Oregonreef Fish
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fedukeford
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some type of fliefish
lovethesea
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If its the orange UFO looking fish of Steve Weast.......its a flame trunkfish. I will never forget that fish !! Coolest looking fish I ever saw!
lovethesea
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:scared: no kidding?
Well, I guess thats a good thing. I think they are pretty hard to manage, I wonder if he still has his........
If I had that fish I would never walk away from my tank.
Well, I guess thats a good thing. I think they are pretty hard to manage, I wonder if he still has his........
If I had that fish I would never walk away from my tank.
37g joe
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I actually live right on the border of Oregon and washing state Steve shops at some of the same LFS as I do. Actually Emailed him to find out what stores he perfers. i have been so tempted to email him and ask if I can come see his aquarium if I do ever I well take some pics and post on here. but probably well never happen
steveweast
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Actually....I still have him. He's a flame boxfish (aka a white bar boxfish) from the temperate waters of southern Australia. I keep him in my cold water tank ( temp 58 F) along wih a few other fish from the region. Here he is....along with a few of his tankmates:
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lovethesea
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HEY, HEY !! He's back!! :joy: were you ears burning? We have been talking about you lately (and your tanks of course)
So you go and post 3 more awesome fish and don't tell us what they are!! :help: I am glad the little flame guy is still around, I could watch him all day.
So you go and post 3 more awesome fish and don't tell us what they are!! :help: I am glad the little flame guy is still around, I could watch him all day.
b18c5hatch
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Awesome!!!!! Please let us know where you get such beautiful rare fish, the suspense is killing us!!
steveweast
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The previous pics are ....minus the latin names
1) male flame boxfish
2) female Shaw's boxfish
3) male Shaw's boxfish
4) western blue devil (related to warm water comets or bettas)
5) grunt sculpin from Puget Sound
My cold water system is really a ghetto system that I have tucked in with my equipment of my main 850 gal system. In fact, it used to be the refugium for that tank. It's really hard to take good pics of the cold tank since the lighting is just T5's and there's lots of reflections. The stock comes from either Puget Sound when I go diving or from a cold water Australian wholesaler in Tasmania that mostly supplies public aquariums. Most of these guys don't make it to our warm water markets since so few folks around here have cold tanks. Here are a few more...
1) male flame boxfish
2) female Shaw's boxfish
3) male Shaw's boxfish
4) western blue devil (related to warm water comets or bettas)
5) grunt sculpin from Puget Sound
My cold water system is really a ghetto system that I have tucked in with my equipment of my main 850 gal system. In fact, it used to be the refugium for that tank. It's really hard to take good pics of the cold tank since the lighting is just T5's and there's lots of reflections. The stock comes from either Puget Sound when I go diving or from a cold water Australian wholesaler in Tasmania that mostly supplies public aquariums. Most of these guys don't make it to our warm water markets since so few folks around here have cold tanks. Here are a few more...
lovethesea
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Originally Posted by steveweast
My cold water system is really a ghetto system that I have tucked in with my equipment
something tells me your "ghetto system" is fantastic!
I am in love with the little sculpin......very cute fish and amazed how the male and female
shaw fish look so different.
great pics!!
Thanks!!
My cold water system is really a ghetto system that I have tucked in with my equipment
something tells me your "ghetto system" is fantastic!
I am in love with the little sculpin......very cute fish and amazed how the male and female
shaw fish look so different.
great pics!!
Thanks!!
hagfish
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That cold water system is awesome if you ask me. Can you please provide more details on the system itself? Also, what are the pink anemone looking things?
I guess most cold water creatures are going to be expensive to buy since there's not a lot of people running cold tanks. Would you say that's true Steve?
I guess most cold water creatures are going to be expensive to buy since there's not a lot of people running cold tanks. Would you say that's true Steve?