The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Severnsi variety.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Added this guy from my importer today. Loving the color!

I've been searching for one of these. Nobody around me has them.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I've been searching for one of these. Nobody around me has them.

Apparently in general pencils are bad shippers, so the LFS usually dont bother with them. The guy I deal with says he has a relatively high mortality rate coming in from the pacific with them as he imports directly and sells to the LFS. I had a transitioning splendid pencil previously and it passed when I did a tank breakdown to fix a bad seal last july. It took me this long to find another pencil.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Apparently in general pencils are bad shippers, so the LFS usually dont bother with them. The guy I deal with says he has a relatively high mortality rate coming in from the pacific with them as he imports directly and sells to the LFS. I had a transitioning splendid pencil previously and it passed when I did a tank breakdown to fix a bad seal last july. It took me this long to find another pencil.

I have a male female pair of splendids currently. Nobody seems to be able to order Pseudojuloides severnsi

 

[Tcook]

Added this guy from my importer today. Loving the color!

That looks very nice. Not too far off from the massively enhanced Reef Pro photos.

 

[Petcrazyson]

That looks very nice. Not too far off from the massively enhanced Reef Pro photos.

Yea to be fair this looks a lot like the ones in photos

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

That looks very nice. Not too far off from the massively enhanced Reef Pro photos.

Its beautiful in person. Just checked out the reef pro photo and that picture is more than enhanced! Also got it for a sixth of the price they are selling it for. I get that its 'conditioned' but from 30$ to 180$ is insane.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Here is a clip of it. Its been out all day mainly swimming in the upper 1/2 of the tank so far.

 

[Lps_lover12]

I got this exquisite fairy about a week ago, love the fish. Always out and swimming and eating really good. I noticed the first day I got it that has a white dot in its nose and it’s gotten worse since then. It’s alone in the qt tank, could it just be injury from shipping or catching?

 

[jkcoral]

It’s been a couple of weeks, and my Golden Rhomboid is really settling in. She is much less skittish and has started showing some of her personality.

A few days ago was the first time I really tried to see if she would eat pellets, and I was surprised to see she instantly started woofing them down!

I plan on adding another female, but am unsure how long to wait. Anyone have any advice? Would it be okay to add one in the next few weeks, or would it be better to wait a couple of months?

 

[Petcrazyson]

It’s been a couple of weeks, and my Golden Rhomboid is really settling in. She is much less skittish and has started showing some of her personality.

A few days ago was the first time I really tried to see if she would eat pellets, and I was surprised to see she instantly started woofing them down!

I plan on adding another female, but am unsure how long to wait. Anyone have any advice? Would it be okay to add one in the next few weeks, or would it be better to wait a couple of months?

Another female Rhomboid? Or just another Cirrhilabrus in general?

If you add another rhomboid, there shouldn’t be any aggression issues per se for the time being, once one transitions they could potentially form a pair. The thing is about pairs is that they never really work right with these fish.

You could add another wrasse or another fish in general if your bio-load hasn’t really changed with this guy. You could wait till tomorrow or next week or whenever you see it right. It’s been a few weeks since you added her so she should be established enough.

 

[jkcoral]

I got this exquisite fairy about a week ago, love the fish. Always out and swimming and eating really good. I noticed the first day I got it that has a white dot in its nose and it’s gotten worse since then. It’s alone in the qt tank, could it just be injury from shipping or catching?

Such a cute little face!

Others here will be better able to comment on the injury/any potential infections, but I did want to add that I’ve had wrasses over the years that would occasionally get a little scrape or ding on their head when added to the tank. This usually was due to them diving under a rock super quick and scraping themselves. Mine always recovered over time, but I know secondary infections are possible.

 

[jkcoral]

Another female Rhomboid? Or just another Cirrhilabrus in general?

If you add another rhomboid, there shouldn’t be any aggression issues per se for the time being, once one transitions they could potentially form a pair. The thing is about pairs is that they never really work right with these fish.

You could add another wrasse or another fish in general if your bio-load hasn’t really changed with this guy. You could wait till tomorrow or next week or whenever you see it right. It’s been a few weeks since you added her so she should be established enough.

The plan is for another female rhomboid, ideally on e that is a little bit smaller. I’m hoping that would jump start my rhomboid’s transition and maybe lead to them pairing. That is good info, and I think I’ll move to get another sooner than later.

I did add a small flame tomini tang (probably 1”-1.5”) to the tank and the rhomboid kinda hangs out with it and they keep eachother company. I thought the rhomboid would be skittish, but she doesn’t seem to mind at all!

Edit: I am a bit worried about the pair long term if/when the other inevitably transitions. Is that the concern for the rhomboids, or is there another reason they might be “wonky” in pairs?

 

[SaltyT]

I got this exquisite fairy about a week ago, love the fish. Always out and swimming and eating really good. I noticed the first day I got it that has a white dot in its nose and it’s gotten worse since then. It’s alone in the qt tank, could it just be injury from shipping or catching?

Juvenile exquisitus' have this white spot, it fades away as they mature.

 

[Tcook]

It’s been a couple of weeks, and my Golden Rhomboid is really settling in. She is much less skittish and has started showing some of her personality.

A few days ago was the first time I really tried to see if she would eat pellets, and I was surprised to see she instantly started woofing them down!

I plan on adding another female, but am unsure how long to wait. Anyone have any advice? Would it be okay to add one in the next few weeks, or would it be better to wait a couple of months?

If that scoly bothers her you can send it this way.

 

[Petcrazyson]

am a bit worried about the pair long term if/when the other inevitably transitions. Is that the concern for the rhomboids, or is there another reason they might be “wonky” in pairs?

@i cant think can help you with pairing a lot more than I can. There is either aggressiveness, over attention, or the they just won’t decide to make things works.

 

[Tcook]

The plan is for another female rhomboid, ideally on e that is a little bit smaller. I’m hoping that would jump start my rhomboid’s transition and maybe lead to them pairing. That is good info, and I think I’ll move to get another sooner than later.

I did add a small flame tomini tang (probably 1”-1.5”) to the tank and the rhomboid kinda hangs out with it and they keep eachother company. I thought the rhomboid would be skittish, but she doesn’t seem to mind at all!

Edit: I am a bit worried about the pair long term if/when the other inevitably transitions. Is that the concern for the rhomboids, or is there another reason they might be “wonky” in pairs?

Has anybody here been successful with cirrhilabrus “pairs”? I think that is a vendor made up term/fantasy. They live in large harems in the wild. Leopards, sure.

 

[i cant think]

Has anybody here been successful with cirrhilabrus “pairs”? I think that is a vendor made up term/fantasy. They live in large harems in the wild. Leopards, sure.

@OrionN has had success but his tank is an anomaly due to the size.
Regular tank sizes generally don’t have much luck if any with keeping groups/pairs of Cirrhilabrus together as one almost always transitions and becomes aggressive to the other male. The same issue can occur with Paracheilinus species.

 

[jkcoral]

Has anybody here been successful with cirrhilabrus “pairs”? I think that is a vendor made up term/fantasy. They live in large harems in the wild. Leopards, sure.

I’ve always wondered the same. I’ve always had a mix of different single male cirrhilabrus. Partly because females aren’t as often collected/available, and also the old general rule of “they will all transition eventually” being in the way back of the mind.

I wonder if there are people that have had success long term. And it would be interesting to know what conditions, if any, might lead to successful pairs over time (e.g. if there is a big enough size/age difference between a male and female, is success more likely?).

 

[jkcoral]

@OrionN has had success but his tank is an anomaly due to the size.
Regular tank sizes generally don’t have much luck if any with keeping groups/pairs of Cirrhilabrus together as one almost always transitions and becomes aggressive to the other male. The same issue can occur with Paracheilinus species.

Yeah, this reminder of the old rule of thumb is making me second guess getting another female.

It’d probably be better just to keep the single rhomboid. Guess that means I’ll just have to get a rose banded next :D