Recent content by bgreene

Cirrhilabrus johnsoni Cheers, Brian

I found two Thelenota rubralineata, Candy-Cane sea cucumber, over the weekend. Not sure if these ever make it into the trade, since they live pretty deep, but I thought they were pretty cool looking. -Brian

I will be coming out of retirement very shortly. -Brian

Guys, Yes, I collected these on the outer reef slope at 115m in .... "Micronesia". They are the hardiest angels I've ever kept even feeding from my finger tips, but the key has been temperature. When I collected them, the water temp on the surface was 85, but on the bottom in the mid 50's...

Uh......do you mean these guys! -BGreene

To add to that, it is a Microdesmid, like the other dartfish posted. -BRian

Just back from a month long trip. That fish is Tryssogobius colini, I see them on my 100m+ dives in Micronesia. Aloha, Brian

Hey Len, I think that most of the Holanthias will get big. I have seen H. fuscippinus as small as 2 inches here in Hawaii and collected a 3 inch H. bourbonius that escaped from my collecting bucket while at 300' in Taiwan. We have two species here in Hawaii, H, fuscippinus and H. elizabethae...

Looks like a goby in the genus Tomiyamichthys. Not sure of the species but maybe T. oni. I collected a similar looking specieslast year that is undescribed. -Brian

Hey Len, I haven't noticed either. I'd be very interested to find out if they do or not. Not sure if I mentioned this already on this forum, but the C. earlei do act differently than other Cirrhilabrus spp. in the wild. Males tend to be dissassociated from females, who aggregate in small...

I'll try to bring back some P. bellae next trip. They are ridiculously hard to collect even though they live in the same habitat as the C. johnsoni's. -Brian

Hello Hiroyuki, Yes that species wil be descibed later this year from Iriomote specimens and a few that I collected in 70m in Taiwan. It is a beautiful species that seems to congregate with Cirrhilabrus lunatus on deep rubble/soft-coral bottoms. -Brian

Geez, I really need to get a Nikon. Len, again great photos. -Brian

Hey Len, We've actually been finding that C.roseafascia is more widespread than previously believed, I think it's now known from Fiji and Samoa, but deep like the C earlei's. -Brian

From my experience with Cirrhilabrus spp., it all depends on how well they have been conditioned prior to entering the main aquarium. They will almost always hide when they have just been collected. They also seem to be much more active if introduced in a group. -Brian