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marie 11-13-2006 03:36 AM

Rainy day pics
 
Or how to get completely frustrated trying to get pictures of my achilles tang swimming upside down. These are the best I could come up with after trying all day and I never did get the water changed on my tanks again :redface:
Close but not quite
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...02fish0012.jpg
Butt shot anyone?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...02fish0013.jpg
bugging the foxface for awhile
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...02fish0011.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...02fish0014.jpg

and these were the best I could come up with after 100's of pics and 2 sets of batterys :lol:

marie 11-13-2006 03:40 AM

I did get a nice one of my foxface though

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...02fish0004.jpg

niloc16 11-13-2006 04:05 AM

that is hilarious. good pics

marie 11-13-2006 04:22 AM

Before anyone else does what i did and fall in love with someone elses achilles tang. I should warn you, these guys love to swim. I've had 2 different yellow tangs, a naso and a white cheek and this guy could out swim them all.

He is the only fish that can eat the hair algae growing in the middle of my tunze stream :surprise:

niloc16 11-13-2006 04:43 AM

my tank is 7 ft long, i'm hoping it will good enough for one. it is one of the tangs on my fish list to have

Josh24 11-13-2006 04:48 AM

Nice pictures

OCDP 11-13-2006 02:29 PM

The Achilles is an awesome fish. I remember snorkeling in Maui and seeing tons of these guys grazing and grazing. Extremely active as well.... great photos.

mark 11-13-2006 03:22 PM

Marie, what's your thoughts on the foxface, good herbivore, reefsafe? Have seen that they could take a liking to clam and fleshy corals. Also I have concerns on the spines, are they aggressive if you put your hand in the tank?

Want another larger fish for the tank and really want a Yellow Tang but looking like I would just be a little cruel putting one in with my Purple. A foxface is in the running though.

marie 11-13-2006 04:09 PM

He's a fantastic herbivore but I can't really comment on the reefsafe part because I have an angel, who is definitely not reefsafe, in the same tank. He could be picking on corals and the angel gets blamed :lol: .

He's not aggressive towards me at all and usually hides when my hands are in the tank, I do have to be a bit watchful when putting nori in though

Joe Reefer 11-13-2006 04:21 PM

Hey Mark, I'll have a foxface up for grabs when I move tanks in a couple of weeks. BTW I have never saw him nip at anything other then algae on the glass or rocks, and I have lots of zoos and clams.


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