do a yellow assessor and a few cardinals. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 You could do a yellow assessor and a few cardinals. even more meh. if i did get rid of these fish it'd be for something cool. like more swalesi's or real candy basslets. edit: you know things about fish right? LA says swalesi's are semi-agressive, so it'll be brave enough to come out after its acclimated to the tank right? Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 I certainly wouldn't consider them semi-aggressive. They're pretty much elusive pansies. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 I certainly wouldn't consider them semi-aggressive. They're pretty much elusive pansies. that's what i'm observing. it'll dart out to chase the flame away, then dip back into the hole real quick. hahah i just hope i can actually see it out and about eventually 2 Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Cool fish, fang blennies are neat, and venomous. That always impresses people lol Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Cool fish, fang blennies are neat, and venomous. That always impresses people lol my LFS has a starry blenny that eats pellets, but i see too many posts of them not eating and slowly withering away... i dunno what i'm gonna do. maybe everything will settle down, if not i'll ditch the flame. Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Starry blennies are combtooth blennies, not fang. Fang blennies are more active, swim out more, pretty cool looking too. Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Starry blennies are combtooth blennies, not fang. Fang blennies are more active, swim out more, pretty cool looking too. yeah, i wasn't really connecting your comment to mine. loll i don't see fang blennies at my LFS often though. i did see a male starry leopard though, it was either that or the basslet. i chose the basslet 1 Quote Link to comment
1.0reef Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Fang blennies are easy to breed, special order one at your LFS from ORA Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 15, 2013 Author Share Posted October 15, 2013 SO TEMPTING. http://www.liveaquaria.com/diversden/ItemDisplay.cfm?c=2733+3&ddid=202143 Quote Link to comment
yman182 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Are you getting dead zones of flow around the overflow in the back with the mp10s? I am debating on purchasing 2 more mp10s to put on the backs of the tank, but not sure if it is worth it. Quote Link to comment
Sunar357 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 I don't care what you want to call that basslet but it's awesome! 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 Are you getting dead zones of flow around the overflow in the back with the mp10s? I am debating on purchasing 2 more mp10s to put on the backs of the tank, but not sure if it is worth it. Not at all. I'm getting a surprisingly good amount of flow with 3. But I plan on getting another and placing one on Each side. 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 17, 2013 Author Share Posted October 17, 2013 I don't care what you want to call that basslet but it's awesome! It's an awesome fish. I'm debating on replacing the tang and angel with 4-5 more or even real candy's :0 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 MUST HAVE SYMMETRY! 1 Quote Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted October 18, 2013 Author Share Posted October 18, 2013 MUST HAVE SYMMETRY! I MUST HAVE IT. i had to redo my scape a few times to get it relatively symmetrical, its still off a bit... 1 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Well, scapes shouldn't be symmetrical. Go for 5/3. Quote Link to comment
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