What is this fish?
 

I bought a new soft coral rock yesterday as they were 1/2 price (and you can never have too much) and low and behold about 2 hours later I find a new fish in my tank!! He must have been in a hole in the rock that kept water in it. I didn't get the rock home for about a hour so he is a pretty lucky guy. Anyone know what kind of fish he is? He's bright purple and a bit shy.

magenta dottyback. nice fish.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u...article_id=215
http://www.marinedepotlive.com/straw...dottyback.html

That is one of the nicest hitchers I've seen. Congrats, scores like that are rare. I only seem to get pests.

Thanks, I figured it was quite the score!

They are most often referred to as Orchid Dottybacks. I'm going to add one to my tank soon. :)

The Magenta dottyback and the Orchid Dottyback look much the same, but are very different. The Orchid Dottyback is much more peaceful. I had a Magenta that terrorized every fish in the tank that was the same size or smaller. Keep a close eye on that guy.

Ooops, upon second glance you are right! You don't see the Magenta (I've always heard them called Strawberry) Dottybacks often...

Nice hitcher,

where did you score that price in K-town? still halfprice here is double elsewhere. but you got a nice fish out of it.. thats for sure...

That pet store across the hwy from PetCetera has 1/2 price soft corals, paid $30! Our prices are a bit much here hey, especially when something eats your Dori fish in the middle of the night :cry:
I am setting a trap tonight to see what is hiding in my tank!

be careful what you put in your tank from total pet. they are not the best tank keepers around. and they are the highest priced i have ever seen.

i saw a cleaner shrimp for $72.00 there once. :S

Something ate your regal tang? ouch that sucks.
any congrats again on the new addition.