cirrhilabrus lunatus

[reefjunkie42]

here is a few pics of my pair of cirrhilabrus lunatus. Ive had these fish for a little over 2 weeks and they are doing very well, eating pe mysis. I did have a trio, but lost 1 female. hope you all enjoy. they are young juvis, and I believe the 1 with the yellow patch is a sub male. He is pretty amazing when flashing. they are about 1.5-1.3/4 inches long

 

[reefjunkie42]

a bunch of people lookin, but the silent continues....dun dun dun

 

[nonimmigrant]

drool... I love fish when they are this small. I've a Fathead that is just barely an inch long in my SPS sump with the calupera and I just love watching them at this size.

 

[The Codfather]

Nice looking fish, shame you lot one. I assume your QT'ing them?

 

[reefjunkie42]

yea im qting and yes its a shame.

 

[pacislandaqua]

nice!! definitely a sub male. And good buy crazy how similar they are to johnsoni in shape.

 

[reefjunkie42]

def similar i agree totally. my johnsoni i feel is going to fight with them

 

[cmaxwell39]

Very nice pickup. Hopefully the the two that are left will make it through
QT without any other problems. Great looking fish.

 

[btkrausen]

Nice Dex...I really like the black dorsal fins on these and have been considering picking some up but not sure yet. I think I'm going to focus on my top 10 first before I get too overloaded with wrasses, haha.

Great looking pair, can't wait to see what they look like when they grow up.

 

[btkrausen]

Looks like a nice trio coming to Divers Den tonight.

 

[nanoreefer1000]

Yay pictures! Very pretty!

 

[reefjunkie42]

Yep I saw that my male looks so different than any of those I'm happy to confirm he is a man!!!

 

[Poomba]

Buy the trio and have a super baller harem!

 

[reefjunkie42]

Haha that would be some harem

 

[LemonLemon]

that's a female-male transitioning specimen you've got there.

it won't be long before it becomes a full male.

cirrhilabrus lunatus is very variable in color.

the yellow patch will get bigger and depending on the fish, the amount of black it develops on it's body will vary.

sometimes a little green tinge at the head area too.

 

[reefjunkie42]

cool lemon! thanks for the info!

 

[reefjunkie42]

heres a pic of the male in the DT. they were getting bullied a little by the male hooded, but i hope it will subside. also my Macropharyngodon meleagris was showing interest in them as well, which i though was odd considering they are from a different genus. Of course they paid them no mind in the acclimation box. I hope all goes well or else ill have to pull them. and I dont want to at all.

As you can see he is really developing the black fins they are known for. I honestly think the fairys such as hooded, lunate and naokoe with black finnage mixed with splashes of color are more amazing than a flame wrasse or labouti, just my opinion. I have 2 male hoodeds and both look diffrent, but are from the same range and collection point, and sold as a pair, but the female developed into a male with neon blue and black finnage. Just a side note.

 

[snorvich]

def similar i agree totally. my johnsoni i feel is going to fight with them

Do you use an acclimation chamber? Solves a lot of problems of this type. Not all, but many.

 

[reefjunkie42]

Yes I do as I mentioned it the original poat

 

[btkrausen]

Yes I do as I mentioned it the original poat

Original Post = here is a few pics of my pair of cirrhilabrus lunatus. Ive had these fish for a little over 2 weeks and they are doing very well, eating pe mysis. I did have a trio, but lost 1 female. hope you all enjoy. they are young juvis, and I believe the 1 with the yellow patch is a sub male. He is pretty amazing when flashing. they are about 1.5-1.3/4 inches long

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