Anampses chrysocephalus
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pookstreet
Registered Stick Killer
Very nice Brad. I love both the red and yellow tailed versions but have never had luck keeping either long term 
prop-frags
SPS Slave
Great looking fish (both of them). And as always, we LOVE your pics!
Daniel Reef
New member
Great looking wrasse!!
LemonLemon
New member
My favourite species in the anampses family, more so than lennardi and femininus.
they are bad shippers but having gotten him from DD, all the hard work has been done for you and all you need to do is enjoy!
the male is stunning and it's so cool that he's "pairing" up with the yellow tailed one of a different species!
amazing gorgeous fish and skillful photography!
they are bad shippers but having gotten him from DD, all the hard work has been done for you and all you need to do is enjoy!
the male is stunning and it's so cool that he's "pairing" up with the yellow tailed one of a different species!
amazing gorgeous fish and skillful photography!
bradleyj
Reefkeeping Mag Staff
Thanks guys, I'm really excited to finally get a male that I know should do well. Like Lemon said, this fish has been well cared for after being in Kevin Kohens office tank for the last few months. He ate really well today, but his timeline is still on Eastern, he went to bed early again today. I should get more pics tomorrow.
Nice, I miss my pair. A year ago I got a pair about 4.5" and both were very healthy and fat. After being acclimated into the disaplay tank, they ate almost immediately. Mysis shrimps was their main diet at first and then a month later the female took a liking to pellets. My male never did try anything other than mysis. I feed mysis 3 times a day to try and keep them healthy but the male was losing weight fast. After 3 months the male finally succumed as he was paper thin, the female remained healthy and ate shrimps and pellets. One day I found the female on the floor.
Throught my experience I found that these wrasses are not hard to keep and are very peaceful. Feeding and the regularity of it is crucial to their survival as they exibit a feeding style that is likely to work against them in captivity. Like a bird they peck at their food with great force, you can heard the noise they make a room away. Once in their mouth, they chew the food into smaller bits before swallowing. If it's too large, they spit and chew again. This is what I believed killed my male, he took his time with the mysis and did not compete for food as fast as the others in the tank. My female ate the same way, however when she developed a taste for pellets it became her savior. I guess if these fish were in a environment where the food competition was much lesser, they would have more time to curve their feeding habbit and the types of food they would eat.
Throught my experience I found that these wrasses are not hard to keep and are very peaceful. Feeding and the regularity of it is crucial to their survival as they exibit a feeding style that is likely to work against them in captivity. Like a bird they peck at their food with great force, you can heard the noise they make a room away. Once in their mouth, they chew the food into smaller bits before swallowing. If it's too large, they spit and chew again. This is what I believed killed my male, he took his time with the mysis and did not compete for food as fast as the others in the tank. My female ate the same way, however when she developed a taste for pellets it became her savior. I guess if these fish were in a environment where the food competition was much lesser, they would have more time to curve their feeding habbit and the types of food they would eat.
LemonLemon
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aaaaaaaamazing!!!
bradleyj
Reefkeeping Mag Staff
AfricaOffroad
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That wrasse is a stunner !!!
Daniel Reef
New member
Nice video.
