Halichoeres... show some love

You know, you guys are really EVIL! I'm so short of cash, and what do you know? Here are all these beautiful fish. And me, finally got room for a couple of new fis.
However, I'm betting my T. lunare would object to more wrasses in its new home. Starting to get adult colors now, so I don't trust it like I did when it was a baby.
These pics are still *Awfully* tempting!

Matthew
 
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i have had him for about a year now. Doesnt bother no one in the tank
 
I have a big melanarus, have had him for a year and change, definitely my favorite fish in the tank. Tons of color, lots of personality. Always hungry! So hungry that he likes to eat my cleanup crew, my peppermint shrimp, heck, even my sand sifter starfish is missing two arms!! poor guy!

But the wrasse is worth it. I am considering getting another. I am going to do some research on them. Is it possible to buy another small H. Melanarus and end up with a pair? Do they exhibit any interesting behavior as a pair or am I better off just going for variety and getting a different type of Halichoeres?

Lots of great pics here, if I can snap a good one when I get home, I will add it to the thread!

oh, and to weigh in on the bedtime talk, my wrasse hops in the sand about 35 minutes before the lights go out, every day right on time! It is pretty amazing the biological clock these guys keep to not be late for bedtime.
 
Here's mine :)

Had him about a year, model tank citizen apart from kicking up the sand now and again. Great hunter and loves the occasional zoa spider.

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Awesome! Keep those photos coming!

We haven't seen many pics yet of H. leucurus (gray head), richmondi, hortulanus (checkered), annularis, or marginatus (dusky). Anyone keeping these and holding out on us?
 
Could someone post a picture of a real Christmas Wrasse. I saw too different pictures of this fish. Some people call it Ornatissimus or Claudia. So...Thanks very much.
David
 
A LFS near me has a beautiful checkerboard wrasse (H. hortulanus) that's about 3". I'd love to buy it, but I've read that can reach almost a foot. Is this common in aquariums? That's a little big for my 60g haha
 
h0bite said:
Could someone post a picture of a real Christmas Wrasse. I saw too different pictures of this fish. Some people call it Ornatissimus or Claudia. So...Thanks very much.
David
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There are a couple of different wrasse that are called a Christmas wrasse. Go to post 31 and you will find a photo of my Ornate Wrasse (Halichoeres ornatissimus).
 
whorulz1147 said:
Does anyone know of an online store that carries H. Biocellatus?
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I don't know, they should be easy to find as they are present in major fish export locations like Fiji, although they are not very common there. The places where these guys are most common are Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. Here a photo of one in Guam:

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Thank you very much Luiz. One more question now, how can I make the difference between the male and female Ornatissimus ?
I looked on the net. and didn't found the answer.
Thank
David
 
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