My Eightline Flasher Wrasse, Paracheilinus octotaenia

[OrionN]

I recently got an Eightline Flasher Wrasse female. She is doing very well in my tank and feeding well, getting fat. Looking back at the pictures I got of her, It see, that she is clearly changing. More colorful and the fins are no longer clear.
I will try to take pictures at regular interval and update it here so we all can see the progress. I hope she will be the spectacular fish that she have the potential to be.



Initial picture 5/10/2018

Today picture 5/23/2018

 

[OrionN]

Another picture I took this AM

 

[OrionN]

It is about 1 year ago that I got this wrasse. The transformation was remarkable. She grew fro about 1.5 inches to 3.5 inches terminal male. The complete transformation was just happened a few days ago. I have not get a really good shot of him yet, but will over the next week or so I hope.


5/07/2019

5/18/2019

5/19/2019

5/21/2019

5/21/2019

 

[HumbleFish]

Beautiful wrasse!

 

[heuerfan]

Wow awesome, great photos as well!

Are there any other wrasses in the tank, if so can you list them?

 

[LargeAngels]

Awesome. One of my favorite. I had a large male for about 5 years.

 

[OrionN]

Wow awesome, great photos as well!

Are there any other wrasses in the tank, if so can you list them?

He is in a 320 with a number or wrasses. I will sit down and make a list of them later

 

[OrionN]

Better picture today, along with the Exquisite Fairy that streak by fast.

 

[OrionN]

Brighter light. More time to take pictures

 

[Systemwizardinc]

very nice fish

 

[ThRoewer]

I'd love to put a pair of those into my tank, but it's not covered and I'm sure these guys are notorious jumpers just like hexatenia. Those I found regularly on the carpet...

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[OrionN]

I know Scott Michael recommended keeping harem of these wrasses in our tank. However Flasher and Fairy wrasses always turn male in our tanks even with dominant male in resident. Keeping a pair will invariably result in two males even when they spawn for a while. Once this happened we will have problem.
All veteran wrasse keepers recommend single specimen per species.

 

[carrots]

Minh, your photography skills are only second to your outstanding fish keeping skills. Thanks for the post and info on the eight line wrasse. It is now on my wrasse wish list.

 

[OrionN]

Minh, your photography skills are only second to your outstanding fish keeping skills. Thanks for the post and info on the eight line wrasse. It is now on my wrasse wish list.

Thanks. I am glad you find the information and picture helpful.

 

[OrionN]

I got better pictures of my favorite wrasse today. Hope y'all like it.