New naokoae and bathyphilus

[bradleyj]

You have to use express checkout Ryan. LOL

 

[roktsintst]

Damn YOU!!! What an incredible collection!

 

[bradleyj]

Damn YOU!!! What an incredible collection!

:lol2: :celeb2::beer:

 

[LemonLemon]

OMG brad.

1 more reason to get jealous!

attenuatus + nahackyi!? oh come on.

my country don't have those!

 

[bradleyj]

Well he made it safe and sound and he's now getting to meet all of his new buddies.
He already wants out.

 

[aquaph8]

ok Brad your cut off while the rest of us play catch up. 6 or 7 years should do the trick. Congrats on another beautiful fish.

 

[bradleyj]

I know, I know. Lets keep it on the hush, hush. If my wife finds out about another fish I really will be cut off. LOL

 

[LemonLemon]

curses!

that's a beautiful nahackyi!

so jealous so jealous

but happy for you! nice catch!

 

[LemonLemon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjmRd...layer_embedded

brad, here's a video of my hooded wrasse flashing at the female.

colours are hard to see and not evident due to youtube's quality degradation on my video. you can watch in HD to see what it realy looks like.

 

[d-man]

link doesn't seem to work Lemon, but im anxious to see.

 

[LemonLemon]

oh. sorry about that.

try this link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjmRd6ExZJM&feature=player_embedded

if you're watching i do suggest watching it in HD. the 360p does no justice.

 

[myerst2]

Someones got some serious testosterone running through them

 

[bradleyj]

Very cool Lemon. It's amazing to me to see how aggressive yours is compared to my timid hooded. I think mine is a bit overwhelmed in my tank with all of the larger wrasses.
I'll post some new pictures later.

 

[LemonLemon]

mine is very peaceful but when it starts flashing....

even the chromises get chased at. as you can see, the female is so terrified of him! he had her in the corner for most parts of the video. and there's a part where he did lateral flips at her.

it's the first time i've seen fairy wrasses do that.

 

[roktsintst]

Awesome Video Lemon! I just love the bathyphilus.

Brad, how about a nice video so we can check out all the wrasses!

 

[bradleyj]

Awesome Video Lemon! I just love the bathyphilus.

Brad, how about a nice video so we can check out all the wrasses!

I wish I could. I'll have to get my wifes camera out and see if I can try to take one I like.
I tried to talk her into a video camera for xmas, but was shot down.
For some weird reason, she thinks I take way too many pictures of my fish already. LOL

 

[LemonLemon]

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another video of the testosterone laden male hooded wrasse. this time the video is shorter but you can really see how he's just all over the female.

part of it is cut off as it made a complete round with the female around the perimeter of the tank. only the beginning is shown and finally when it reach the end.

it's interesting how it stays very very close to the female when he chases her. his nose to her belly and they complete one round around the tank.

maybe they might spawn soon.

 

[LemonLemon]

i tried taking photos of it flashing but it's impossible without a good DSLR camera or at least one with fast shutter speed.

i only managed these pictures of it at the cooling down stage of it's display. the climax is even more beautiful than this with a bright yellow belly and fully expanded fins. blood red dorsal and yellow anal fin.

the cooling off still retains some of the nuptial colours which is, predominantly, a lilac hue over most of it's body except for the "hood"

i love the lilac colour contrasting with the red hood.

 

[huskerreef]

I am always amazed at how awesome wrasses look when they are flashing. Nice video and pic!

 

[LemonLemon]

I am always amazed at how awesome wrasses look when they are flashing. Nice video and pic!

ah! thanks for the reply.

am humbled that it came from you.

you know my friends and i back in my country are very very impressed with your stunning collection. your earlei is certainly a conversation piece.

not to mention your ultra rare lunatus X cf. lanceolatus. marjorie, johnsoni, and a whole myriad of other rarities!

great job with the awesome collection