New fish

[JGoslee]

Earlier this week I lost my blackcap basslet. So I went to my LFS looking to get another one. They didn't have any but I did end up getting this beauty.

 

[patedship]

Is that a japanese swallowtail?

 

[JGoslee]

Yes it's a female Japanese swallowtail angel. She's about 3".

 

[patedship]

dang... I want a male sooooooooooooo bad! Everyone around here is like we will have our eyes out for you but that has been over a month with 4 different stores...

 

[ficklefins]

Sorry for the delete above. I made a delete versus merge error.

Back to fish talk. There have been some amazing looking reef safe fish coming in lately. It really makes me wish I owned my own house and had a large tank.

BTW, he looks really healthy!

 

[edwing206]

Nice fish. Is she in QT?

 

[colinadam]

That fish is awesome.

I really want a Blackcap Basslet but am afraid of it fighting with my Blue Assesor.

Planning on getting another Blackcap Basslet in the future?

 

[Azurel]

Sweet fish Jesse......

Colin I don't think there would be much of a fight with the Blackcap, mine was mean.....To ME anyway. They are absolutly one of the prettiest fish out there....

 

[JGoslee]

Nice fish. Is she in QT?

Yes. I quarantine every fish now. I had a few ick outbreaks last year and I had to rip apart my reef to catch all my fish. It's alot easier to just qt every new fish.

 

[JGoslee]

dang... I want a male sooooooooooooo bad! Everyone around here is like we will have our eyes out for you but that has been over a month with 4 different stores...

I might be ordering a male from Marinecenter in a few weeks. The price isn't bad.
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/angelfish/japaneseswallowtailangelmale/

 

[JGoslee]

Planning on getting another Blackcap Basslet in the future?

The next time I see one I'm buying it. They are such cool fish.

 

[uberfugu]

Jesse, I think the fish is a female G. melanospilos as opposed to
G. semifasciatus (Japanese swallowtail).

The Marinecenter.com has their pictures mixed up. Semifasciatus
has a black bar on the opercular plate.

Check out
http://www.fishbase.org/NomenClatur...ntains&crit2_value=&group=summary&backstep=-2

Scott Michael and wetweb seem to agree with this too.

Really doesn't matter because both species are choice and very attractive
but you certainly want to get the proper male for her.

 

[colinadam]

Marine Centers pictures suck for sure.

Ordered this fish

Got this fish

I think it's the same fish but I'm not 100%, if it is the same then their picture is really photoshopped. Also got my Blue Assesor from them.

Health & the shipping of the fish was top notch but I wouldn't trust them to not mix up a fish.

 

[JGoslee]

At the LFS it was labeled Genicanthus melanospilos. I thought that was the swallowtail. So Genicanthus semifasciatus is the true swallowtail?

 

[uberfugu]

melanospilos = swallowtail angel
semifasciatus = Japanese swallowtail angel

I personally don't think of one being any nicer,
or more desirable than the other.

The males certainly look different though.

They are also protogynous hermaphrodites;
I had two G. bellus females, the larger turned
to male.

 

[JGoslee]

Thanks for clearing that up. I just put myself on the mailing list for a male Genicanthus melanospilos.

 

[colinadam]

Have you picked up a blackcap basslet yet?

Here's my guy cruising around

 

[JGoslee]

Thats a great looking fish! I'm still waiting to find one locally.

 

[colinadam]

I finally decided to get one because of this thread.

I got mine from saltwaterfish.com, not a bad price. Gotta drop $79 for the shipping deal though.

My Blue Assesor doesn't really care for him but aggression is pretty minimal which is a good thing.