500G (84X48X30)- NOW REAL !

[jnarowe]

freakin' beautiful Sanjay. Wow!

 

[cbui2]

fish transformer, pretty cool and insane. how big is he?

 

[cbui2]

fish transformer, pretty cool and insane. how big is he?

 

[Goodwin9]

I lost my male from my pair, I will have to watch and see if the female does the same thing. Very interesting!

 

[Sanjay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10555771#post10555771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by cbui2
fish transformer, pretty cool and insane. how big is he?

The fish is about 2-2.5". Not a very big fish, the male is bigger than the female.

sanjay.

 

[Sanjay]

Here is a picture of the radiant wrasse's face.

sanjay.

 

[mcrist]

Nice closeup...

 

[pcostanzo]

Sanay. I've been following your thread for awhile. Very nice. The wrasses are beautiful. Great close up.

 

[psusocr]

i considered myself pretty good at macro shots,, but macros of a swimming fish such as a wrasse with that clarity is unbeleivable..

great shot , guess i better keep practicing

 

[jnarowe]

what you don't see is the stick! j/k :lol:

 

[LNell]

That radiant wrasse is amazing. I can't wait to have a large enough tank to keep a trio of them. They have to be one of my favorite fish.

BTW, I'm volunteering for the HUB tank again this semester. I'm pretty excited.

 

[MarkKlier]

Sanjay that is one of the nicest pictures I have seen of a wrasse..great shot.
MK

 

[fishfanatic06]

Hey Sanjay, everything is looking great! How have your bali pieces done in terms of growth? Thanks!

 

[Sanjay]

My luck with the Bali peices has not been great. The first set I got, 3 of the 5 had bad infestations with AEFW and I ended up throwing them out, of the remaining 2 one died in a few months and the one remaining one is doing fine.

Recently (2 weeks ago) I added 3 more Bali cultured ones - so far they are doing OK but too early to tell.

I have noticed that the 'maricultured' corals take a longer time to adapt and grow. The ones aquacultued in artificial lighting seem to take off and grow fast right away. At least that is what my experience has been. would like to hear if other's have had similar experiences.

sanjay.

 

[jnarowe]

I definitely agree with this in my experience. I also find that maricultured corals are much more likely to come in with pests like acro eating crabs and AEFW. Not sure why that is, but I have found that to be the case much more so than with wild or aqua-cultured specimens.

 

[Spleef]

always amazing

 

[Sanjay]

Here are a few more fish pics...

Black Leopard Wrasse

Aurora Goby

Midas Blenny

sanjay

 

[pcostanzo]

Great shot of the blenny.

 

[mcrist]

I've never seen a Black Leopard Wrasse...beautiful fish

Great pictures...

 

[KurtsReef]

Some really beautiful fish.