The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

i cant think · May 31, 2023

Petcrazyson said:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO , I can’t get it

Wait till you get a female… they’re cheaper and well, won’t live for such a short period.

Petcrazyson · May 31, 2023

Tcook said:
Those prices aren't bad. I might have to scoop the next johnson's female

If I don’t snatch it first

Petcrazyson · May 31, 2023

i cant think said:
Wait till you get a female… they’re cheaper and well, won’t live for such a short period.

That’s the plan,…. but it was right there though

!

i cant think · May 31, 2023

The more I look at all these rare fairies I slowly begin to see how much I dislike them haha.
You find fairies that look almost identical but for like 3/4 of the price…

But that’s me being sour, I like these wrasses but every time I see a specimen they’re always really dull and only nice when displaying which knowing my luck is rare. I mean my lubbocki’s don’t display even nearly as often and my Naoko has only displayed 2 times in the last year or two.

Slocke · May 31, 2023

i cant think said:
The more I look at all these rare fairies I slowly begin to see how much I dislike them haha.
You find fairies that look almost identical but for like 3/4 of the price…

But that’s me being sour, I like these wrasses but every time I see a specimen they’re always really dull and only nice when displaying which knowing my luck is rare. I mean my lubbocki’s don’t display even nearly as often and my Naoko has only displayed 2 times in the last year or two.

Yep and I changed my mind. The lunatus with its black fins is prettier or at least more special looking then the $3000 Squirei

Petcrazyson · May 31, 2023

i cant think said:
The more I look at all these rare fairies I slowly begin to see how much I dislike them haha

I got to say I don’t find any Cirrhilabrus or Paracheilinus dull, I think they are all pretty in their own right

But you have a point, every time we see one, they aren’t colored up at all, or they’re lying on the floor making most people think they are dead.

Funny enough (and I don’t think I’m the only one, I hope so) I think Anthias are like an easier to obtain tricky to feed act a little different wrasse. Not sure why I think this way lol.

SaltyT · May 31, 2023

Most wrasses are going to look duller when you see them in a LFS they've endured a stressful journey since being collected and now they're likely being held in a small, minimally decorated tank at the LFS. Once you get them in your display tank where they aren't stressed anymore that's when their true beauty shines.

i cant think · May 31, 2023

SaltyT said:
Most wrasses are going to look duller when you see them in a LFS they've endured a stressful journey since being collected and now they're likely being held in a small, minimally decorated tank at the LFS. Once you get them in your display tank where they aren't stressed anymore that's when their true beauty shines.

Honestly, even the established ones in the LFS I work at (We have Atleast 3 pieces of rock in the tanks with wrasses) are often times dull… the most colourful ones are always sand sifters no matter how established fairies and flashers are.

SaltyT · May 31, 2023

i cant think said:
Honestly, even the established ones in the LFS I work at (We have Atleast 3 pieces of rock in the tanks with wrasses) are often times dull… the most colourful ones are always sand sifters no matter how established fairies and flashers are.

My fairy wrasses totally disagree with you, but they forgive you for being biased haha

Slocke · May 31, 2023

Which is why online stores can sell their fish using one probably edited photo for massive amounts. While the LFS has to sell the real thing.

Petcrazyson said:
Funny enough (and I don’t think I’m the only one, I hope so) I think Anthias are like an easier to obtain tricky to feed act a little different wrasse. Not sure why I think this way lol.

I wonder where this thought came from. Obviously anthias are superior but thats not the point of this thread.

i cant think · May 31, 2023

SaltyT said:
My fairy wrasses totally disagree with you, but they forgive you for being biased haha

Luckily I wasn’t infront of my main tank and only my leopard and pinkies know I’ve downed fairies and flashers

Petcrazyson · May 31, 2023

Slocke said:
wonder where this thought came from. Obviously anthias are superior but thats not the point of this thread.

Shhhh! I’m not gonna tell them you like Anthias over Wrasse more!

@SaltyT @i cant think

Oops…..I accidentally tagged them

SaltyT · May 31, 2023

i cant think said:
only my leopard and pinkies know I’ve downed fairies and flashers

Now all the wrasse lovers' know your secret dislike for fairy and flasher wrasses bwahahaha

Petcrazyson · May 31, 2023

SaltyT said:
Now all the wrasse lovers' know your secret dislike for fairy and flasher wrasses bwahahaha

I think we all already knew that

SaltyT · May 31, 2023

Petcrazyson said:
I think we all already knew that

He has a particular dislike for Johnsoni... hmmm what is he secretly saying about me and you?

Tcook · May 31, 2023

Slocke said:
Which is why online stores can sell their fish using one probably edited photo for massive amounts. While the LFS has to sell the real thing.

I wonder where this thought came from. Obviously anthias are superior but thats not the point of this thread.

You just have to get healthy ones that make it out of QT.