Halichoeres... show some love

[iamwrasseman]

i dont have a clue as to where they were collected from and no pictures either . i will have to get the camera out but i suk on the computer and its tough to post pictures cause i have to down size them and move them around . i just am so slow learning this stuff with my computer ,i feel like a 4 yr old .

 

[reefsic]

@ MCCOOL and Jacob D

Thanks guys! Its a male Melanurus

 

[MCCOOL]

@ MCCOOL and Jacob D

Thanks guys! Its a male Melanurus

Wow, I wouldn't have guessed that. Very cool fish

 

[Idle Moor]

Wow what a great response! I just added my first ever wrasse on Sunday - a little 3" melanurus. Eating pods and the occasional bristle worm like a madman, but eschewing prepared food except for frozen mysis and prime reef. Seems a model citizen so far. Will try to get a pic up.

 

[Jacob D]

Thanks Peter. I like the shape too; reminds me of a throwing knife.

Idle - Welcome to the Halichoeres club Snap a pic or two of your melanurus.

 

[gmigmi]

My photo skills aren't great, but some pics from my tank.
helichores is definitely one of my favorite group of wrasse.

and finally the king

 

[Jacob D]

My photo skills aren't great, but some pics from my tank.
helichores is definitely one of my favorite group of wrasse....

Wow! Awesome group of Halichoeres you have! The richmondi is very nice. Are all of these together?

 

[gmigmi]

yes they are all in my 240g

 

[Jacob D]

That's great. Do they all get along with eachother? How big is your hortulanus?

 

[gmigmi]

he's aprox. 6 inches, I rarely see a very minor chase but nothing more than that, the interesting thing is that I see much more aggression between my fairy wrasse than the helichores.
the richmondy did get some bullying when he was added to the tank since he came much later then the others, but fortunately he was big enough to make it through the week or two of aggression till things calmed down.

 

[Ralph ATL]

Sweet pics!

 

[blennielove]

My photo skills aren't great, but some pics from my tank.
helichores is definitely one of my favorite group of wrasse.

and finally the king

WOW! Just breath taking!
I was told that you could only have ONE halichoeres per tank, but obviously, it is possible to keep more than one!

Did you add them all at once or did you space them out?

 

[Jacob D]

Blennie - Halichoeres are generally tolerant of eachother.


There are a couple of nice Halichoeres on DD right now

 

[iceemn360]

Here's my guy that I've had for the past 3-4 years

 

[malawinovice]

Mixing Halichoeres

Mixing Halichoeres

my Melanarus & my Halichoeres claudia.

did you mix these two in same tank?
what size, I am considering mixing with a leopard in 75

thanks

 

[blennielove]

Blennie - Halichoeres are generally tolerant of eachother.


There are a couple of nice Halichoeres on DD right now

I want to go get a couple...today...:eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2::eek2:
This is starting to get really bad! I think I am completely obsessed by these fishes!

Iceemn360 - Gorgeous wrasse! Beautiful shot too! What type of Halichoeres is he?

 

[iceemn360]

Thanks! Well I thought he was a melanurus but seeing photos earlier in the thread makes me second guess if he really is one!

 

[blennielove]

What ever he is - he is BEAUTIFUL!!! What if this is what a melanurus looks like when they are well taken care of and full grown?!?

More photos?

Thanks to everyone for sharing!!!

I look forward to reading this post daily!!!

 

[Jacob D]

Iceemn - that looks like H. chrysotaenia (same as first photo on page 1)

 

[Jacob D]

Here's one isn't seen too often... H. nebulosus