10' Pond Build

moriarty said:
Yeah, was the newer of the two. She got through QT without incident, and never lost a bit of her appetite with prazi or cupramine (as I've experienced when treating many other fish). She was in the pool for several weeks with no signs or symptoms that something could be amiss. As much as I hate losing fish to something within my control, losing one to some unknown factor IMO is worse, as there is little to be learned from, and ultimately corrected in the future. But yes, I agree, mysterious losses do happen from time to time in spite of our best efforts to ensure otherwise.
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Sorry for the loss of the queen. They are definitely beautiful fish and losing any fish to unknown reason sucks more IMHO. On a lighter note, might be a reason to set up a an autopsy area, haha. :lol2:
 
mnkykng77 said:
Sorry for the loss of the queen. They are definitely beautiful fish and losing any fish to unknown reason sucks more IMHO. On a lighter note, might be a reason to set up a an autopsy area, haha. :lol2:
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Thanks :) I've actually been considering the purchase of a microscope just to satisfy my own geeky curiosity. It's too late to look into this one in more detail, but it probably wouldn't be a bad thing to have around for the future.
 
SavingOurSeas said:
Perhaps a deep freeze for a later potential biopsy?
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Good suggestion. I no longer have the body, but do plan on purchasing a dedicated freezer for such things - along with frozen fish foods. The fish foods are one thing, but I don't think my wife would be too keen on the idea of sharing freezer space with deceased fish :)
 
I think I may have mentioned it earlier in this thread, but I'm a huge fan of Maori wrasses and have been looking for one of these guys for a long time. I've seen a few available over the past few months but they have all been much larger than I prefer (with one exception on DD a couple months back, but I was going to be out of town for work during the delivery period). Whenever possible, I like to purchase fish as juveniles or smaller adults because IMO/IME they have an easier time adjusting to aquarium life. I have to admit that almost pulled the trigger on one of the larger ones on several occasions because of their relative scarcity in the hobby. Am now extremely glad that I waited. The timing on this one couldn't have been better either. My Aussie HT recently finished QT, leaving a vacancy for my new Broomtail wrasse!

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HA! Knew it was you who got that beast when I saw it sold last night!
Congrats on the broom! Gonna be a spectacular fish in the pond.

Sidebar, the Cheilinus genus all look identical as juveniles. That guy looks just like a Tripletail right now.

Maori wrasse crew! My snooty & bimaculatus are doing awesome together.
 
nirvanaandtool said:
HA! Knew it was you who got that beast when I saw it sold last night!
Congrats on the broom! Gonna be a spectacular fish in the pond.

Sidebar, the Cheilinus genus all look identical as juveniles. That guy looks just like a Tripletail right now.

Maori wrasse crew! My snooty & bimaculatus are doing awesome together.
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Thanks!! I hadn't looked at the sneak peek e-mail from DD yesterday, and didn't realize they even had one available until 3 hours or so after the update. Was really surprised it was still there considering the last one sold in under 5 minutes.

I agree, this one in particular does look a lot like a tripletail (another favorite of mine). For the non-Maori wrasse people, the best way to tell the two species apart as juveniles is the yellow spot on the operculum, which is absent in tripletails.

Great to hear that your snooty and bimaculatus are getting along! You've had them together for a couple months now right? Hopefully I'll have a similar experience!
 
moriarty said:
Thanks!! I hadn't looked at the sneak peek e-mail from DD yesterday, and didn't realize they even had one available until 3 hours or so after the update. Was really surprised it was still there considering the last one sold in under 5 minutes.

I agree, this one in particular does look a lot like a tripletail (another favorite of mine). For the non-Maori wrasse people, the best way to tell the two species apart as juveniles is the yellow spot on the operculum, which is absent in tripletails.

Great to hear that your snooty and bimaculatus are getting along! You've had them together for a couple months now right? Hopefully I'll have a similar experience!
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Sometimes they stick around for a few days, sometimes they go super fast. There has been a decent amount of maoris available though. NYA has had some decent stuff too but super-sized.

Yep. Joe (Kaiboshi on RC) said the exact thing about the yellow spot when I texted him about the Broomie on DD last night. Good for DD for getting that ID right :thumbsup:

Yea since Feb. The size different was pretty big between the two so there's virtually no competition. Bimac actually is more shy than the snooty and tends to prowl the bottom of the tank and wait for food to come down whereas the snooty is bold and up front, normally the first one to feed.
I'd think you would be ok with the pairing. These fish don't seem to mind one another even if they are similar sizes from my experience and I believe Joe has seen the same thing. As long as there is no direct competition for food, there are no problems.
 
Great fish! The color looks almost exaclty like a Tripletail I had a while ago except the yellow dot as you pointed out.
 
Here's a pic of my broomtail wrasse while she was acclimating. Has another 6 weeks in QT before she will be ready for the pool. Still has the juvie colors, and is a bit less than 6". Am really looking forward to watching her grow up! Will try to get some better pics.

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moriarty said:
Here's a pic of my broomtail wrasse while she was acclimating. Has another 6 weeks in QT before she will be ready for the pool. Still has the juvie colors, and is a bit less than 6". Am really looking forward to watching her grow up! Will try to get some better pics.

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Very nice specimen!
 
Thank you guys! It's nice to finally have the room for one of these! I contemplated putting one in my 240 for awhile before I set up the pool, but with their potential adult size, thought it would be better to wait. So far, she's been a very deliberate, slow moving fish, so maybe the 240 would have been okay (for a while at least).
 
Slow and deliberate until they are hunting. Then they are wrasse-missiles aimed at total invert destruction! Really powerful fish too, it's amazing to see the power of my two compared to say a Halichoeres wrasse. My two kind of slink around the rocks looking for inverts, especially the smaller Bimac. The bigger snooty tends to stay in the upper areas of the rockwork/tank.
 
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