Cirrhilabrus rubrimarginatus trio anyone?

[flameangel88]

stunning fish there ,very nice catch ! what other fish do you have for tank mates ?

Thanks. They're with mostly angels (centropyge, genicanthus and Chaetodontoplus), and 2 butterflies. Plus a couple of other fishes. I also have a much larger female that I got from the lfs in QT but the color is not quite as nice as the one above. I wonder if this is region variant?

 

[flameangel88]

Where did you find the females?

I got them from BZA and the one in QT from the lfs.

 

[iamwrasseman]

region variant ? very possible yes it is surely possible and as you can see all fish vary due to genetics so i would vote ..........yes sir !
while your taking pictures a full frontal with most of the fish would be cool and as i say most i do know how they all disappear when the camera comes out but it would be cool to see please.

 

[LKGRenegade22]

I've been watching a few places and have not seen any in stock.

 

[flameangel88]

iamwrasseman--I'll work on a pic with their tankmates.


Advice for anyone buying online--best to get them under 2" as the larger PM seem to be more prone to shipping stress. The smaller one came out of hiding much earlier than the larger one. I got 2 (4" & 4.25") from the lfs and during acclimation one of the two died. After 10 days the surviving one started to swim around and few days later started eating frozen but during the first 10 days I didn't think she was going to make it.

 

[iamwrasseman]

thanks for the effort and i also like younger wrasses as they seem to adjust faster and also dont get so stressed . out of the fourty five i have i think thirty five were small and they really do adjust better . i am a fan of 2"or smaller too!

 

[albano]

I've been watching a few places and have not seen any in stock.

http://www.nyaquatic.com/servlet/the-320/Pink-Margin-Fairy-Wrasse-dsh-2-dsh-3%22/Detail

has/had 5 in stock


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