Scurvy’s Mad Wrasse 110

Scurvy · May 18, 2019

How Scurvy got his groove back?!? Sounds like the makings of a bad Lifetime movie to me!

Not diving back in too deep yet. Got a lot happening personally playing into tank choices. We’re most likely moving come Fall so rather than build only to break we’ll be mostly FOWLR for a while aside from the few corals that survived the destruction.
Will Need to feed the addiction some with a fish here and there at least.

On the bright side we’re finally down to two tanks running. The 110 and Biocube. That only took 6 months longer than id hoped but its progress.

Fudsey · May 18, 2019

Did your torches survive, I hope? You had 2 nice specimens

Scurvy · May 18, 2019

Fudsey said:
Did your torches survive, I hope? You had 2 nice specimens

Yep the torches and Hammers made it. Hammers, zoas and Palys went into the BC. Torches, Leather, Duncan and a couple random encrusters remain in the 110 for now. May move more over but for now thats where it stands.

Scurvy · May 19, 2019

RichtheReefer21 said:
Awesome to see ur name on my alerts. Sounds like ur knuckling down and swimming through it.

Keep trucking. Quitting isnt an option

New wrasse photo dump soon ok? Chin up bud

Best shots Ive gotten so far of the Pink Margin.

Scurvy · May 19, 2019

And heres the punk. Impossible to catch a great shot of this guy. He's a lightning bolt but four out of about 200 gives an idea. Color not showing great but when he flares/flashes color he’s stunning.

Why-Me · May 19, 2019

Lookin good

Fudsey · May 19, 2019

NICE ! ! !

RichtheReefer21 · May 19, 2019

Love the new addition..gorgeous

Scurvy · May 25, 2019

So we received a box late yesterday. Apparently LA tweaked their shipping protocol from CA a little so instead of a 10:30am guarantee its now an 8pm next day commitment. Shouldn't be a problem in most cases but it makes me wonder how much longer we’ll have them as a seller.

Anyway to the good stuff. I have three new wrasse in observation. Two of the three doing great. The 3rd seems ok and is eating well but very timid or scared.

Heres a shot of the tank. Taped up some magazine pictures of reef scenes to see if it would cut down on reflections and bring out the nervous fish.

Scurvy · May 25, 2019

We combined the 20% off $200 deal earlier in the week with all reef safe wrasses going on sale Wednesday and snagged a female Flame, transitional Rhomboid and a tiny, tiny Hooded Fairy.

crusso1993 · May 25, 2019

I had a funny feeling you would bounce back quickly! Happy for you!

Scurvy · May 25, 2019

crusso1993 said:
I had a funny feeling you would bounce back quickly! Happy for you!

Thx! Im Trying not to get overly invested in things but needed to get back on the bus sooner rather than later.

Scurvy · May 25, 2019

The Flame yesterday about 3 minutes after getting in the tank. He's been under the rock on the left all day today except to slip out for some mysis or pellets.

Scurvy · May 25, 2019

And we may as well add a couple shots from the forgotten Biocube. Its looking pretty good lately. Haven’t seen the Yasha gobie(s) in at least 3 weeks but thats no shock. I just pretend they don’t exist and get happy when they do make an appearance.

RichtheReefer21 · May 25, 2019

Awesome to hear ur back on the livestock and better days are ahead man.. this too shall pass my friend.

Wooooooosahhhh

Crabby48 · May 25, 2019

Scurvy it’s nice to see you more motivated. The new fish are great looking. The Rhomboid colors are looking amazing!

If I get my mix of fairy Wrasse as juveniles will only the more dominant ones transition?
Will I end up with mostly females?
Not sure how it works

Scurvy · May 25, 2019

Crabby48 said:
Scurvy it’s nice to see you more motivated. The new fish are great looking. The Rhomboid colors are looking amazing!

If I get my mix of fairy Wrasse as juveniles will only the more dominant ones transition?
Will I end up with mostly females?
Not sure how it works

Most/if not all will transition to male in time. The most dominant having the best shot at becoming a super male. FWIW I try to get them all as sub adults or female and watch them mature and turn. Cheaper that way for sure but also fun to watch.

Of course there are always exceptions when you find a good deal on a male.

Scurvy · May 25, 2019

The pictures taped to the glass seams to have helped with the Flame wrasse

. Gorgeous with its natural coloration and not stress colors!

Crabby48 · May 25, 2019

Scurvy said:
Most/if not all will transition to male in time. The most dominant having the best shot at becoming a super male. FWIW I try to get them all as sub adults or female and watch them mature and turn. Cheaper that way for sure but also fun to watch.

Of course there always exceptions when you find a good deal on a male.

That was good news! I also like to be able to see the transformation of the fish. It’s apart of the attraction of wrasse.
I wanted to grab a male pintail that had beautiful color at the LFS but the other tank mates are not as happy with big wrasse. I ended up with female Rhomboid so it didn’t hurt as much not getting the pintail.