Halichoeres... show some love

Often overlooked and easily forgotten but I love the little guy!!

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I mean, how many solid green fish are there in saltwater?
 
djkms said:
Often overlooked and easily forgotten but I love the little guy!!

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I mean, how many solid green fish are there in saltwater?
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It won't be green for long. Once it becomes an adult all you have is a big grey greenish fish. Mine got to 9" before I sold him.

Like this one but bigger.

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The green does certainly seem to fade with a majority of these and age. I have seen some which have neared the colour of juvi's but not very often. I'm not sure if its the same with other wrasse species like the dragon where some of the colour seems to make it through, ie boring drab specimens get worse and ones with nice greenish colouration are more likely to be "prettier".
Going back to Halichoeres chloropterus, ocassionally you see one in adult colouration with a black thumb spot on the body. Does anyone know if this is a regional variation? I've seen something similar in h melanurus
 
My Earmuff Wrasse in the fuge soon to be moving to the main tank, again.
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Now, I always thought she was the smaller H. Xanti, but how do I know it's not the larger, H. Melasmapomus? Since I am questioning things here, can anyone tell if it's a she?

And for the record, I had to dig this fish out of the sand twice to move her from the tank because the falco hawkfish was terrorizing her, and she has recovered wonderfully.
 
In case anyone wondered, it is true, I took the picture of the butterflyfish in the avatar and the grainy wrasse picture :rolleye1:

Sarah
 
tylersarah said:
Now, I always thought she was the smaller H. Xanti, but how do I know it's not the larger, H. Melasmapomus? Since I am questioning things here, can anyone tell if it's a she?
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I'm not sure who started propagating that misinformation, but there's only one species of earmuff, and that's H. melasmaponus.

(for the record on H. xanti moniker: )
Fishbase said:
Halichoeres xanti (Károli, 1882): Ambiguous synonym for Halichoeres bicolor ((Károli, 1882))
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Still female yes, but could be headed towards sub-male.
 
evolved said:
I'm not sure who started propagating that misinformation, but there's only one species of earmuff, and that's H. melasmaponus.

(for the record on H. xanti moniker: )


Still female yes, but could be headed towards sub-male.
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Goofy stuff on the internet led me to believe that, thanks for straightening it out. I have a 4' 120 gal aquarium, I know they are constant swimmers, think the tank is too small?
 
She's still doing well in quarantine - cannot go into the display as long as the hawkfish is still lurking. Anyone on here interested in her? I'm looking for an exceptional home.
 
I have a yellow wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus). It´s not eating at all. extremely thin !!
Is there any way to encourage him to eat?

And by the way ... could anyone, tell me if all halichoeres eat parasites, red bugs , pests etc etc ?? I heard this a couple of times, and not so sure about this info. I know they are known to eat fireworms and pyramidellid snails, but red bugs and other pests ???
 
Small, meaty foods are your best bet. Frozen is fine, but you might have better luck with some live foods (if you get can any).
 
Just stumbled upon this picture i was adding elsewhere and as this is the thread for it

Halichoeres cosmetus maturing nicely

 
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