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Genicanthus personatus video : From Spawning to Post-meta

The MOFIB crew has shared a must see video, created by Dr. Bruce Carlson that pieces together the rearing attempts of the only captive bred Genicanthus personatus at the Waikiki Aquarium. Karen Britain is the one who successfully reared the juvenile “Geni Babe” shown above which was quickly sold to Japan.
This was and still is [...]

February 9, 2010
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Catching up with the Personatus Pair

A few months ago we shared with you the exciting pair of Genicanthus personatus that were collected and sent to B-Box–a popular and well known aquarium store in Japan. Commonly known as the Masked Angelfish, this species is endemic to the Hawaiian and Northwestern Islands. At the main Hawaiian Islands this species is rarely seen [...]

October 12, 2009
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$30K Genicanthus personatus pair in Japan

All Photos via Mr. Takuta Murakami
On April 1st B-Box, a popular fish store in Japan, posted photos on their blog of a Genicanthus personatus pair they recently received. My initial reaction was shock… I was waiting for that April Fools moment, but it never came. 

The last Personatus that was collected was thought to be “bycatch from a shrimp [...]

April 6, 2009
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