Anybody had experience with Tamirans?

[chunky_homer]

The wife and I just bought a Yellow tailed Tamiran Wrasse, a real beauty.

Getting along well with everybody in the tank, with exception to the Clown. I saw the clown rip into it this morning and the tamiran just went along for the ride and then back to doing what it was doing. My six line doesnt seem to bother it much. Overall, I feel it was a good move.

Oh, we did notice that some of her purple flowers that were growing on the rock have gone missing. However, I have yet to actually witness the wrasse eat any of them. it feeds really well mysis and brine.

thanks all, Homer.

 

[jmaneyapanda]

Re: Anybody had experience with Tamirans?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12323375#post12323375 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chunky_homer
The wife and I just bought a Yellow tailed Tamiran Wrasse, a real beauty.

Getting along well with everybody in the tank, with exception to the Clown. I saw the clown rip into it this morning and the tamiran just went along for the ride and then back to doing what it was doing. My six line doesnt seem to bother it much. Overall, I feel it was a good move.

Oh, we did notice that some of her purple flowers that were growing on the rock have gone missing. However, I have yet to actually witness the wrasse eat any of them. it feeds really well mysis and brine.

thanks all, Homer.

One of the hardest wrasses to keep. Sprry to say it was not a good move. They rarely eat in the aquarium.

 

[Mikigo]

purple flowers? what are they?
as long as the fish is eating, it has a chance.

 

[JokerGirl]

They are great wrasses. I've had my New Guinea for almost a year now, and it's done great. I've even got it eating any prepared food I put in the tank, including flake.

The biggest challenge with these wrasses is getting one that hasn't damaged itself in shipping. Out of stress, they will bury themselves in sand. During shipping, there is no sand, so they will attempt to bury into the bag and injure their mouths. This injury is usually what ends their lives in captivity.

I hope you have plenty of pods in your tank. It is essentially like putting a mandarin in your tank, and will never stop grazing the rocks.

Start off trying to get it to eat frozen mysis soaked in garlic and sel-con.

Here is mine:

 

[lowincwrx]

Wow, beautiful wrasse. good luck hope she does fine in her new home.

 

[ACBlinky]

They're tough fish to keep, with many of the same issues as leopard wrasses -- they don't ship well and often arrive with damaged mouths/jaws, and may succumb to stress-related illness after a long trip. If your wrasse is already eating, you're already over the first hurdle. Sounds like it may do well for you, but do keep an eye on the other fish - the last thing the tamarin needs at this point is more stress.

 

[ACBlinky]

Sorry, double post

 

[bradleyj]

I've had my yellow tail for almost six months now and my red tail for almost a year and a half. Both are doing very well but mostly eat off the rocks. My red tail has learned to be a robber of the lps though. I target feed and he follows behind me stealing everything I give.

 

[Ladipyg]

Why don't this fish retailers ship their fish with a piece of PVC just large enough to hold the fish. It would keep the fish from being stressed and make them feel secure, less likely to be injured and a greater chance for survival.

 

[chrisstie]

As easy as it should be to properly pack a fish like that with helpful objects to reduce stress, in a box getting moved around by people who have no idea whats inside and going on planes and what not.. I'm sure if anything could go wrong it would. PVC smashes little fishy, fishy gets stuck in pvc in weird angle when box moves and water is on other side of bag...

I bet if you could invent a way to safely ship the more delicate fish without incurring barely any expense at all you'd stand to make a few bucks off it

 

[chunky_homer]

Re: Re: Anybody had experience with Tamirans?

Re: Re: Anybody had experience with Tamirans?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12325505#post12325505 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jmaneyapanda
One of the hardest wrasses to keep. Sprry to say it was not a good move. They rarely eat in the aquarium.

Yeah, we didn't realize this until we got home and started researching it. However, I'm glad to report that it is eating well, just about anything we put in front of it.

We bought the fish right after feeding time, and saw it grazing and pick up mysis along the way.

thanks for the input.

Homer

 

[chunky_homer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12327284#post12327284 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JokerGirl
They are great wrasses. I've had my New Guinea for almost a year now, and it's done great. I've even got it eating any prepared food I put in the tank, including flake.

The biggest challenge with these wrasses is getting one that hasn't damaged itself in shipping. Out of stress, they will bury themselves in sand. During shipping, there is no sand, so they will attempt to bury into the bag and injure their mouths. This injury is usually what ends their lives in captivity.

I hope you have plenty of pods in your tank. It is essentially like putting a mandarin in your tank, and will never stop grazing the rocks.

Start off trying to get it to eat frozen mysis soaked in garlic and sel-con.

Here is mine:

Wow, what a beautiful wrasse. Where did you get it? I've never seen one like that.

Thanks for the input, I'm glad to hear that it's got a better than 50% chance at being kept for more than the typical week.

 

[chunky_homer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12327698#post12327698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by lowincwrx
Wow, beautiful wrasse. good luck hope she does fine in her new home.

Thanks ... we were glad t osee it out and about the next day feeding and grazing and nipping and picking at every corner of the tank.

Homer

 

[chunky_homer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12326783#post12326783 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Mikigo
purple flowers? what are they?
as long as the fish is eating, it has a chance.

Yeah, I don't know what those purple flowers are called but the look like purple pulsing pom pom xenias without the pulsing. They are all gone now, just on one rock though. Not sure it's the wrasse thats picking at them anymore.

Thanks, I'm glad it's eating and out after being transplanted into its new the next day.

Homer

 

[chunky_homer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12331529#post12331529 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bradleyj
I've had my yellow tail for almost six months now and my red tail for almost a year and a half. Both are doing very well but mostly eat off the rocks. My red tail has learned to be a robber of the lps though. I target feed and he follows behind me stealing everything I give.

WOW .. Never realized there were so many different tamirans available. Glad to see that more than one could get along so well. Beautiful fish by the way. Thansk for the input.


Homer

 

[LargeAngels]

I've gotten jawfish shipped in PVC tubes with fine netting on the ends to keep them inside.

 

[JokerGirl]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12332456#post12332456 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chunky_homer
Wow, what a beautiful wrasse. Where did you get it? I've never seen one like that.

Thanks for the input, I'm glad to hear that it's got a better than 50% chance at being kept for more than the typical week.

Mine came from my LFS - it was about .75" long when it came in and showed obvious signs of stress. I had them hold it for me for several days because at first all it would do was swim in circles. It's now just over 3", so it's done incredibly well.

The species name for it is Anampses neoguinaicus aka Pearl/New Guinea Wrasse.

 

[chunky_homer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12334184#post12334184 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by JokerGirl
Mine came from my LFS - it was about .75" long when it came in and showed obvious signs of stress. I had them hold it for me for several days because at first all it would do was swim in circles. It's now just over 3", so it's done incredibly well.

The species name for it is Anampses neoguinaicus aka Pearl/New Guinea Wrasse.

Very nice ... I'm looking for one right now. Have any leads in the San Jose area?

Thanks, Homer.

 

[ssavader]

I think that the small "purple flowers" to the left and just above the Tamarind Wrasse are Clavularia.