Chaetodon tinkeri picture (tinker butterfly)

[NKT]

Risking this one in the reef for now....but as soon as he nips one of my clams I'm going to have to find him a new home.

 

[JT]

Great tinkeri Nico!

 

[NKT]

Thanks Here's another:

 

[jamesw]

Wow, were you 200 feet deep when you took these?

Great shots - as always NKT.

Cheers
James

 

[darksky1uk]

Great pic of my all time fave B/fly, hope it works out.

 

[GSchiemer]

Good luck with your experiment. I know a few other people that tried tinkeri butterflies in reef aquariums and they had to ultimately remove the fish.

Greg

 

[Len]

Yup, great photos indeed! Hope it works out for you. ::::crosses fingers for NKT:::::

 

[Joe DeSantis]

What type of camer/rig did you use to capture those pictures? Those are beautiful and so is the angel :wink:

 

[danny@]

its not an angel its a butterfly!!

 

[NKT]

Thanks for the comments...equipment used was a Nikon D100. 60mm Micro lens, no flash, handheld. I'll try to post some more when I get a chance...

 

[King Jason]

NKT, is the red on your rock Flat worms?

 

[NKT]

KingJason: Unfortunately, yep. They've so far been limited in their distribution in my tank so I haven't bothered much with combating them, besides the occasional purchase of a varians nudibranch (which typically end up in the anemone).

 

[King Jason]

KingJason: Unfortunately, yep. They've so far been limited in their distribution in my tank so I haven't bothered much with combating them, besides the occasional purchase of a varians nudibranch (which typically end up in the anemone).

Gives me the chills to look at them. I had them in my old tank and went nuts. I couldn't stand looking at my tank with all of the red things all over the tank! So I upgraded! I guess that's one way to get rid of flatworms.

BTW, beautiful fish! Good luck.

 

[Anonymous]

I have a Pakistani Butterfly in my reef tank - 1 year old just about. So far he has't bothered the LPS corals. I don't have any clams. I hope you have good luck with this beautiful fish.

 

[Joe DeSantis]

Sorry I meant butterfly!