My Diamond Tail Flasher, P. attenuatus

OrionN · Feb 16, 2020

I have been wanted a Diamond Tail Flasher for a very long time, however, 500.00 was just a tad out of my range for a wrasse. Two of my friends here in South Texas had them for a while. Looking at my friend wrasse cause me to want them even more.
Last week, while participating in this thread, We were informed by @NYAquatic that he have some in stock. The price is better so I jumped on it.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diamond-tail-flasher-wrasse.654214/https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diamond-tail-flasher-wrasse.690222/
Anyway, another friend and I ended up got one each. We ordered Thursday, 2/13/2020 and got the wrasses the next day. Both wrasse were very healthy, well pack. Have no problem. Both eat right away out of the bag. I have to acclimated them quickly over lunch. Mike told us his salinity, but I find that the wrasse come in at a little higher than what I was told. Maybe I need to re-calibrate my refractometer. I have to get back to work quickly so I feed them some dry flakes, and they ate a bit of it.

My friend have his QT full adding fish, I will keep both fish for a while, maybe three weeks until he can pick the wrasse up. They went into my QT system, which is a full 40 gal reef full of pods and macroalgale, a few junk corals, and Malu anemone. The quality of the water is very good. No detectable problem. I don't add Ca to this tank, so I think Alk and Ca is a little low, but this should not be a problem for the fishes.

Took a few pictures this AM. The smaller one is just over 1 inch and the larger is just about 1.5 inch. I am just glad that I finally get a wrasse that I wanted for a long time, and that she is healthy and eating with no visible disease or problem. Here are the pictures.
Both of them

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Smaller

BkReefBaby · Feb 16, 2020

Those colors look amazing

mtfish · Feb 16, 2020

Take good care of them Minh! I will see you in a couple of weeks. Both fish look great.

fcmatt · Feb 16, 2020

Very colorful.

I prefer no lid on my tank so wrasses are a no go zone for me.

Good luck!

OrionN · Feb 16, 2020

Got a better picture of the larger one.
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Smaller

alton · Feb 16, 2020

That little one is cute

S2G · Feb 16, 2020

Those are some beauties. What kind of quarantine is this? Can I see the whole setup showing the macro?

OrionN · Feb 16, 2020

S2G said:
Those are some beauties. What kind of quarantine is this? Can I see the whole setup showing the macro?

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My friend have his QT full adding fish, I will keep both fish for a while, maybe three weeks until he can pick the wrasse up. They went into my QT system, which is a full 40 gal reef full of pods and macroalgale, a few junk corals, and Malu anemone. The quality of the water is very good. No detectable problem. I don't add Ca to this tank, so I think Alk and Ca is a little low, but this should not be a problem for the fishes.
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OrionN · Feb 16, 2020

Here is a short video of the three fish eating Otohime C1 pellets. I am feeding 4 times a day by Automated feeder and AM and PM frozen Mysis with flakes.

fcmatt · Feb 16, 2020

I think it is hilarious that your qt tank is visually more interesting that many other tanks I see.

OrionN · Feb 16, 2020

You are too kind. I just let everything grow wild. Once the macro-algae get too full, I just pull out a bunch and throw them into the trash. I got a few stands of Dragon Breath Red algae several months ago and have been trying to propagate them successfully. I need to prune this algae in the near future.
My little Diamond Tail full after the 5 PM feeding.