The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[homer1475]

M. Choati

My personal favorite, and the only one I've never owned in the family.

If I trusted LA, $299 is a decent price.

 

[homer1475]

I currently house:

Yellow corris(Halichoeres chrysus)
Pintail Fairy(Cirrhilabrus isosceles)
Melagris leopard(Macropharyngodon meleagris)
Moyers Leopard(Macropharyngodon moyeri)
Black leopard(Macropharyngodon Negrosensis)


I so want a choati, and still have the room, just can't/won't spend the money for one.

Added the latin names just for @i cant think :D

 

[Slocke]

Ok @i cant think @SaltyT @Slocke @A Young reefer heres the list! @SaltyT you wanted wrasses for the reef here they are! Could you all help me mix n match pls? Suggestions needed. For the tank I have these on the table: Cirrhilabrus nahackyi

Paracheilinus attenuatus (got to pick one of the two)

Cirrhilabrus lubbocki

Cirrhilabrus lunatus (these should be lunatics :grinning-squinting-face:)

Halichoeres melasmapomus

Cirrhilabrus johnsoni

Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis

Macropharyngodon marisrubri/bipartitus (male)

Cirrhilabrus naokoae

Macropharyngodon negrosensis (female)

So what do you all think? Use these guys make a list you would like to see and you think will work.

Whoops
They’re all awesome so I’ll order them from best to least best:

1. Naokoe (because they’re the best fish)
2. Rhomboid
3. Nahackyi
4. Negrosensis
5. Marisrubri
6. Attenuatus (first one definitely)
7. Lunatus
8. Johnsoni
9. Lubbock
10. Melasmapomas (one of the best halichoeres but still)

 

[i cant think]

I currently house:

Yellow corris(Halichoeres chrysus)
Pintail Fairy(Cirrhilabrus isosceles)
Melagris leopard(Macropharyngodon meleagris)
Moyers Leopard(Macropharyngodon moyeri)
Black leopard(Macropharyngodon Negrosensis)


I so want a choati, and still have the room, just can't/won't spend the money for one.

Added the latin names just for @i cant think :D

If we’re being really picky, scientific names should be in italics ;)
But I’m not that picky!

 

[Slocke]

If we’re being really picky, scientific names should be in italics ;)
But I’m not that picky!

Jk thought to be really picky many of those names are in fact Greek and often times both Greek and Latin together.

 

[Petcrazyson]

M. Choati

My personal favorite, and the only one I've never owned in the family.

If I trusted LA, $299 is a decent price.

I don’t trust LA lol. And 299 is too steep for that guy. I’ve got TSA selling them for $130!

 

[Petcrazyson]

If we’re being really picky, scientific names should be in italics ;)
But I’m not that picky!

 

[homer1475]

I don’t trust LA lol. And 299 is too steep for that guy. I’ve got TSA selling them for $130!

TSA = Top Shelf Aquatics? If it's $130, I'm jumping on that! I don't see it listed?

 

[Petcrazyson]

TSA = Top Shelf Aquatics? If it's $130, I'm jumping on that! I don't see it listed?

Top Shelf Aquatics? Yes! Now do you want me to burst your bubble? $130 was the price I was offered by a friend there a few months ago. While I was writing this I was calling TSA and the price they gave me was $350 :confused:what the heck!

 

[Petcrazyson]

TSA = Top Shelf Aquatics? If it's $130, I'm jumping on that! I don't see it listed?

Most of their fish don’t go on their site idk why. You want to see everything really the only way is in store unfortunately.

 

[homer1475]

Top Shelf Aquatics? Yes! Now do you want me to burst your bubble? $130 was the price I was offered by a friend there a few months ago. While I was writing this I was calling TSA and the price they gave me was $350 :confused:what the heck!

Bubble officially busted! I just said to my wife "if they have a choati for $130 I'm buying it for x-mas!". But alas I won't pay over $200 for any fish.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Whoops
They’re all awesome so I’ll order them from best to least best:

1. Naokoe (because they’re the best fish)
2. Rhomboid
3. Nahackyi
4. Negrosensis
5. Marisrubri
6. Attenuatus (first one definitely)
7. Lunatus
8. Johnsoni
9. Lubbock
10. Melasmapomas (one of the best halichoeres but still)

Lubbocki in 9th place. Not sure how @i cant think thinks of that lol.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Bubble officially busted! I just said to my wife "if they have a choati for $130 I'm buying it for x-mas!". But alas I won't pay over $200 for any fish.

I’m soooo sorry. I feel bad now. I guess you could tell her you saved spending $130? :confused: But I want to help! So I’ll be on the look out for one under $200 dollars for you.:)

 

[Petcrazyson]

Whoops
They’re all awesome so I’ll order them from best to least best:

1. Naokoe (because they’re the best fish)
2. Rhomboid
3. Nahackyi
4. Negrosensis
5. Marisrubri
6. Attenuatus (first one definitely)
7. Lunatus
8. Johnsoni
9. Lubbock
10. Melasmapomas (one of the best halichoeres but still)

Now Johnsoni taking the 8th spot I am really surprised about. Particular reasoning why?

 

[Tcook]

Ok @i cant think @SaltyT @Slocke @A Young reefer heres the list! @SaltyT you wanted wrasses for the reef here they are! Could you all help me mix n match pls? Suggestions needed. For the tank I have these on the table: Cirrhilabrus nahackyi

Paracheilinus attenuatus (got to pick one of the two)

Cirrhilabrus lubbocki

Cirrhilabrus lunatus (these should be lunatics :grinning-squinting-face:)

Halichoeres melasmapomus

Cirrhilabrus johnsoni

Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis

Macropharyngodon marisrubri/bipartitus (male)

Cirrhilabrus naokoae

Macropharyngodon negrosensis (female)

So what do you all think? Use these guys make a list you would like to see and you think will work.

ReefPro has a male Johnson's marked down to $400 from $1200.

 

[sdreef]

1. Anampses lennardi

2. Macropharyngodon geoffroy

3. Cirrhilabrus johnsoni

4. Cirrhilabrus earlei

5. Macropharyngodon choati

#1 on my list of fish I would like to add is Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus. I've been unsuccessful in finding one for a couple years. One of my top 5.

 

[i cant think]

Bubble officially busted! I just said to my wife "if they have a choati for $130 I'm buying it for x-mas!". But alas I won't pay over $200 for any fish.

I can understand not paying over 200 - although there are a couple of fish I’d break the bank for (generally I try and stick to fish that are in the double digits or just barely past 100). Some of the wrasses I’d break the bank for are;
Femininus tamarin
Choati leopard
Nahackyi fairy
Bathyphilus fairy
Shutmani fairy
Atavai pencil
Crux pencil
Pyreus pencil

 

[Petcrazyson]

ReefPro has a male Johnson's marked down to $400 from $1200.

Wait what?

NO ONE TOLD ME THEY WERE THAT EXPENSIVE!

 

[i cant think]

Wait what?

NO ONE TOLD ME THEY WERE THAT EXPENSIVE!

Why do you think we weren’t saying that haha

 

[Slocke]

Lubbocki in 9th place. Not sure how @i cant think thinks of that lol.

Now Johnsoni taking the 8th spot I am really surprised about. Particular reasoning why?

There was a battle between the lunar, Johnson, and Lubbocks. I like the Lunars black fins most, followed by the Johnson's stripes. That's all there was to it.