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Tanaka & Bronco, please help ID.

I was at a lfs and they just received a shipment of fish and i was shocked to find a beautiful fairy wrasse, i believe it is Cirrhilabrus Temminckii? I attached to pics, one with it acclimating and a close up. I was using a holding container to see how the lineatus would act towards the new fairy and accidently lost hold of the container and out came the new fairy!!! The lineatus came up for closer look and started to flare a bit, i immediately turned off the lights. Do you think these two will get along? Also, will my mccosker flashers be okay?

thanks,
Steven



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Well my solono and exquisite seem to be doing fine together in my 75g with 150lbs of rock. Now I'm going to try a Aussie scotts Wrasse.
 
blface,
Thanks for your pics. Yes, the first species is a male of C. adornatus in caution with a orange-yellow body. It willexhibit the coloration when it feels fear or in display. Take more pics while it is free swimming.
The second species is, as you say, C. rubrimarginatus, young male form.
The third is a male of C. lubbocki in blue phase; females are entirely red with a dark spot on caudal peduncle.

heuerfan,
Yes, it is C. temminckii, male form. The variant is known as the Blue-stripe Fairy Wrasse, and is repotded from southern Japan, the Ryukyus, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia. There is an augument among ichthyologists that this "species" is diferent from the "true temminckii" and surely they mix in cetain areas, including southern Japan.
Allen, Randall, et al. are recognizing it as only a variation of temminckii at present and I follow them.
The male will exhibit brilliant blue stripes on side when it displays.
 
Thanks Mr. H. for the quick response. Do you think I will have a problem w/ all three fish being males??
 
A male from Sulawesi (8cm, brown and white with blue stripes) and an overall dark brown male (12cm from Borneo) are shown.
They greatly differ in coloration but now they are regarded as variants of temminckii.


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blface,
No I don't think so, but when you put a new comer into the community tank make a closer look on them whether or not they show any trouble~ fighting poses. At first they at least show curiosity but usually soon they will be apart and ignore. Good Luck.
 
Thank you very much Tanaka for the ID! Are those your temminckii pictured, they are very nice.

When will you be releasing your CD?
 
Tanaka & Bronco,

Thanks for the comments. He is still displaying a bit today but no where near as yesterday but the Exquisite and one of my Solorensis took a bit of a beating. One of the things I have noticed in the last two weeks is that the orange bar is getting bigger; I guess he's growing up.

Mike
 
Thanks for your inetest.
I am now rewriting the CD version to add new C. brunneus. I should send two specimens to Dr. Allen who will examine them to determine if they are an undescribed species or C. brunneus. He has just discovered another new species of Cirrhilabrus from Indonesia and it would be soon published. Then I can release the CD that is not for sale might include at least two new spp. Wait for a while, but essentially the CD version will be sent to contributors.
 
This is an undetermined specimen, male, 65mm from Sulawesi.
Dr. Gerald R. Allen described C. brunneus from n.e Kalimantan and he saw this photo and replied that it was new, but Dr. John E. Randall emailed me that it was C. brunneus. So Allen will examine mine to compare soon.

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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7213833#post7213833 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bronco7777
slobound,

I suggest you place this fish in its own QT and begin using a light dose of maracyn 2 (saltwater version) to help heal his wounds. He's probably very stressed out from the wounds and now also has the transfer shock of being moved around from one place to another. He may continue to rub up against his wounds and make things worse if he stays in the specimen cup all stressed out.
Keep the lights dim in the QT and provide a PVC fitting for him to hide and rest in. Give him two weeks in there and if possible give him a varied diet of Mysis, Krill, and cyclopeeze. FYI, also add a strong airstone to the QT while medicating him with Maracyn 2 and do some 20% water changes every 3 days. If you do this I think you'll have him up and running in a couple of weeks...ready for the big tank.
When you are ready to transfer him to the big tank use the specimen cup method with him and start this process at night right before you shut down the lights for the day.
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Bronco,

I set up the QT and started dosing the marcyn 2 lightly. His mouth is healing and finally came out today to eat. He's not swimming more freely in the QT instead of hiding. Thank you for the help! I'll get pictures soon.
 
Well folks, it's time for me to go.

I'm leaving on vacation for two weeks to Italy. Man am I looking forward to this, work has just been beating me into the ground.
I'll be in Milan, and Como and I'm gonna take a trip to the aquariums in Genoa & Monaco. So I hope to have great pics.

I will have very limited access to internet so you'll probably hear very little from me. Then again, now with Mr. Tanaka on here full time....your in the best hands available for this subject.

Talk to you soon!!!!
 
I noticed tonight when the atinics were on that the debelius & lubbocks were really agressive & displaying at each other. Should I worry?? They were really chasing each other all around the tank. I turned all of the lights off to be safe.
 
i'm having an issue with my debelius fairy as well. I just introduced him a couple days ago and he is being harrassed by my mystery wrasse. The mystery has never shown any agression to the other four fairies in the tank. The debelius is rather small though which probably accounts for the aggression (same size as mystery). I think if anything you might have the same problem with the lubbocks and debelius both being small and posturing for dominance. Hopefully it will subside soon.

I found a C. roseafacia at my lfs today, at least that's what it appears to be, need to take a pic. I've read that these are the largest of the genus and would like to know any experiences regarding the general tempermant of this fish. I'm a little worried because i have a supermale lineatus that is just a little bigger than the roseafacia and hope there will be no aggression. The lineatus is a very relaxed fish.
 
Does anyone know what the roseafascia usually retails for? I've never seen it for sale before so i'm not sure what they usually go for.
 
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