Let Them Flash!

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8511527#post8511527 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wrasseguy2
i live in the detroit area...let me know where i just might go get them

Go see Greg at Stingray Bay in East Pointe. He had 2 left a week ago!!
 
flasher wrasse id

flasher wrasse id

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i was told this was a blue flasher, but i just dont seem to see much blue.
 
slant77,

Yes, it is a male of P. cyaneus. It will exhibit a yellow to yellowish area especially on anterior part of dorsal fin.

You can see blue while it is exciting or displaying. Good luck.
 
well i got 2 p. angulatus and they are so cool...i wanted these guys for about 5 to 6 months now and i finally got them...bot are males and are doing really good...both get along fine with each othe and the other guys..i hope to get pics tommorow but my friend has the camera..so got to get that back..i hope they both display as much as they are now...my carpenter's has slowed on its displaying now that it has been in the tank for sometime but still does alot right before lights out...keeping my fingers crossed these guys work
 
Hey, I just got a new wrasse today. I don't know what kind, I think it could be a Paracheilinus lineopunctatus, Line-spot Flasher?
He is very healthy looking and eating well after one day in the tank so far. He's a little finicky when you go near the tank or other fish approach him but I assume that is normal.

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Kawaii,

Yes, it is a nice male of P. lineopunctatus, as you mentioned. It will dramatically show two white areas on body, and the filaments turn white while it is displaying. Good Luck !
 
Compatiblity

Compatiblity

Can anyone tell me what other fish they keep in their wrasse/reef tanks? I've started on a mostly wrasse tank, but would some variety. Compatiblity is key.
 
In the tank with my new wrasse are two ocellaris clowns, a purple firefish, and a yellow clown goby. The wrasse is the largest of all of the fish. They all seem to get along fine.
 
Dear Hiroyuki,

please help me to identify this Cirrhilabrus species. They came from an Kenya import and I belive they look very similar like the sp. shown in Rudie Kuiters book on page 38 top.

Sorry for the bad picture quality of the male. I did not have my camera and the wolesaler took the pic's. Today I found a female which is from the same shipment and I had my camera:

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With the significant dorsal fins of the male it looks a lot like C. jjoanallenae, unfortunately the dorsal fins of the male are not to see in the pciture of Rudie'S book
 
Peter,

A nice purchase from Kenya.

It is an undescribed species from eastern African coast. It was long thought to be a variant of C. rubriventralis.

The male has a single filament on D fin and female does not, and the ventral fins are very long and 'fat' like those seen in C. rubriventralis, C. joanallenae and also C. morrisoni (from Western Australia).

There might be two distinct species from the area; one from South African coast and another is your fish, but the former has not yet to be collected. The latter (Kenya) specimens were now deposited at Western Australian Museum and will be named by Gerry Allen if it proves to be a new species. I have kept over six specimens of males and females, and one of my males have shown a gorgeous display colors with a brilliant golden caudal fin.

The reply from Gerry has not yet been offered.
 
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