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DirtySouth056
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great looking fish
LargeAngels
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maximus: Cool. I agree. I'm getting my Johnsoni this week.
I have always loved the fairy/flasher wrasses and I am getting ready to stock my tank and just had a couple of questions. These will be going in a 120g reef with a pair of clowns and possibly 1 or 2 other fish down the road.
I am planning on getting a harem of either carpenters or Hawaiian Flame Wrasse. What is the prefered number of female/juvies to have. Was thinking 3 females/1 male but I am open to suggestions.
Also will either of the harems have problems being housed with a single pink margin male?
I am planning on getting a harem of either carpenters or Hawaiian Flame Wrasse. What is the prefered number of female/juvies to have. Was thinking 3 females/1 male but I am open to suggestions.
Also will either of the harems have problems being housed with a single pink margin male?
bronco7777
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Well I'm back. You guys have been real busy with this thread. 5 new pages since I left on vacation. WOW!
Can't remember exactly who asked this but Multicolor Angels do just fine in the company of fairy wrasses. I've had mine for several years housed in an all coral and fairy tank. Never has he picked on my corals. I believe its due to the fact that I purchased this fish extremely young (size of a nickel). I taught him to eat dry food and his always well fed. I find the younger the angel, the better the chance is of the fish becoming reef-safe.
Can't remember exactly who asked this but Multicolor Angels do just fine in the company of fairy wrasses. I've had mine for several years housed in an all coral and fairy tank. Never has he picked on my corals. I believe its due to the fact that I purchased this fish extremely young (size of a nickel). I taught him to eat dry food and his always well fed. I find the younger the angel, the better the chance is of the fish becoming reef-safe.
MarvinsReef
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give 'em some time.. they'll adjust to your photoperiod.. Marvin
MarvinsReef
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BTW.. just a pic of my Lineatus...
zemuron114
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bronco or tanaka,
Im getting in many fairy wrasses in a few weeks from australia (lineatus, laboutei, scotts, punctatus, coral sea) all ranging from sm to Xlarge. Would i be better off cupping them instead of letting them roam free? I dont want the males of the same species to fight and hurt eachother.
thanks!
Im getting in many fairy wrasses in a few weeks from australia (lineatus, laboutei, scotts, punctatus, coral sea) all ranging from sm to Xlarge. Would i be better off cupping them instead of letting them roam free? I dont want the males of the same species to fight and hurt eachother.
thanks!
bronco7777
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Hiroyuki,
It's great to be back. I had a wonderful time in Italy. Lake Como that sits almost at the swiss border is like being in a living postcard. I did visit the aquarium in Genoa on the first leg of my trip. It was a nice aquarium but I was very disappointed to not see any fairy wrasses on display in the entire aquarium. I was in that aquarium for over 4 hours and saw nothing that even looked like a fairy wrasse. I did see the usual parrot fish that seem to inhabit every aquarium....but never a fairy or flasher. That kinda bummed me out.
I'm glad to hear that you might be finally getting your earle's & johnsoni from Brian.
You should see how much my johnsoni's have grown. By the the way, it appears my female johnsoni has changed to a full blown male. I'm going to take pictures so that you can see the before and after transformations.
It's great to be back. I had a wonderful time in Italy. Lake Como that sits almost at the swiss border is like being in a living postcard. I did visit the aquarium in Genoa on the first leg of my trip. It was a nice aquarium but I was very disappointed to not see any fairy wrasses on display in the entire aquarium. I was in that aquarium for over 4 hours and saw nothing that even looked like a fairy wrasse. I did see the usual parrot fish that seem to inhabit every aquarium....but never a fairy or flasher. That kinda bummed me out.
I'm glad to hear that you might be finally getting your earle's & johnsoni from Brian.
You should see how much my johnsoni's have grown. By the the way, it appears my female johnsoni has changed to a full blown male. I'm going to take pictures so that you can see the before and after transformations.
bronco7777
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zemuron,
since your fish are all coming in at the same time you won't have established territiory issues to deall with as it realtes to these fish in the begining. However, if your are going to have some males of the same species and similar size in the batch, I'd watch over them closely. Eventually if you have them together in the same tank, some aggression will begin to take place as they settle in and and start claiming space in the tank. Be prepared to have a quick option available (another tank or cup) if you begin to see fights or aggression.
Are these fish just going into a holding tank becuase they are going to be sold or are they going into a permament display tank?
If they are just being held for sale, then you should be able to keep them together in the same tank for a short period of time and you shouldn't have to cup them if they are introduced simultaneously. However, if you have say two supermales together in the batch....there may likely be issues.
If they are going into a permanent display tank I'd make sure not to place two extra large males together.
since your fish are all coming in at the same time you won't have established territiory issues to deall with as it realtes to these fish in the begining. However, if your are going to have some males of the same species and similar size in the batch, I'd watch over them closely. Eventually if you have them together in the same tank, some aggression will begin to take place as they settle in and and start claiming space in the tank. Be prepared to have a quick option available (another tank or cup) if you begin to see fights or aggression.
Are these fish just going into a holding tank becuase they are going to be sold or are they going into a permament display tank?
If they are just being held for sale, then you should be able to keep them together in the same tank for a short period of time and you shouldn't have to cup them if they are introduced simultaneously. However, if you have say two supermales together in the batch....there may likely be issues.
If they are going into a permanent display tank I'd make sure not to place two extra large males together.
zemuron114
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sounds good. They will be for sale, im trying to move them as fast as i can without stressing them. So i will probably hold them for 3-7 days. Is that to long? I wont keep supermales of the same species in the same tank.. i know thats asking for trouble
t0mmy108
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I've had my golden rhomboid for a while now. So do these guys lose their colors if there is no female? I thought the colors look a little lighter than some others I've seen. Or is it just that this may be either a juvenile or female? I'm thinking about calling Brian to send me another one to entice it to show more color...
here it is when i first got it from Brian...
here it is today...
here it is when i first got it from Brian...
here it is today...
zemuron114
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stilla abeauty though Looks like a juvie male or a full female
Looks like a juvie male or a full femaleIt is not a fully-grown male, for it has still shorter pelvic fins; I think that it still is a (larger) female. It is rather dfficult to tell sex of the species by coloration only. In some species of Cirrhilabrus females can be larger than males like C. marjorie from Fiji and C. solorensis from Indonesia.
bronco7777
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tommy108,
I agree, that is a young rhomboid and likely a female. However, if it were a young male, you will have some slight fading in color when they are brought in from the wild and there is no other rhomboids to display for in the tank it resides. This occurs with the Pyle's as well (Very similar looking fish). It's not a huge color change, like say a Scott's losing the pink magenta spot in the center of the body and turning a dark midnight blue. But some slight fading will occur. The yellow will become lighter.
I'd consider the rhomboids, pyles, lineatus and labouts as slight faders without mates.
I'd consider Scott's, Exquisites, Solars, Punctatus, as definite strong faders of colors. (Most of the fairy wrasses that have blue, turqouise, brown, green, or dark purple as their PRIMARY body color, are strong color loss candidates)
I'd consider any of the orange, hot pink or red fairies as great color retainers with just about no color loss regardless of wether they have a mate or not. That would include:
Flame, Johnsoni, Yellowfin, Social, Conde....just to name a few.
(One fairy to add to this list allthough it is not red is the Orangeback.....great color retainer!)
I agree, that is a young rhomboid and likely a female. However, if it were a young male, you will have some slight fading in color when they are brought in from the wild and there is no other rhomboids to display for in the tank it resides. This occurs with the Pyle's as well (Very similar looking fish). It's not a huge color change, like say a Scott's losing the pink magenta spot in the center of the body and turning a dark midnight blue. But some slight fading will occur. The yellow will become lighter.
I'd consider the rhomboids, pyles, lineatus and labouts as slight faders without mates.
I'd consider Scott's, Exquisites, Solars, Punctatus, as definite strong faders of colors. (Most of the fairy wrasses that have blue, turqouise, brown, green, or dark purple as their PRIMARY body color, are strong color loss candidates)
I'd consider any of the orange, hot pink or red fairies as great color retainers with just about no color loss regardless of wether they have a mate or not. That would include:
Flame, Johnsoni, Yellowfin, Social, Conde....just to name a few.
(One fairy to add to this list allthough it is not red is the Orangeback.....great color retainer!)
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