some new fish we picked up from zemuron114 :)

[Sparkss]

Here are a couple of new fish we picked up from DJ (zemuron114).

Here is our new Lineatus fairy wrasse :

 

[Sparkss]

And our Ornate Wrasse (also known as a Hawaiian Christmas Wrasse)

 

[sid700]

Pretty. Do these sleep in the sand?

 

[Sparkss]

the ornate does, the lineatus does not

 

[otterpop510]

gorgeous fish, especially like the lineatus fairy wrasse.. beautiful colors. how is the personality compared to other wrasses? hanging out fine with the tangs and angels in your pics?

 

[Sparkss]

At first there was some shyness on the part of the Lineatus, then the Kole tang picked on him a little but now they all get along fine. It was probably just the newness and it often occurred around feeding time and even then not that often.

They may be a little cramped for our 100 gallon, but we are working on an in wall 240 right now and hope to have them in a bigger space within another month or so.

Oddly enough the Lamark Angel is the current bully. Althgouth not really that bad in general, and only picks on the lineatus, but still, he picked the wrong fish to pick on, so look for a "free to good home" post on him soon

 

[Horizon Canopy]

hope you have that top covered... i just lost my lineatus due to jumping...

 

[Sparkss]

Absolutley !! Just about all Fairy Wrasses are known jumpers. Thanks for the heads up though

 

[xinumaster]

Hi tom, nice colors on that wrasse. I used to have 2 like that but they jumped after 3 days.

 

[Sparkss]

had ours for just over a week now, but again, ours is a completely covered tank, always has been (so there was no "light shock" to our corals, etc if we had added the cover later).

 

[GreshamH]

What makes you think it was from Hawaii? They're far more common out of the south pacific, like Tonga and Bali.

 

[Sparkss]

I am not sure about your question Gresham, I don't recall having mentioned where they were from. But as it happens, I ordered them, and some other livestock, directly from Hawaii.

Although the Lineatus was imported by the supplier from Australia

 

[zemuron114]

looking good Tom
Stay in touch so in August we can get to work!

 

[Sparkss]

most definitely. Can't wait to start populating the new tank (well, can't wait to have the new tank up and running either ). You are tops on our list to order from when we are ready

 

[cthetoy]

Sparkss,

Did you pick them up from Hawaii and brought them back as a carry on or did you have it shipped back? If it was a carry on how did the airlines handle it?

Thanks zemuron114 for the PM on your fish collecting tips. Definately will try to meet you in Oct when Im in Hawaii.

 

[Sparkss]

I had them shipped. Zemuron114 was great to work with picking out the fish, etc.