I agree. I instantly regretted buying more than one when I saw them together. I think it killed the “rare show-fish vibe”.
For sure! My LFS has had multiple in over the past few months, they look nicer alone because they just have the Show piece vibe, I would pull the trigger but I have 2 fish lined up for my 4x2x18” tank already and then could only fit one other in - Most likely a wrasse and that would put my number of fish up at around 12 fish. I doubt I could fit a 2-3” idol in there.
This was one of the downs I had to face in my nano, it didn’t show in my 4 foot display though which I’m glad about!Since people like to read about the “ups and downs” of reefing…here are Dino pics (currently dealing with a small cyano bloom which is receding)
They do not look as bad as these pics anymore
the cause of this disaster was allowing my nutrients to bottom out during fallow.
I see one of the wrasses you have chosen is the Halichoeres hortulanus, also that yellow is a very nice size. For sure one of the nicest specimens I’ve seen!Ohh. And since I’m in a mood of giving you guys ALL the updates…here’s my last batch of fish in QT: yellow tang (Hawaii) , powder blue, Midas blenny, and 2 small wrasses. They are nearly done!
Correct.
Very pretty wrasse! Which variant do you have?
Seems to be the Indonesian variant - IMO, it’s the prettiest out of the two variants (I have both the Cebu and Indonesian lubbocks, very pretty wrasse and I would say the Indonesian stays smaller by about .5”). I would say the Lubbock’s is my second favourite of the Cirrhilabrus wrasse and my third favourite overall wrasse!
Your attention to detail is immaculate!
Yeah, I’ve realised I really do pay attention to detail. Even in an LFS I know which fish is where (Especially in my local one), so when the owner forgets which fish is where I always point it out after finding out the scientific name
Cant wait to see how it turns out! I find that black backgrounds make tanks seem more dirty but it’s just how you never see it with other backgrounds, I ended up letting hair algae take over the back wall of my nano so it doesn’t show the particles as much but also so that it can give the Blenny plenty of grazing chances!So I’ve been struggling with particles in my reef tank for a few months. I never understood why it’s so visible now but it clicked that ever since I switched to the black background the tank looked kind of dirty..and smaller.
And I’ve been cleaning my background twice a month!
So I’m going back to blue. But I have these acrylic sheets custom made (black) that I’m expoxying the blue gradient I found. I think it’s going to come out really nice.
