The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

OrionN · Jul 22, 2023

H. leucoxanthus
I have been looking for this wrasse for a long time. Finally got one at Petco today. I really like the terminal male coloration of this wrasse

i cant think · Jul 22, 2023

Two favourites of the tank!

i cant think · Jul 22, 2023

I’m due a large gang update (and a small gang update but that’ll come next weekend);

OrionN · Jul 22, 2023

i cant think said:
Fin is in the tank!
The naoko has began to display (Not anything aggressive or constant just small spurts of displaying). And he’s been out and feeding already so clearly nobody is hating him enough to stress him out.

That is not a Naoko

From personal experiences, it is difficult to photograph Naoko

Crabby48 · Jul 22, 2023

mccosker flasher from lfs $60

i cant think · Jul 22, 2023

Crabby48 said:
mccosker flasher from lfs $60

That’s a beautiful mccoskeri but it looks more like a carpenteri hybrid to me

Crabby48 · Jul 22, 2023

i cant think said:
That’s a beautiful mccoskeri but it looks more like a carpenteri hybrid to me

JoJosReef · Jul 22, 2023

Someone came out to say hi this morning

New video by Joseph Campo

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Still not sure she's 100% OK. Swimming a bit strange maybe.

New video by Joseph Campo

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I've been trying to get a look at her mouth for injuries, and I can't tell if her lower jaw is offset or not. But, she definitely opens and closes it. Opened it wide like a yawn a few times. Didn't directly see her feeding, but I dumped some hatched brine shrimp and Reef Nutrition in there and she looked interested. I also smashed a Nutrimar press-on shot in a corner hoping it lets loose more gradually during the day.

#3 decided to wake up right before I left the office

steveschuerger · Jul 22, 2023

Took this today. She’s getting big. And fat. Plus a rather atmospheric pic of the Red Velvet(with Mel in the backround).

steveschuerger · Jul 22, 2023

OrionN said:
H. leucoxanthus
I have been looking for this wrasse for a long time. Finally got one at Petco today. I really like the terminal male coloration of this wrasse

PetCo surprisingly, at least where I go has solid stock. It helps that the section manager actually knows and cares as well.

OrionN · Jul 23, 2023

At 2.5 inches and 6 months ago at 1.25 inches.
Very colorful IMO for such a young fish.

JoJosReef · Jul 23, 2023

Got some lolz out of this one today from someone in my socal forum who got it from someone in their local club...

i cant think · Jul 23, 2023

I didn’t get a good photo but he’s in the tank now, here he is in the LFS though;

Crabby48 · Jul 23, 2023

Could have lived with the tang in the picture but the choats ruined it all

OrionN · Jul 23, 2023

i cant think said:
I didn’t get a good photo but he’s in the tank now, here he is in the LFS though;

Yellow fin fairy. C. flavidorsalis. They are fairly aggressive

Tcook · Jul 23, 2023

Crabby48 said:
Could have lived with the tang in the picture but the choats ruined it all

What a terrible fish. Send it to me. I will reprimand it.

i cant think · Jul 23, 2023

OrionN said:
Yellow fin fairy. C. flavidorsalis. They are fairly aggressive

Yeah, he’s in with some other Fairy aggressive wrasses now;
C. finifenmaa
C. naokoae
H. chloropterus
H. iridis
X. margaritaceus (notoriously the most peaceful of the bunch)

Plus my two Lubbockis were somewhat aggressive (not so much nasty aggression but they definitely didn’t stay 100% peaceful to the others - they kind of balanced eachother out with aggression).

Lbrdsoxfan · Jul 23, 2023

Slocke said:
Because they’re even more difficult than tamarin wrasse. I know @i cant think has been looking for one though.

Yup. Hit/Miss for me. I'm at 1 for 2. I'm a glutton, I still want to try again with a pencil, just waiting on my importer to get the right one.

Had this guy last a bit about 7 months and lost it when I had to reseal the 120, it didn't take 20L tank life well, before that it ate like a pig and handled its self well.