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My Firefish
Firefish Photos

I wish I had time to write about firefish. Instead, I will just tell you about mine.

On the way home from work on 6/6/08, I stopped at Petco and bought a firefish. I asked my niece to name him. She named him Jose. The first night, Jose hid in the live rock, in crevices I did not know were even there! By the end of the next day, Jose was out in the open most of the time. Nemo saw him at least a dozen times and only swam towards him a few times but Jose was too fast. So, they seem to get along. Both only want one thing - to eat. They are both begging for food!

On 6/14/08, I was dismayed to discover that Jose is now missing half of the end of his tail! I do not think Nemo did it or the crabs (although possible). Perhaps he got it sucked in to the filter intake? I hope he recovers! By early August 2008, Jose's fin was completely regrown as if nothing had happened! Jose is doing well.

Photos are listed from oldest to newest. There are photos of my reef on my reef photos page. Some of those photos may also show the firefish. I did not include all of those here on this page.

These two photos are from 6/7/08.
Jose
Jose

I took a video of the two fish (Nemo the oscellaris clownfish and Jose the firefish) on 6/7/08:
Movie - 1818 KB mpg movie of Nemo and Jose.

Entire reef on 6/13/08 - you can see Nemo the clownfish and Jose the firefish

Here is a photo of Jose on 6/14/08 showing half of his tail fin missing:
Jose

This photo of my new corals on 6/16/08 also showed Jose:
Jose - upper right of the photo

Here are links to photos and information about the regular firefish and also the purple firefish.