Tiger Angelfish, Apolemichthys kingi

[Vili_Shark]

Hello Li my friend!
Well , it's nothing personal against the kingii, its just that if I can get 2 Clarions in the price of a kingii (or better say 4-5 if a shipment of Clarions will arrive) I'd go for the orange fish.
Just think about it....where would you bet your big bucks? Holacanthus or Apolmemichthys??? :wink:

By the way, Li, our friend used to get kingii years back.

 

[Rare Angels]

Several years back I was in Durban SOuth Africa on a business trip. A gentlemen at the company I was visiting set-up a trip for me to go diving in a location were these fish were. He also said that he could have someone collect some fish for me and shipped back to the US or I could hand carry them.

Well, the day of the dive the weather was really bad and we couldn't go out. I had to leave South Africa a few days later and was never able to visit these fish in their natural habitat

I also talked to this gentlemen about getting some fish shipped back but he never came through, I guess this is how it goes with rare fish.

Thanks again Mr Tanaka for the great picutre to remind me of this, someday I would like to get my hands on one. The prices right now are a little high for me so I guess I can only wait until the prices go down or I find someone in the states willing to part with one for a lower price.

Just my .02 cents
Dave

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Many thanks for your detailed story. I hope that you can get a beautiful specimen someday.

Here is another shot of the same specimen. It is still alive at the shop.