Doublesash butterfly

[bigblue]

Has any one kept these any tips mine are doing well I have had them (7) for around 6 months now and they look fine. If any one has tips on them I would love to hear as they are my fav fish and look so good I would hate to loose one

 

[Len]

Hi bigblue, I will move this to the General Reef Discussion to see if anyone has had experience with this species.

 

[Len]

I just did a search on this species (Chaetodon marleyi). They appear to be substropical and from very deepwater. How did you obtain your seven specimens?

 

[bigblue]

Len
I am from South Africa and am learning as we go i have had a tank for a while now (not long enough) and when I got on this site it was like WOW WOW WOW. In SA we dont have any where near the range of what is here and the knowlage here is just .... no one i know here has close to what you guys talk about every day.
Back to the fish I collected them my self I dived them out of an area hear called Natures Valley on our east coast, This butterfly is found in rock pools when it is young so one can free dive them out. We have very few coral reefs here its mostly rock reef and coral removal is a big NO NO fish on permit are alowed.
I always collect on permit and love the work it takes to dive your own fish out, plus the quality of the fish is so much better. No stress from 3 days on a plane and and and. I catch my fish keep them in a foam box while I am there and then bring them back, I run fresh sea water in my tanks and top up with tap water. When i put the fish in I dont drip thim I get the temp the same (room temp) and drop them in. No deaths this way, fish I have bought have always had problems.
I have put a pic up of the two types of butterfly ill give you the SN if you want.
Regards
Jon

 

[bigblue]

The second butterfly is a Blackedged butterfly (Chaetodon dolosus) The damsel is a Sergeant major (Abudefduf vaigiensis) The LR is not rock but Blue coral-worm (Pomatoleios fraussii) the polyps are Squat sandy zoanthid (Palythoe natalensis).

 

[Len]

Very cool, bigblue. Unfortunately, I don't have much info on this species and I doubt most hobbyists do since it's from a remote location and usually deepwater (great info on juveniles!).

 

[bigblue]

Any one ever kept any thing like this?