Odontanthias borbonius

[Vili_Shark]

Hi,
Can anyone still get those in USA?
Thanks.

 

[Project Reef]

Has anyone scored any Pseudanthias flavicauda?

 

[Len]

Hi Ali,

I got two of them (Cave basslet) a month ago, but I haven't seen anymore come in since.

 

[jason edward]

http://www.reefs.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=99165

i guess i had them without realizing! I've seen them twice so far, but not had any long term luck with them.

 

[Vili_Shark]

Hi, cool fish!


Looks like the Odontanthias are not coming in anymore, cant find any in Asia and people who shipped them said they cant get them.

 

[Andy Lister]

Hi guys

Borbs are becoming available over this side of the world a bit these days.

Deep water fish will develop swimbladder issued, similar to us getting the decompression sickness. They really need to be handled carefully.

Cracking fish though and i'm after one for sure! Saw one for £120 recently ($240) so a bit cheaper this way

 

[Vili_Shark]

Did anybody see one available recently?

 

[Len]

From what I'm noticing, they're back into "impossible to get" again.

 

[eric.m.s]

just popped back on the radar recently. going for a good penny though.

 

[Len]

How is everyone's doing? I'm finding these guys suffer from collection and shipping stress, but if they make it past a month, you're in the clear. This is not one of the hardier species in my limited experience.

 

[sedgro]

So where did they show up again?

 

[Vili_Shark]

You guys should be careful of flat worms (flukes) with these fish, I saw a couple coming with tons of them.

Eric, where did ya see the Odontanthias? and for how much?

 

[eric.m.s]

mike over at darklord got his hands on some... try contacting them. they aint cheap...

 

[Vili_Shark]

Thanks
Can ya get me any contact details by PM?
Cheers.

 

[Filio]

Besides possible decompression issues has anyone else considered possible cyanide poisioning with these fish. I read a listing from the main distributor who was getting these in and it stated that there were coming out of the Vietnam area which is notorious for juicing fish.
Some of the symptoms that have been noted are generally related to cyanide poisioning. It would not be out of the question for a cryptic fish like these to be juiced in order to collect them easier.

 

[Vili_Shark]

im not sure if all were coming from bali, but some arrived from bali it is for sure.
about vietnam, i collected there myself with the locals and no chemical were used, they collected all by nets.

anybody have mike's contact numbers?

 

[Len]

How many people's Borbs are still doing well?

I had a really bad scare after I administered flatworm exit. I thought I lost mine, but it finally came out today (after 36 hours in hiding).

 

[Vili_Shark]

So ya had FW problems as well?

I have never seen any severe case of FW like on this species, 2 different shipments arrived and the specimens started losing pieces of fins within a couple of days.

They are smaller than the FW i know, and when the fins are lost it looks like a bacterial problem, it took me time to realize what it was...too much time.

 

[joma]

I am visiting this board for the first time, and this subject immediately took my attention.
Here in Belgium, a store called Reefcorner, is specializing in rare fish and corals and he has had a shipment of 9 borbonius.
His latest collector's item was a school of 20 Pseudanthias ventralis.

The borbonius were sold to 3 reef aquarists, 1 in holland and 2 in belgium. 2 of the 3 only kept one fish alive, the third kept them triving all three! He has quite an exeptional tank (featured already in the german magasin Koralle) and has amongst the borbonius collection also a couple of A. xanthopunctatus, different schools of rare anthias, wide collection of table acro's ...
He is now trying to persuade the other two aquarists to sell him their remaining borbonius so the school is back complete.

 

[Len]

They seem relatively fragile. I saw a thread about Borbs in Europe. It probably was the same seller

An unfortunate update: I think mine will die. He has been hiding for 48 hours (very unlike him) after my FW Exit treatment. All my other fish are fully recovered (except the one dead female Bimac anthias). The symptoms' onset seems delayed by a few days for the Borb. There is still a chance it will pull through, but I don't have high hopes.