Tang's 50g skimmerless, pics pg2

[tang daddy]

I just bought a new fish today and I think his name will be jabba because his face reminds me of the big dude from starwars. I won't have any pics till tommorow as my baterries from my camera died but I found this pic on the net and it's pretty much accurate. I was wondering if anyone knows the name as I looked through 45 pages of images and only saw 3pics of these beauties?

http://www.bennepix.com/Jawfish.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Corridor/8289/jabba.jpg

notice the similarities?

:lol: anyhoo real pics tommorow cheers!!

[LeeR]

a cool looking dusky jawfish maybe?

[ElGuappo]

maybe a tiger jawfish or ??? not sure check OA's link under venders they have a third kind with no pic.

[nanoreefer]

is that the "ring eyed" jaw from king eds?

[kodak]

Sweet looking fish! Very cool...

[tang daddy]

is that the "ring eyed" jaw from king eds?

That's what they called it but I don't believe so...

[tang daddy]

a cool looking dusky jawfish maybe?

Not a dusky jawfish

http://www.tjorvar.is/assets/images/2813.jpg

[tang daddy]

maybe a tiger jawfish or ??? not sure check OA's link under venders they have a third kind with no pic.

tiger jawfish are also known as black cap and randal's

http://www.petsolutions.com/images/200/125600.jpg

[tang daddy]

I found something on nanoreef that says it may be a Variegated Jawfish (Opistognathus solorensis)

although it could be a tbc jawfish aswell....

http://www.pbase.com/clippo/jawfishes

anyhow whatever he is he's really neat in the sense that he has a hot red head with cool blue/green body!!

[nanoreefer]

i was trying to figure what kind it was as well when i saw it seemed vary active too, but i dont like buying a fish when i dont know what it is, plus i was there looking for fairy and flasher wrasses and was told it came in with them and they dident look to good...

please a pic of it when you can!

[tang daddy]

I finally got some pics uploaded of my new set up!!
Dimensions are 36"x18x18 50g I built everything the stand, canopy including custom overflow.

Lighting is 175w pfo with 2 t5 atinic for supplements, return is a cheap china pump that does 1500gph, I also have a k1 and a tunze6045 that come on when the lights are on. 26lbs of lr with 50lbs of crushed aragonite and 10lbs of live sand. There is no skimmer, no sump, 2 bags of carbon and 5g Wc is performed every week. For livestock I have 1 red/blue stripe wrasse and a jawfish. I had built this tank with the intensions of having a jawfish from the begining other than that lps and 1 sps.

here are a few pics enjoy....


glass overflow with acrylic overlayed.
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef001.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef002.jpg

[tang daddy]

rainbow gorg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef.jpg


chalice and torch
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef052.jpg

duncan and my new buddy jabba!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef053.jpg

pink pagoda and indo duncan
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef054.jpg

[tang daddy]

close up of jabba!
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef055.jpg

another shot of the right side
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef056.jpg

left side
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef057.jpg

close up of my blue sponge and blue cloves
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef058.jpg

[tang daddy]

tried a feeble attemp at taking a pic of this wrasse he's actually ruby red and blue
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef059.jpg

and one last shot at jabba
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef062.jpg

[tang daddy]

I can't believe how unshy this jawfish really is.....

when the lights are on he's swimming at the front of the tank like a riverdance tap star!!

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef063.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef064.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef065.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef066.jpg

[tang daddy]

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o227/tangdaddy/crs-reef067.jpg