New Additions from our LFS

[MBC2012]

My love came home with several wonderful surprises last night. Took a drive to our favorite LFS and picked up an Earl, Hawaiian Flame and a Rhomboid Wrasse. Also a Desjardins Sailfin. I am one happy mommy

 

[pktech]

Nice! My LFS got that desjardins in too ... gonna get big & probably be the "enforcer" of your system. Beautiful

 

[MBC2012]

That's what we where thinking. The new system will be 220gal so I'm thinking we will be OK. - might be the same local store - this about 3.5 hours from us but in your state.

 

[Dmorty217]

You will be fine with the Desjardini in a 220g, well depending on the rest of the tank inhabitants of course. I got mine a year ago and he was only about the size of a silver dollar with fins flared. Now he is 5-5.5" but isn't the king of the tank, that goes to my 5" orange shoulder who is keeping his juvenile yellow coloration and is one pudgy fish

 

[MBC2012]

dmorty - I had never heard of a orange shoulder. Just ck'd out the web - beautiful tang. Right now the desjardin is the largest we have. The four new fish are in QT and will remain there until we get the 220 up. In the 75g we have a mystery and six line wrasse. 2 Borbonius Anthias, yellow hogfish, long nosed hawkfish, 2 Female Lyretail Anthias, and a couple small gobies and one watchman gobie.
The only fish on our list left are Lineatus Fairy Wrasse, Copper Banded Butterfly, Purple Tang - and the wish list is the Gem Tank (lol).
All will be introduced together in teh 220g once it's cycled and the chalices and other corals are settled

 

[jaa1456]

Thats a bit of a travel to be a LfS lol. Good luck with the new fish, I'm pretty sure i know where you got them. Although with the exception of the Earli wrasse, most Lfs in NJ carry the others quite regularly. I do know three Lfs in NJ that do have Earli wrasses frequently.

 

[MBC2012]

If it wasn't for the bridge the ride would be a piece of cake. We will continue to head down as we really like the livestock and people.

 

[MiaCoral]

You have to post some pictures now!!

 

[MBC2012]

They are in QT right now. Once they all settle pics will be posted

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

I think you are going to have issues with the mystery and other wrasses

 

[Fsarmien]

pics!

 

[evolved]

I would strongly urge you reconsider putting a sixline and/or a mystery alongside other wrasses.

 

[MBC2012]

Thank you for the input. Our thought was that they would all enter the tank together and in a 220 gal there would be room. If it is your opinion that this plan would not work, we will give it more thought. Currently the six line and mystery are together and the others are in QT.

 

[evolved]

All Pseudocheilinus wrasses have the potential to become outright terrors once mature. Occasionally there are exceptions, but if we play the odds the chances are either the sixline or the mystery will kill off all the other wrasses once mature.

I'm willing to bet either or both your current sixline and mystery are juveniles?

 

[MBC2012]

yes - both juvenile. Would you rehome both or keep one?

 

[Iowafisher]

Pics

 

[evolved]

If I were you, it would not be worth the risk to keep either.

 

[Rea17]

if i were you, it would not be worth the risk to keep either.

+1

 

[MBC2012]

Interesting. I was speaking with my Love and he corrected me. The mystery is not a juvenile. Thank you for your input. Definitely something to ponder.

pics to come

 

[ingtar_shinowa]

if i were you, it would not be worth the risk to keep either.

+1