Halichoeres... show some love

Well, the H. Rubricephalus arrived today. Looks great, and I while I was expecting it to dive right into the sand has been swimming around a bit. Lights are off to reduce any stress, but I will try and get some pictures in the next few days.

Looking very healthy! I'm extremely pleased.


Hey Dave, how is the rubricephalus doing?
 
Grats on the nomination! Voted! :) Since this is the place to find Halichoeres photos I will post some of mine (all underwater):

H. ornatissimus
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H. claudia
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Hey Dave, how is the rubricephalus doing?

Hey Jacob, it's doing fantastically. I am extremely pleased. It destroys PE mysis, however doesn't seem to interested in pellets (it took a few when I first got it, but now doesn't seem interested. it gets excited when I feed pellets, but quickly realizes there's no mysis for him so will go about picking at my rockwork).

I'll try and get some pictures later, but please know they won't be up to the quality of the one that Kevin posted of it when it was for sale!
 
@Luiz
Thanks for the vote, I'm sure other Halichoeres owners will represent too! Those are some beautiful photos. That ornatissimus is very nice!!

@Dave,
That's great. It seems that the rubricephalus are actually hardy fish if you get a healthy one to begin with. Don't worry about the quality of the pics, everyone here will be happy just to see more wrasse pics :)



Question for anyone else who owns any Halichoeres - have you had any issues with them going after snails or crabs, or any aggression towards other fish? Both of mine totally ignore the clean up crew and there are no quarrels with other tank mates.
 
i would have downloaded tons of pictures here on rc if it were easy . in the past two days i downloaded 113 pictures of my tanks and fish with little to no effort . the website actually re sizes them for you why not here ?
if only we had
 
Here's a pic my friend took of my Red-Head Wrasse - Male (Halichoeres rubricephalus). I've had him since early February of 2010.

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Beautiful, this is the one helichores I have no luck with so far, have tried 3 already and none made it for a week.:confused:
 
I have a bunch of questions; lets start with how deep a sand bed should I plan for, and how much area should it be. I'm wanting to partition off a bed. Say I plan for two Halichoeres in a 4' 140, would I be safe planning a Bodianus? What about two a candy and a peppermint? How will Cirrhilabrus mix with them? Last for now, I'm really liking the spectrum foods, and liking more being off frozen; how will these wrasses fit into a once or twice feeding schedule, and will they take well to these pellets?[/QUOTE

I do have a bondias masudai with my multiple helichores in my 240, I have seen no problems whatsoever.
 
Awesome Dave! Very nice fish, glad to hear he's doing so good. Is there a little damage to his tail, or is it just the camera angle?

I will have to take a picture of my Christmas. She's so fast though. What are the best settings for taking pics of these speed racers?

In general, shoot with a shutter speed at least 1/125 second, or faster. Wait for them to slow down, while they're checking out a potential tasty snack or whatever might have them preoccupied is an opportune time to snap a pic :)
 
I don't think I already mentioned it, but between my two Halichoeres my flatworm population has been decimated in a short time. Before I might have had hundreds, maybe even a thousand or more planaria visible on the glass of my tank, now maybe one or two individual worms. I'm actually happy there are a few still around... free fish food!
 
i only have a 40 breeder. i have a yellow Halichoere now with 2 clowns, and a yellow tail damsel. can i add a melanurus? i also have a 20 gallon sump with BM Nac6. Thanks.
 
Awesome Dave! Very nice fish, glad to hear he's doing so good. Is there a little damage to his tail, or is it just the camera angle?



In general, shoot with a shutter speed at least 1/125 second, or faster. Wait for them to slow down, while they're checking out a potential tasty snack or whatever might have them preoccupied is an opportune time to snap a pic :)

Jacob, there is actually a little damage to his tail. That occurred shortly after I introduced him. I have NO idea how it could have happened and no one in the tank is giving him any trouble! It's healing, however somewhat slowly.
 
Well I finally banished the shrimp to another tank and got myself a Halichoeres wrasse. I found a 2" H. melanarus that I couldn't pass up, she/it has a huge belly and started eating the day after arrival. It's currently in QT, here are a few pics, ignore the anthias they are camera hogs.


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