Let's see your rare wrasses!!!!

[btkrausen]

It was sold to me as a Super Male from PIA. To be honest, the pics are sort of washed out compared to his real colors, in which they are much deeper and richer in person. Not using that argument to say mine is a "super male", but just saying

Regardless, its probably the brightest and most colorful fish I've ever seen with my own eyes.

 

[mroccoralman]

Fairy wrasses tend to be very passive in small tanks you will get fighting unless you add like 2 at a time. You could be fine with no Fighting with like 3 pairs of wrasses. Up in this thread I see someone has like 4 different species of wrasse with no fighting.

 

[albano]

Fairy wrasses tend to be very passive in small tanks you will get fighting unless you add like 2 at a time. You could be fine with no Fighting with like 3 pairs of wrasses. Up in this thread I see someone has like 4 different species of wrasse with no fighting.

I probably have almost 20 diff. species of wrasse in my 450g, with no fighting...some pairs/harems...but most end up turning male

 

[MCCOOL]

every page of this thread is great!

here's my female Kwa-Zulu fairy wrasse

A horrible shot of half of my meleagris leopard

and not so rare, but im super excited about it. she just arrived today, female flame wrasse.

Sorry for the horrible iphone pics.

 

[aquaph8]

C. rubrimarginatus

sorry for the pic, hes in QT and hard to pic in there cause of the window behing the tank. Ill post another one later when I get a better pic. He's a five inch fish atleast, had to have him.

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[btkrausen]

C. rubrimarginatus

sorry for the pic, hes in QT and hard to pic in there cause of the window behing the tank. Ill post another one later when I get a better pic. He's a five inch fish atleast, had to have him.

Nice, thats gorgeous Brett. I plan to get one for my tank as well sometime in the future.

 

[deangelr]

Who is going to buy this from PIA...?

http://www.pacificislandaquatics.com/prestashop/product.php?id_product=436

Anyone on RC have a male/female pair?

 

[aquaph8]

Who is going to buy this from PIA...?

http://www.pacificislandaquatics.com/prestashop/product.php?id_product=436

Anyone on RC have a male/female pair?

I want to but so many other things are more important right now. I hope they'll continue to be available in the future. Maybe enough so that the price will come down a little.

 

[aquaph8]

Nice, thats gorgeous Brett. I plan to get one for my tank as well sometime in the future.

Thanks Bryan, this guy sat in the LFS for like a month, I finally had to take him home.

 

[btkrausen]

Who is going to buy this from PIA...?

http://www.pacificislandaquatics.com/prestashop/product.php?id_product=436

Anyone on RC have a male/female pair?

Somebody just picked up the juvenile they had within the past few days. I'm pretty sure Brad said he did or was getting one of those juveniles as well.

 

[bradleyj]

They brought in the pair, and 2 submales. I got one of the submales and the other just sold last night I believe.

I haven't received him yet, he is supposed to be on a plane thursday night to SLC. I'll pick him up friday morning.

 

[deangelr]

Do the females stay that pattern as they mature..? I really like the dichromatism..

 

[djze]

here is a bad i-phone pic of my pearly red razor wrasse

 

[wes1333]

Wish my mystery wrasse was super rare lol

 

[pacislandaqua]

Terminal male is the more accurate term for super male which is an industry thing for a selling point. A terminal male would be on top of the hierarchy on the reef of their harem (there can be multiple harems on the same reef) These males will have the brightest colors and are usually the biggest. Certain fairies will start to dim or drab out when there is no displaying going on between them and potential mates (this is why the brightest males are terminal males - they attract more females) - much like a peacock !

Lineatus are one of the few who will remain with the colors with or w/o a female. Scotts or exquisites are notorious for becoming drab over time without females or other males present.

 

[albano]

Terminal male is the more accurate term for super male which is an industry thing for a selling point.

+1...IMO/E...it would be hard to find ANY male wrasse, in ANYONE's tank, (vendor, or hobbiest), that the owner does not describe as a SUPER MALE.
Apparently we are not satisfied with a 'beautiful' wrasse, and find it necessary to proudly tell everyone (most of whom, really couldn't care less) that it's a SUPER male!
When my GF asks why, some of my fish cost so much, I just tell her that I only buy SUPER fish!

 

[btkrausen]

+1...IMO/E...it would be hard to find ANY male wrasse, in ANYONE's tank, (vendor, or hobbiest), that the owner does not describe as a SUPER MALE.
Apparently we are not satisfied with a 'beautiful' wrasse, and find it necessary to proudly tell everyone (most of whom, really couldn't care less) that it's a SUPER male!
When my GF asks why, some of my fish cost so much, I just tell her that I only buy SUPER fish!

I, agree, with, that. Super, male, sounds, so, much, better.

 

[38bill]

All my males wrasse are Super-Duper males which are much better than just the plain old Super males.

 

[reefjunkie42]

can we actually see some more rare wrasses?

 

[bradleyj]

Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis..

Paracheilinus angulatus.

Paracheilinus Attenuatus.

Cirrhilabrus Bathyphilus

Paracheilinus Bellae.