The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Wrangy]

Bell's Flasher are $40 on some sites I've seen in Australia and like $800+ here, if ever available.

The joys of geographical distribution lol just like we pay $30-80 for gold tip cataphyllia and they're super duper expensive for you guys and have very poor success rates

 

[Wrangy]

And because of that, demand a pretty good premium.

I'm going into this ordeal expecting a fairly large premium price given they're still a reasonably newly described species too. As the old saying goes:
"The heart wants, what the heart wants"

 

[Dreadnaught]

New arrivals in the QT.

 

[Paul87]

There is a reason I have custom tops being made for the new tank...

Got any particular ones in mind?

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Got any particular ones in mind?

Pretty ones and passive ones! HA!

 

[Paul87]

Pretty ones and passive ones! HA!

I though I read something about a magma wrasse pair for sell somewhere... [emoji13]

 

[Paul87]

Pintail and the possum.

 

[twon8]

Anyone know anything about the Darwin glow fairy wrassse?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Anyone know anything about the Darwin glow fairy wrassse?

If you're referring to the species discussed here:
https://reefs.com/2016/09/28/undescribed-fairy-wrasse-glows-red/
then it doesn't look like that under normal lighting. It looks like a combination of a female solorensis and C. cf. cyanopleura, and likely behaves comparably.

 

[Paul87]

 

[dragon99]

New Cirrhilabrus lubbocki in QT. Unfortunately the Rhomboid was DOA

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Beauty!

 

[Paul87]

New Cirrhilabrus lubbocki in QT. Unfortunately the Rhomboid was DOA

Sorry to hear about the rhomboid. The Lubbock's looks good though.

 

[Djbrandriff150]

Just picked up a brunneus "dusty" wrasse that my lfs had gotten in finally. Tried to get it a few months back but it never shipped. Finally it shipped and they knew I wanted it so they messaged me and saved it for me.

 

[Paul87]

Just picked up a brunneus "dusty" wrasse that my lfs had gotten in finally. Tried to get it a few months back but it never shipped. Finally it shipped and they knew I wanted it so they messaged me and saved it for me.

Very nice!

 

[Rybren]

My LFS has a Cirrhilabrus katherinae in stock at what I consider to be a good price - $89 Cdn. How would it fare with my current wrasses? This would be in a 120G. Thanks.

Paracheilinus lineopunctatus x P. angulatus
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis (ryukyuensis)
Wetmorella nigropinnata
Halichoeres chrysus
Halichoeres biocellatus
Halichoeres marginatus
Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis

 

[eatbreakfast]

My LFS has a Cirrhilabrus katherinae in stock at what I consider to be a good price - $89 Cdn. How would it fare with my current wrasses? This would be in a 120G. Thanks.

Paracheilinus lineopunctatus x P. angulatus
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis (ryukyuensis)
Wetmorella nigropinnata
Halichoeres chrysus
Halichoeres biocellatus
Halichoeres marginatus
Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis

Frequently a C. cf. temminckii from Cebu/Northern Philippines is being offered as C. Katherineae, butit should mix well with those, regardless of wjether it is that species or the true katherinae.

 

[Rybren]

Thanks TJ. He does have a temminickii in stock as well, but it is a very different looking fish.

Will have to see whether he still has them when he reopens tomorrow.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Thanks TJ. He does have a temminickii in stock as well, but it is a very different looking fish.

Will have to see whether he still has them when he reopens tomorrow.

There are a lot of different types of temminckii. Hopefully that group will be reviewed soon.

 

[Aznxgqboyx]

My red line wrasse