Paracheilinus Bellae

[roktsintst]

Check him out! Everyone else who got one post up some pics!!!

 

[roktsintst]

 

[Brad Syphus]

Fantastic is all I can say. How is he acting? Looks to be a bit over 2 inches. Was he shipped carrier or did you pick him up from the airport.

 

[Troylee]

not to rain on anyones party but what's the deal with the price tag on those things??? are they that rare or something??? don't get wrong it's a nice fish but it cost more than all my fish combined.....

 

[Brad Syphus]

It's the rare factor. They haven't been available for years, and as far as I know, just recently only one collector. It is the remote location in which they are found.

 

[roktsintst]

Thanks Brad! And that isn't even the supermale! Cant wait to see that thing.

He was acting funny in the bad and I was worried. but after drip acclimation i dumped him in the QT with 7 other wrasses and he hid of course. Well about 30 minutes later i went into the fish room to check on him and he was out swimming around! I thought Great! so i threw in some mysis... ate one! Then I threw in some pellets because my other wrasses have been all about them adn he ate another one! since he has gone after the pellets hours after his flight from hawaii! just awsome. He is still swimming around wiht the other just fine. no aggression or anything!

here is another pic...

 

[Troylee]

got cha i had a long fin fairy that looked almost identical and it was dirt cheap compared to that lol.... is this a flasher one??? im not to hip on the scientific names of fish....:(

 

[roktsintst]

Yes, this is a flasher and I have seen a fair amount of wrasses but none with the sparkle and strikingness as the bellae....

and this fish isn't too expensive comparied to some others out there! or in my tank!

 

[Brad Syphus]

Awsome, I haven't talked to Dan today. I need to call him and make sure everything is ok over there and see if he still plans to hit the airport tonight. I hope so, I've already worked my schedule around it. I just don't know if the tsunami caused any problems for them.

 

[Troylee]

Maybe I'm thinking of a different one... I got that exact same one for 20$ at my Lfs looks identical Anyways...my psudechromis took it out...:( at the store it was labeled long fin fairy wrasse.... I'm thinking the 900$ one at PAC... Lol

 

[Brad Syphus]

You are thinking right.

 

[btkrausen]

THe $900 was a Bellae :) But a super male at that.

 

[btkrausen]

Awsome, I haven't talked to Dan today. I need to call him and make sure everything is ok over there and see if he still plans to hit the airport tonight. I hope so, I've already worked my schedule around it. I just don't know if the tsunami caused any problems for them.

What are you getting Brad?

 

[Brad Syphus]

900 is just one roll of the dice at the craps table for you isn't it. LOL

 

[Troylee]

Meh.... Hate craps lol.... Me like black jack..;)