MrsBret Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I think I might be more in love with some of these fish than my seahorses right now and that's saying a lot from me! Looooove these guys! There's some other awesome ones here too that I'm waiting for lights to come on to take pics of. Stop by and check them out. <3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Box fish are always cool! What the heck is the blue one with yellow spots (second pic)? That one is so awesome!!😍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 10 minutes ago, Emerald525 said: Box fish are always cool! What the heck is the blue one with yellow spots (second pic)? That one is so awesome!!😍 I was wondering about that myself. Where’s @Flashy Fins when you need her? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) @Emerald525 I think its a splitlevel hogfish (forgot an "l") Edited November 18, 2017 by Exodus 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 4 minutes ago, Exodus said: @Emerald525 I think its a splitlevel hogfish (forgot an "l") Ah - I was thinking hogfish based on the body type but haven’t seen that one before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas503 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Looks like a basslet kind of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/18/2017 at 10:47 AM, albertareef said: I was wondering about that myself. Where’s @Flashy Fins when you need her? Fish nerd bells are ringing! @Exodus is correct, split-level hogfish (or Eclipse hogfish, as I know it; same creature). They’re not blue, as the lighting suggests, but burgundy and yellow. Gets huge and will eat your inverts, as well as smaller fish once it’s large enough, although the pointy little face of a juvie is hard to resist! Cuban hogfish is my fave, but the Eclipse is a good hog, too. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kknight Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 On 11/18/2017 at 10:36 AM, Emerald525 said: Box fish are always cool! What the heck is the blue one with yellow spots (second pic)? That one is so awesome!!😍 It's a hog fish and he is now in my tank !!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kknight Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 7 hours ago, Flashy Fins said: Fish nerd bells are ringing! @Exodus is correct, split-level hogfish (or Eclipse hogfish, as I know it; same creature). They’re not blue, as the lighting suggests, but burgundy and yellow. Gets huge and will eat your inverts, as well as smaller fish once it’s large enough, although the pointy little face of a juvie is hard to resist! Cuban hogfish is my fave, but the Eclipse is a good hog, too. It is blue and yellow. Brett said coral hog fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerald525 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 3 minutes ago, kknight said: It is blue and yellow. Brett said coral hog fish. I have never seen one that color very cool! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 hour ago, kknight said: It is blue and yellow. Brett said coral hog fish. [language filter], how many names has this fish been given? Its in its juvenile stage as of now, when it grows and changes you will see why they call it a SplitLevel, but Coral Hogfish is also a name used for it too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kknight Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 6 minutes ago, Exodus said: [language filter], how many names has this fish been given? Its in its juvenile stage as of now, when it grows and changes you will see why they call it a SplitLevel, but Coral Hogfish is also a name used for it too. So my blue and yellow spotted fish will turn pink and yellow ? If so that would be cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exodus Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 1 minute ago, kknight said: So my blue and yellow spotted fish will turn pink and yellow ? If so that would be cool Difficult to say to be honest, They range from a Light Pink on the Front to a Dark Purple and Yellow to White on the Back, though the Black Stripe Down the Middle will be there. It makes me wonder if these color ranges should be considered different genesis's, but apart from slight color variation they all look the same. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 hours ago, kknight said: It is blue and yellow. Brett said coral hog fish. Split-level, Eclipse, and Coral hogfish are all the same fish. No end to common names, but I’ll take that over learning Latin. I can see how reef lighting would make the deep color look purple or blue, but it will change as it gets older, like Exodus showed. Liveaquaria also has a nice picture showing juvie and adult color forms. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashy Fins Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Apparently, also known as Mesothorax hogfish. That sounds like a disease you’d hear late-night commercials about, telling you to call a lawyer now! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertareef Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 That adult color pattern is really attractive as well. Too bad it has such a taste for inverts cleanup crew beware! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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