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[cpage3]

Well tonigt I was looking at my tank with the lights out and noticed something really cool. My pinstriped pygmy wrasse (Pseudocheilnops ataenia) had formed a mucus coat around it.
I know that parrotfish do this often to mask their scent from predators, but I didnt think that other fish did this as well.

Enjoy!

slime coat

~CAP~

 

[cpage3]

its kind of a small picture for some reason, can someone get this to show up on the thread for me (i am picture posting illiterate)

Thanks
Chris

 

[vitaldefect001]

<img src="http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j21/cpage3/pseudocheilnopsataeniasleeping.jpg"></img>

 

[RandyO]

A lot of wrasses sleep in or under the sand and create a mucus coat.

 

[Namyar]

Interesting

 

[josepha]

thanks

thanks

good shots Chris, and thanks for the frags, the hammer looks great.
joe A

 

[ReeferMac]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7330427#post7330427 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RandyO
A lot of wrasses sleep in or under the sand and create a mucus coat.

Yup, I had a little yellow one (damned if I can remember the name) when I was moving my tank(s) across the development... Little bugger dived into the sandbed when I tried to net him, and I never found him....

... until 2 days later when I had all the tanks setup in the basement of our house!

- Mac