bronco7777
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FishFOOd,
Some info comes from the book I mentioned. For example, the locations of the world where each of these fish are collected. Some of the other info comes from special magazines I've collected through the years. The magazines have provided the sizes I list. Finally the balance of the info is from personal experience and the pictures I'm posting are all mine.
Some info comes from the book I mentioned. For example, the locations of the world where each of these fish are collected. Some of the other info comes from special magazines I've collected through the years. The magazines have provided the sizes I list. Finally the balance of the info is from personal experience and the pictures I'm posting are all mine.
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Solar Fairies
Scott's Fairies
Temmnick's Fairies
Blue Scaled Fairies
Black-finned fairies
Exquisite Fairies
All these fish tend to lose their colors a bit if they don'y have a harem of females. When I say they lose colors its primarily their beautiful nuptial or courtship colors. Obviously without a mate to court the darker colored fairies (blue's/browns/greens) tend to
fade.
The in-between group - this means they may fade a bit but not alot:
Rhomboid Fairy
Pyle's Fairy
Pink-Margin Fairy
Goldbar fairy
Yellow-flanked fairy
Here are the fish that tend to keep their colors well, regardless of wether or not there is a harem:
Labout's
Flame
Social Fairy
Conde's Fairy
Lineatus Fairy
Yellowfin Fairy
Lubbock's Fairy
Rosy-fin Fairy
Orange Back fairy
(It seems to me that the fish that have the red-orange coloration or the hot pinks & yellows tend to keep their colors better than the blues & greens)
Please note that the fish listed in this post are the only fish I have had experience with or owned.......if a fish is not listed here, wether it be as a color fader or not, then I cannot confirm if they are faders or not.
Scott's Fairies
Temmnick's Fairies
Blue Scaled Fairies
Black-finned fairies
Exquisite Fairies
All these fish tend to lose their colors a bit if they don'y have a harem of females. When I say they lose colors its primarily their beautiful nuptial or courtship colors. Obviously without a mate to court the darker colored fairies (blue's/browns/greens) tend to
fade.
The in-between group - this means they may fade a bit but not alot:
Rhomboid Fairy
Pyle's Fairy
Pink-Margin Fairy
Goldbar fairy
Yellow-flanked fairy
Here are the fish that tend to keep their colors well, regardless of wether or not there is a harem:
Labout's
Flame
Social Fairy
Conde's Fairy
Lineatus Fairy
Yellowfin Fairy
Lubbock's Fairy
Rosy-fin Fairy
Orange Back fairy
(It seems to me that the fish that have the red-orange coloration or the hot pinks & yellows tend to keep their colors better than the blues & greens)
Please note that the fish listed in this post are the only fish I have had experience with or owned.......if a fish is not listed here, wether it be as a color fader or not, then I cannot confirm if they are faders or not.
Thanks, Bronco777. Great and informative post. The pics and posts you've given us in the past inspired me to buy a pair of lineatus wrasses this week. I've got questions about them which I've posted in this forum, but I won't put them here -- wouldn't want to get the thread off-track.
Keith
Keith
Jus Reefin
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Awesome thread. I purchased my first Fairy wrasse ( carpentars) a couple weeks ago. I have never seen it since it went into the tank 
I really love these fish and was planning on mainly having them only in my tank. Now I am skeptical cause of what happened
I really love these fish and was planning on mainly having them only in my tank. Now I am skeptical cause of what happened
bronco7777
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Chris777,
Its hard to tell from the pics. But I would take a guess and say its a female Conde's Fairy looking at the shape and colors. More pictures may help.
However, if its a juvenile fairy it may be undestinguishable until it matures more. Several juvenile fairies are identical when they are young and sometimes hard to recognize.
Its hard to tell from the pics. But I would take a guess and say its a female Conde's Fairy looking at the shape and colors. More pictures may help.
However, if its a juvenile fairy it may be undestinguishable until it matures more. Several juvenile fairies are identical when they are young and sometimes hard to recognize.
FishF00d
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Jus Reefin, what are the other fish in your tank? The same thing happened to me when i got my scotts fairy. I went to a wedding the next weekend and came back and he was gone? I had a purple tang who was rough on new fish and i also had a six line which according to bronco will not react well to any of the fairys.
Jus Reefin
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The only other fish are a purple dottyback and mandarian goby. It's a 179g tank. I was really upset cause these fish are not common at my LFS so I had to order it.
FishF00d
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I think the Dottyback may be the problem. Bronco777 might be able to shed more light on it but i recall him telling me in a PM to stay away from the dottybacks that they will attack them.
"Otherwise outside enemies include: Pseudochromis (except orchids), sixline wrasses, Some Anthias, Carpet anenome's (Notorious wrasse catchers at night)." That is what he posted earlier in the post.
"Otherwise outside enemies include: Pseudochromis (except orchids), sixline wrasses, Some Anthias, Carpet anenome's (Notorious wrasse catchers at night)." That is what he posted earlier in the post.
Jus Reefin
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My bad I though the Flasher wrasse were in the "Fairy" family. There is no where for it to jump accept for into the overflow and down the drain. A peppermint took the ride but no fish.............yet
bronco7777
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Dottybacks are known for attacking fairy and flashers wrasses. Flasher wrasses tend to be alot smaller than fairy wrasses.
If you have a purple or strawberry dottyback, those things are just plain mean to fairies. Now there is one exception.....a orchid dottyback looks just like a strawberry but has a very mild desposition. So mild in fact that you can actually keep more than one in the same tank.....which is something you would never do with say a neon dottyback or strawberry.
If you have a purple or strawberry dottyback, those things are just plain mean to fairies. Now there is one exception.....a orchid dottyback looks just like a strawberry but has a very mild desposition. So mild in fact that you can actually keep more than one in the same tank.....which is something you would never do with say a neon dottyback or strawberry.
bronco7777
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Temminck's Fairy Wrasse - aka (Peacock Fairy or Blue-Stripe Fairy)
cirrhilabrus temminckii
Come from: Japan / Malaysia / Indonesia / Western Austrailia
Fairy Size Category: Medium (3.9" as adult)
Colors: HIGHLY VARIABLE - These fish are so widespread and their colors vary quite a bit from sea to sea. Mainly available in the trade are the ones pictured below:
Brown underside, red-orange upper body. Red trim on fins and small blue dots everywhere. Males get a yellow stripe down the length of the body. When they flash their nuptial colors are bets are off....just about any color can be demonstrated.
Availability: Occasional
Here's a picture of one I had with a male Pyle's next to it.
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cirrhilabrus temminckii
Come from: Japan / Malaysia / Indonesia / Western Austrailia
Fairy Size Category: Medium (3.9" as adult)
Colors: HIGHLY VARIABLE - These fish are so widespread and their colors vary quite a bit from sea to sea. Mainly available in the trade are the ones pictured below:
Brown underside, red-orange upper body. Red trim on fins and small blue dots everywhere. Males get a yellow stripe down the length of the body. When they flash their nuptial colors are bets are off....just about any color can be demonstrated.
Availability: Occasional
Here's a picture of one I had with a male Pyle's next to it.
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