Two new mystery fish?

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  1. oBEA5To

    oBEA5To Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Just bought these two today and as usual petco doesnt really know what they are so hopefully can anyone give me some answers. the first pic is of a goby type fish its pretty long kind of eel like and the rest are of this orange and blue fish it hard to get a pic of because it darts around sorry for the blurry pic
     

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  2. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    The 1st one I have an Idea but not sure... on it fully to ID

    Picture 2 and 3 -
    Pseudochromis aldabraensis (Neon Dottyback)
     
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    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    My 1st guess would be a Midas Blenny - Ecsenius midas ...

    They tend to camo up and can change colors to blowns and gold colors
     
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    Corailline Super Moderator

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    First is an Engineer Goby, name is misleading because it's not a true Goby, and gets very large.

    The second is a Dottyback, this fish can be very aggressive.

    Liveaquaria.com is sometime a good place to hunt for ID's and care needs, along with general personality traits.
     
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    cosmo Giant Squid

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    Make sure your rock work is secure and the engineer can't dig under it!
     
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  6. oBEA5To

    oBEA5To Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    Alright awesome i just looked those names up and they are a neon dotty back and an engineer goby
     
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