The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[keithw283]

New additions picked up yesterday.

 

[MDReefguy]

Host on YouTube if you can so iPhones can see.

 

[OrionN]

I posted it in a wrong thread

 

[Slcwinder]

I love wrasse too, currently only have a 2 in my tank I’ve tried fairy wrasse several times and it never ends well. I recently purchased a fairy wrasse that I had my eye on for a few weeks. Looked very healthy. Got him into my tank and he immediately crashed into the side and started swimming funny. Put him back in an acclimation box but I have little hope he will make it

 

[OrionN]

I have never seen an FTS of your tank, that is stunning!!

Thanks. My tank is very open but at the same time full of caves and crevices.

 

[i cant think]

Want to see my favourites currently?
1. Paracheilinus attenuatus - he is literally 3-3.5 inches max and displaying like this already!

2. Pseudojuloides kaleidos (Male AND Female!!) - these are just something else! Check out their colours.

 

[rzimm33]

I love the Diamond Tail!

 

[rzimm33]

A few cool shots I got last night:

Pintail Fairy

Yellow wrasse, RedTail Flasher, and Yellow Tang

RedTail Flasher

RedTail Flasher, Blue Flasher, Tail Spot Blenny

 

[TylerHaworth]

You guys get some absolutely stunning pics

 

[Tcook]

You guys get some absolutely stunning pics

Thank you

 

[KGscv]

Going in qt right now. Beautiful pintail

 

[Tcook]

At lfs

 

[OrionN]

I got a pair of this guy. Male and female from LFS. Both were eating well. Here is the male at the LFS.
I think Pseudojuloides kaleidos. Am I right?

 

[i cant think]

I got a pair of this guy. Male and female from LFS. Both were eating well. Here is the male at the LFS.
I think Pseudojuloides kaleidos. Am I right?

They look to be Splendens! Same complex as the Kaleidos :)

 

[OrionN]

Got good pictures of the pair before they went to bed.
Healthy and fairly fat (not thin anyway). They ate very aggressive at the LFS, both appear to be in perfect health.

My QT system is full to the brim with a harem of (3)Flame Angels, CBB, Percula pair, Blue Throat Fairy and Carpenter Flasher. Of these fishes, I afraid that the Blue Throat going to kill them in a small 40 gal tank. Because of this reason, I acclimated them and let them into my DT. Knowing that they eat well and there are plenty of fauna in my tank, I think they will be OK.
So far, no one in the DT bothers them.

 

[Tcook]

Got good pictures of the pair before they went to bed.
Healthy and fairly fat (not thin anyway). They ate very aggressive at the LFS, both appear to be in perfect health.

My QT system is full to the brim with a harem of (3)Flame Angels, CBB, Percula pair, Blue Throat Fairy and Carpenter Flasher. Of these fishes, I afraid that the Blue Throat going to kill them in a small 40 gal tank. Because of this reason, I acclimated them and let them into my DT. Knowing that they eat well and there are plenty of fauna in my tank, I think they will be OK.
So far, no one in the DT bothers them.

Those are beautiful. 3 flames? Will you now have 6?

 

[OrionN]

Those are beautiful. 3 flames? Will you now have 6?

I have a harem of 4 in my DT. Of the harem of 3 in my QT, the two sure female will go to @alton this weekend. He has two pairs in two systems right now. I think he will have two harems of 3, I think. Alton, I and Clayton are hard core reefers. I plan to release the largest of the three into my tank if this fish turn male. If I think it is still a juvenile, I will send her to Alton and keep the smallest one. My system is larger, if he already changed to male, he will need to reverts back to female in my tank. We all (Alton, Clayton and I) suffer from MTS (multi-tank syndrome)
I was up in Austin this weekend to spend times with two of my sons. On the way back we stop by Austin AquaDome which is in the south end of Austin. Seeing this pair eating well an healthy, I cannot resit getting them, even if my QT is full and they are know to be difficult. There was also a healthy, fat and eating well Macropharyngodon choati. I almost got her. Although her price is very reasonable for the difficult species at $350, she is too rich for my blood so I did not get her.
Wish me luck.
As soon as I see that they will live in my tank, I will start a thread on them. I do think that I must keep them alive first before start this thread. I tried to read more on this species, but here seem to be little information about them (and other Pencil wrasses) other that they are hard to keep.

 

[Tcook]

I have a harem of 4 in my DT. Of the harem of 3 in my QT, the two sure female will go to @alton this weekend. He has two pairs in two systems right now. I think he will have two harems of 3, I think. Alton, I and Clayton are hard core reefers. I plan to release the largest of the three into my tank if this fish turn male. If I think it is still a juvenile, I will send her to Alton and keep the smallest one. My system is larger, if he already changed to male, he will need to reverts back to female in my tank. We all (Alton, Clayton and I) suffer from MTS (multi-tank syndrome)
I was up in Austin this weekend to spend times with two of my sons. On the way back we stop by Austin AquaDome which is in the south end of Austin. Seeing this pair eating well an healthy, I cannot resit getting them, even if my QT is full and they are know to be difficult. There was also a healthy, fat and eating well Macropharyngodon choati. I almost got her. Although her price is very reasonable for the difficult species at $350, she is too rich for my blood so I did not get her.
Wish me luck.
As soon as I see that they will live in my tank, I will start a thread on them. I do think that I must keep them alive first before start this thread. I tried to read more on this species, but here seem to be little information about them (and other Pencil wrasses) other that they are hard to keep.

Looking forward to the thread. There is something about a group of the same species in a tank that looks so natural.

 

[i cant think]

Got good pictures of the pair before they went to bed.
Healthy and fairly fat (not thin anyway). They ate very aggressive at the LFS, both appear to be in perfect health.

My QT system is full to the brim with a harem of (3)Flame Angels, CBB, Percula pair, Blue Throat Fairy and Carpenter Flasher. Of these fishes, I afraid that the Blue Throat going to kill them in a small 40 gal tank. Because of this reason, I acclimated them and let them into my DT. Knowing that they eat well and there are plenty of fauna in my tank, I think they will be OK.
So far, no one in the DT bothers them.

Yep definitely splendens!
These are labelled as difficult species but even with them in an LFS, they have been everything except difficult. They settle well, aren’t bothered by much, eat almost instantly.
Also, these guys are ignored by all wrasses except the ones that look similar - they even tend to ignore other pencils from the same complex, I have a splendens with my 2 Kaleidos. The only reason I’ve not shown my splendens off recently is due to him colouring down after my Kaleidos male took control of their mini hierarchy.

Also, if you guys haven’t already seen it, I have the luxury of caring for this guy! Another from the Splendens complex - Pseudojuloides polackorum.

 

[rzimm33]

Blue flasher doin his thing