Finally, after 2 years of searching for a very small 2.5" bellus, I found her! I bought her off of LiveAquaria's Diver's Den, and I always have complete confidence in my purchases with LA. I was eying one at All About Fish, but unfortunately I didn't get my tank setup in time. I passed up on a few big ones that I saw at Ocean's Treasures. But finally LA was offering little ones. I wanted a small one because I like watching them from when they're small.
After a 30 minute acclimation, I netted her into the tank. She immediately hid, but only for about 10 minutes. After 10, she came right out and swam around with the ocellaris and percula I have. The two clownfish have been with me for 3 years, and completely the most unaggressive fish ever.
So within half an hour, I was getting her to eat flake, mysis, brine, AND rod's food! HOLY CRAZINESS!
What an exotic fish that came so healthy and ready to eat. She swims around the water column constantly, with ZERO swim bladder problems or symptoms that I can tell. I'm no expert but I've seen some pretty "healthy" genicanthus swim with a of difficulty. She does no bobbing up and down, just smooth strokes through the water. Beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen a genicanthus so far swim so nicely.
I did notice that she likes to pick at the little attenae of my snails. But that's the only picking she has shown, otherwise she chases stuff all over the water column.
Behavior wise, she swims in the strong currents, likes to hug the edges of the tank, and does not do the centrogype like slaloms through rocks.
Here are pictures I took just now:
After a 30 minute acclimation, I netted her into the tank. She immediately hid, but only for about 10 minutes. After 10, she came right out and swam around with the ocellaris and percula I have. The two clownfish have been with me for 3 years, and completely the most unaggressive fish ever.
So within half an hour, I was getting her to eat flake, mysis, brine, AND rod's food! HOLY CRAZINESS!
What an exotic fish that came so healthy and ready to eat. She swims around the water column constantly, with ZERO swim bladder problems or symptoms that I can tell. I'm no expert but I've seen some pretty "healthy" genicanthus swim with a of difficulty. She does no bobbing up and down, just smooth strokes through the water. Beautiful. I don't think I've ever seen a genicanthus so far swim so nicely.
I did notice that she likes to pick at the little attenae of my snails. But that's the only picking she has shown, otherwise she chases stuff all over the water column.
Behavior wise, she swims in the strong currents, likes to hug the edges of the tank, and does not do the centrogype like slaloms through rocks.
Here are pictures I took just now: