purple pseudo owners

[r0bin]

Hi everyone.
I own an aggresive purple psuedo. I was wondering about others experiences with these fish and what other fish you keep with yours. I noticed on Foster/Smith that wrasses have a C for caution on the compatibiliy chart with the pseodo. I am kinda bummed b/c a wrasse was gonna be my next fish. Also, I am tired of "pinkie" being the boss of the tank, she isnt even the prettiest fish. I was thinking actually of maybe putting in a damsel so she would have someone to tangle with. Is that mean?
I actaully have thought of taking her out, but generally I don't like to do that, once I buy a fish I like to keep it.

 

[Wes11]

I just added a pair of perculas with mine. One lived one didnt......

My Pseudochromis is just as aggressive. I inherited him from a friend so I feel guilty about getting rid of him. So I would give caution to anything you add thats the same size or smaller.

 

[rickbirdman]

my fridmani was the 3rd fish introduced. after a pair of onyx clowns. he did fine and was not aggressive. i added a yellow tang and they did show a little agression but they never attack each other. they even share caves at times.

 

[brentp]

I have two ocellaris, a Sailfin Tang, and a Rabbit fish and the fridmani pseudochromis has never shown any aggresion to any of the fish. I do have a 150 gallon tank, so maybe he has enough space.

 

[r0bin]

What do you guys think about mixing in a dwarf angel?

 

[Avi]

Well, there might be a little confusion about which fish the "purple pseudochromis" we're talking about. This one:

http://www.frontiernet.net/~maroasis/purple.jpg

Or this one:

http://www.oceanlife.nl/afbeeldingen/Pseudochromis_fridmani.gif

The first of the two is said to be a very agressive fish. The second one, P. fridmani, from my experience and others that have posted in these threads, don't seem to be particularly aggressive at all. Mine is a perfect community fish.

 

[scrmbld33]

i have the fridmani, calmest fish in the tank, i have a flame angel, yellow tang, 2 clowns 3 b/g chromis

 

[r0bin]

Yea, lol the first one is mine. So which do you guys have?

 

[scrmbld33]

if he a real terror is there a lfs to trade him for a fridmani? they look very similar

 

[Avi]

They are fairly similar though their body shape is somewhat different on close inspection. The P. perphyreus is aggressive with fish that are wholly unrelated as mentioned in posts above. And, while the P. fridmani is a great fish and doesn't hassle other fish from what I can tell, and that's been what rickbirdman and brentp report, too, I've held off from getting the Arabian Dottyback (P. aldabraensis) that I want:

http://lib.store.yahoo.com/lib/yhst-92298163281979/66541.jpg

...because it's so closely related to the P. fridmani that I fear that it wouldn't be so peaceful when it come to putting one of those in the tank.

 

[Alaskan Reefer]

Mine was hell on wheels for the few weeks I kept him.

 

[adtravels]

I have a pseudochromis porphyreus (Strawberry gramma)
Purple with clear fins They are not aggressive if added last even to a small tank, If they have an established territory ie first into a small tank they wil understandably defend it.
Add them last and they will find a small niche to defend away from others.

 

[r0bin]

See thats the prob. I did add pinkie last, but I upgraded to a 75 gal tank, and obviously put those three fish in. NOw shes not last and I concerned about my next fish. She scraps with my blennie all the time but he can hide in holes. I am looking for a good fish to boss her around.

 

[EraveXK]

What is this?????????

What is this?????????

I bought some lalo live rock from dr foster. When I broke it to make smaller pieces I found this guy in there. Initially there was about 3-4 inches showing. This picture shows about one inch still poking out. It looked like an earthworm where the skin was transparent and I could see what looked like veins inside. The tip in the picture kind of looks like a raspberry. I have not been able to find any pictures anywhere to identify it. Anyone have an idea?

I am about two weeks into the curing process for these rocks. I have a tank with fish set up already and am curing the rock in a seperate tub. If this thing is good should I try and recover it and add it to my already cycled tank to help it survive or just leave it be?


Thanks Andrew