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[chipchip]

I would recommend both... Naokoe (M) has strong/bright colors and pink margin is attractive in M or F colors...

Ok.. I will check the prices on them. Maybe I can get a C. lineatus, my dream-wrasse

Can you say something to Pseudojuloides cerasinus? There are some of them in the store atm.

 

[Marshall O]

I would personally pass on the C. naokoae. They can be quite aggressive with other Fairy Wrasses from what I know. No issue with the C. rubrimarginatus though.

Edit: Just saw you want a C. lineatus. In that case it would be either that or the C. rubrimarginatus. They don't play well together from what I know.

 

[chipchip]

I would personally pass on the C. naokoae. They can be quite aggressive with other Fairy Wrasses from what I know. No issue with the C. rubrimarginatus though.

Edit: Just saw you want a C. lineatus. In that case it would be either that or the C. rubrimarginatus. They don't play well together from what I know.

Yes, C. lineatus is my dream-wrasse so far. But its hard to get one here in Switzerland.. So I hope that I can get one with luck.

Dejong in Netherlands does have 2 C. interrupta :crazy1: that would be an awesome shot.

 

[albano]

Yes, C. lineatus is my dream-wrasse so far.

IMO, a 'full' male pink margin, can have some resemblance to a lineatus, in color/pattern...not the same, but still a very beautiful wrasse!
If wrasses are hard to come by in your country, I would not pass up those 2

 

[Marshall O]

IMO, a 'full' male pink margin, can have some resemblance to a lineatus, in color/pattern...not the same, but still a very beautiful wrasse!
If wrasses are hard to come by in your country, I would not pass up those 2

I agree on the C. rubrimarginatus. Terminal males look like a C. lineatus with a red hue and red fins. Very good looking fish!

 

[Editour2]

Not trying to hijack this thread but I purchased a lineatus fairy wrasse from liveaquaria back in March 2013.....beautiful fish (approx 5" supermale). The fish flourished in my 215 gal DT until last week. I noticed a couple of spots of ich on him and then he began eating less. I treated the tank with Microbe Hebtana (which I have had success with) and the ich seemed to subside within 3 days BUT his appetite never came back...(even after stopping treatment)...this morning he was deceased. Anyway, why do fish all of a sudden stop eating.....this might be a question with many variables but it is very frustrating...

 

[albano]

Not trying to hijack this thread but I purchased a lineatus fairy wrasse from liveaquaria back in March 2013.....beautiful fish (approx 5" supermale). The fish flourished in my 215 gal DT until last week. I noticed a couple of spots of ich on him and then he began eating less. I treated the tank with Microbe Hebtana (which I have had success with) and the ich seemed to subside within 3 days BUT his appetite never came back...(even after stopping treatment)...this morning he was deceased. Anyway, why do fish all of a sudden stop eating.....this might be a question with many variables but it is very frustrating...

Do you have other wrasses in your tank ?

 

[Editour2]

Only a melanarus and a longfin fairy wrasse.......

 

[evolved]

Can you say something to Pseudojuloides cerasinus? There are some of them in the store atm.

Any pencil (Pseudojuloides) wrasse is typically pretty touchy, but the cerasinus is the "easiest" of the genus. Still a challenging fish to keep, however.

I agree on the C. rubrimarginatus. Terminal males look like a C. lineatus with a red hue and red fins.

Precisely, and this is why they don't always coexist well either.

 

[chipchip]

If I buy a female pencil.. how long does it take until she turns male? They do not have a male atm only a female in the lfs. What do you think? Its a female P. cerasinus

 

[chipchip]

So I ordred a C. rubrimarginatus and a P. cerasinus. The cerasinus is a female.. Any ideas how long it takes until she turns male?

 

[evolved]

If I buy a female pencil.. how long does it take until she turns male? They do not have a male atm only a female in the lfs. What do you think? Its a female P. cerasinus

It's very likely it will never turn male, and always be female.

 

[chipchip]

Good news Hunter. So I can find a male and pair them up. What do you think?

 

[evolved]

You can try; certainly use an acclimation box though. Just because one "looks" female, doesn't mean it will be friendly with a terminal male.

 

[chipchip]

You can try; certainly use an acclimation box though. Just because one "looks" female, doesn't mean it will be friendly with a terminal male.

I always use an acclimation box when I add new wrasses. Hopefully this will work. But to be honest, the femalse cerasinus does look very beautiful or not?

 

[evolved]

I agree

 

[fscmocsaj]

melanarus, bird wrasse, dragon wrasse.

 

[albano]

melanarus, bird wrasse, dragon wrasse.

??? I don't think that many people would recommend bird or dragon wrasses

 

[chipchip]

Another question.. Which tamarin is hardier, the yellow or the redtail?

 

[evolved]

Assuming females of each species, they're about the same.