Swales Basslet

[jjwex]

I'm thinking about getting a Swales Basslet. Does anyone have any experience with them? How colorful are they in person? I understand they're shy - do they come out into the open much?

 

[tcmfish]

Should behave like any other Liopropoma, meaning they will come out. My L. rubre now eats from my hand and its only been a week or two. I would guess they would look similar in person as they do in pics (gray and orange). Probably the cheapest of the Lio's.

 

[reefsafe]

Mine hides all the time.

 

[Sigmund]

Mine only swims in the open water during feeding.

I do have a lot of rock work in my tank, but have many caves and overhangs, because of this there is a number of areas where he will stay covered above by rockwork, but still in sight. This is the best tank set-up for this type of fish if you ever want to see it.

Mine has the orange stripes, and if your lighting is good the base of the body will appear a light purple. If your lighting is not that great they generally appear to have more of a silver base. Of course the actual fishes coloring sometimes are more or less striking as well.

One of my favorites, but not a fish that is going to be out front and showing off all of the time.

 

[finsurgeon]

I've had mine for almost a year, but it never comes out of the caves that were dug by my giant engineer goby. I can find it almost every day or night, but perhaps I have too many fish and too good a cave structure for him to come out. He's a very pretty yellow/ white black spot combination, but I don't get to enjoy if much.