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I had a pair of Lineatus wrasses for about five years. After surviving 300, 120 & 225 gallon tank moves as well as temporary tanks and three hurricanes, they perished due to the problem with my wrasses as discussed above.
I do not currently own them, but I had a four fish harem of McCoskers wrasses purchased at about one year after the Lineatus wrasses. These wrasses were given a temporary home with a friend during one of my tank moves. He liked them so much he permanently adopted them. One of the females died, but the male and two females are still alive. One of the females and the male appear to be slowing down and not looking as good as they used to. I would suspect that they are nearing the limits of their life span (at least in an aquarium setting).
achillesheel
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what is the typical life span of these guys? ocean/ aquarium?
Benny Z
In Memoriam
Here is a movie of my injured wrasse.
Quality is downgraded for file size (1MB), but you can still see how big the gash is.
http://home.insightbb.com/~ben.zimmerman/salt/wrasseinjury.wmv
Quality is downgraded for file size (1MB), but you can still see how big the gash is.
http://home.insightbb.com/~ben.zimmerman/salt/wrasseinjury.wmv
danieljames
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Cirrhilabrus?
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tang_man_montreal
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Blackhat Pencil wrasse, (Pseudojuliodes sp)
It's not a fairy wrasse, doesn't tend to ship well, and can be reluctant to feed.
Bronco can offer more information as he has one.
tang_man_montreal
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Benny,
judging by your video, your wrasse seems quite active. From what I could make out of the injury, it doesn't look too bad. He may have gotten spooked and attempted to jump, or dart into a rock. If your water quality is good, he should be fine.
bronco7777
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Benny Z,
Fairy wrasses are very nervous fish. They are like firecrackers, they can go off at any time. Sometimes if I walk in front of my tank suddenly or make a quick unexpected move I'll have a couple of them dart straight up and hit the lid on the tank. Judging by the body language in that video the fish looks like he's okay and he has just a big scrape on his head. He probably got startled for a moment and bumped into a rock or something as he jumped around.
Just watch the area to make sure it doesn't get worse. If so, go ahead and take him out and place him in the QT. Use the Maracyn 2 as I explained earlier.
Otherwise I think he'll be fine.
Fairy wrasses are very nervous fish. They are like firecrackers, they can go off at any time. Sometimes if I walk in front of my tank suddenly or make a quick unexpected move I'll have a couple of them dart straight up and hit the lid on the tank. Judging by the body language in that video the fish looks like he's okay and he has just a big scrape on his head. He probably got startled for a moment and bumped into a rock or something as he jumped around.
Just watch the area to make sure it doesn't get worse. If so, go ahead and take him out and place him in the QT. Use the Maracyn 2 as I explained earlier.
Otherwise I think he'll be fine.
Hiroyuki/Bronco and the other experts on this thread,
I have two tanks: a 200 gallon LPS tank and a 320 gallon SPS (primarily) tank. I am devoting the 200 gallon primarily to fairy/flasher wrasses. The 200 gallon has four percula clowns and one helfrichi firefish and a couple of shrimp/goby pairs. The question is how many fairy/flasher wrasses I can put in the 200 gallon. Currently purchased and arriving are pairs of Cirrhilabrus earlei, Cirrhilabrus johnsoni, Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis for this tank. That seems like it should be no problem. I also have purchased a small harem of Cirrhilabrus jordani (5) which I would like to put in the 200 as well if it would not be too much. Alternatively I could put them in the 320 which has a lineatus and a rubrimarginatus plus anthias and gobies. What is the consensus advice on this choice? TIA.
I have two tanks: a 200 gallon LPS tank and a 320 gallon SPS (primarily) tank. I am devoting the 200 gallon primarily to fairy/flasher wrasses. The 200 gallon has four percula clowns and one helfrichi firefish and a couple of shrimp/goby pairs. The question is how many fairy/flasher wrasses I can put in the 200 gallon. Currently purchased and arriving are pairs of Cirrhilabrus earlei, Cirrhilabrus johnsoni, Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis for this tank. That seems like it should be no problem. I also have purchased a small harem of Cirrhilabrus jordani (5) which I would like to put in the 200 as well if it would not be too much. Alternatively I could put them in the 320 which has a lineatus and a rubrimarginatus plus anthias and gobies. What is the consensus advice on this choice? TIA.
bronco7777
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Danieljames & Tang Man
Yeah that's a picure of my Black Hat Pencil Wrasse.
This fish is not a Cirrhilabrus. It comes from the Pseudojuloides wrasse family.Pseudojuloides severnsi is the correct scientific name for this fish.
One unmistakeable sign that this is not a fairy wrasse is the fact that it is a sand sleeper. It Needs a bed of sand to bury itself when it goes to sleep. Fairy wrasses do not bury themselves. They spin mucus cocoons to protect themselves at night.
This pencil wrasse can be kept well with fairy wrasses. They don't get very big and they are for the most part reef safe. I keep mine with adult blood shrimps, cleaner shrimps and peppermints and he has never gone after them. I do see them go after worms or pods when they can find them. He's never touched my small cerith snails.
One more note here...the Yellowfin fairy wrasse seems to always be chasing the pencil. It never amounts to any real aggression but it still occurs constantly. Interesting as both these fish can be found in Indonesia, so you would think they know each other well. Anyway, nothing to be concerned about. My pencil has never been aggressive toward any fish so I recommend them from that standpoint.
One thing to keep in mind is that the males are (pictured above) completely colored differently from the female. The female is just all orange from head to tail. However, if the male is kept alone some of his coloration will fade. So consider getting a harem for these guys. They can live well alone, but look better with females.
These wrasses.....like most wrasses......don't ship very well. So they need to be treated delicately when transfering. QT in a dark room for two weeks, and then specimen cup the fish for a day or two. Start him off on fresh Mysis and he should take to that well. Once they are established in your system they become almost bulletproof.....just like a fairy.
Oh by the way, if you guys think fairy wrasses are good jumpers, these are the olympic champions of jumping. So cover your tanks!
Yeah that's a picure of my Black Hat Pencil Wrasse.
This fish is not a Cirrhilabrus. It comes from the Pseudojuloides wrasse family.Pseudojuloides severnsi is the correct scientific name for this fish.
One unmistakeable sign that this is not a fairy wrasse is the fact that it is a sand sleeper. It Needs a bed of sand to bury itself when it goes to sleep. Fairy wrasses do not bury themselves. They spin mucus cocoons to protect themselves at night.
This pencil wrasse can be kept well with fairy wrasses. They don't get very big and they are for the most part reef safe. I keep mine with adult blood shrimps, cleaner shrimps and peppermints and he has never gone after them. I do see them go after worms or pods when they can find them. He's never touched my small cerith snails.
One more note here...the Yellowfin fairy wrasse seems to always be chasing the pencil. It never amounts to any real aggression but it still occurs constantly. Interesting as both these fish can be found in Indonesia, so you would think they know each other well. Anyway, nothing to be concerned about. My pencil has never been aggressive toward any fish so I recommend them from that standpoint.
One thing to keep in mind is that the males are (pictured above) completely colored differently from the female. The female is just all orange from head to tail. However, if the male is kept alone some of his coloration will fade. So consider getting a harem for these guys. They can live well alone, but look better with females.
These wrasses.....like most wrasses......don't ship very well. So they need to be treated delicately when transfering. QT in a dark room for two weeks, and then specimen cup the fish for a day or two. Start him off on fresh Mysis and he should take to that well. Once they are established in your system they become almost bulletproof.....just like a fairy.
Oh by the way, if you guys think fairy wrasses are good jumpers, these are the olympic champions of jumping. So cover your tanks!
MarvinsReef
In Memoriam
got some pics of the Condei showing off..
I used the mirror trick on him.. the Lineatus also gets a kick out of the mirror..
heading towards the mirror..
warming up...
dancing around the mirror..
flashing.. sorry for the blurry pics.. he's really fast..
another version of flashing.. I think..
Marvin
I used the mirror trick on him.. the Lineatus also gets a kick out of the mirror..
heading towards the mirror..
warming up...
dancing around the mirror..
flashing..
sorry for the blurry pics.. he's really fast..
another version of flashing.. I think..
Marvin
MarvinsReef
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here's some pics of the Lineatus.. he's about 3 1/2"...
here's the a pics of the tank buddies.. trying to figure out what to do with the mirror..
Marvin
here's the a pics of the tank buddies.. trying to figure out what to do with the mirror..
Marvin
I just finished acclimation of the pair of C. rhomboidalis which I received from Brian Greene of Twilight Aquatics (http://www.twilightaquatics.net). I cannot tell you how beautiful these fish are and will get pictures when feasible. Dealing with Brian has been a real pleasure; you get what you pay for and the quality is impeccable. Highly recommended. Thanks Brian!!
And for those who asked about the picture I use, it is a pregnant Leafy Sea Dragon found off of Kangaroo Island in Southern Australia. Very cold but worth it.
And for those who asked about the picture I use, it is a pregnant Leafy Sea Dragon found off of Kangaroo Island in Southern Australia. Very cold but worth it.
Hi guys,
Came home today to a very cranky Cirrhilabrus balteatus. He is displaying most of the time with this coloration and gettting very aggresive with my Exquisite Wrasse. Here is the a shot of it with the "displaying/aggresive coloration".
Regular color, this was a few minutes later, it went back to the other coloration right away.
Have any of you guys with one seen this? This is the first time I have seen it do it
Thanks
Mike
Came home today to a very cranky Cirrhilabrus balteatus. He is displaying most of the time with this coloration and gettting very aggresive with my Exquisite Wrasse. Here is the a shot of it with the "displaying/aggresive coloration".
Regular color, this was a few minutes later, it went back to the other coloration right away.
Have any of you guys with one seen this? This is the first time I have seen it do it
Thanks
Mike
bronco7777
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palmer,
Nice shots! I've seen my balteatus display in those colors before but I was never quick enough to get photos of it as he changed back very quickly.
Looks like your balteatus is looking to extend his territorial boundaries within the tank and he is telling the exquisite who's the boss now.
Nice shots! I've seen my balteatus display in those colors before but I was never quick enough to get photos of it as he changed back very quickly.
Looks like your balteatus is looking to extend his territorial boundaries within the tank and he is telling the exquisite who's the boss now.
blface
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Mr. Tanaka is the first pic a C. adornatus?? If so do you think male or female?? In the background of the second pic I'm thinking I have a C. rubrimarginatus. Would you agree? Would you call it a juvi, male or female?? In the last pic I know it's a male C. lubbocki it's really hard to get clear pics of such fast fish.
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