Anyone up for wrasses? let's see more!

[concept3]

One of 3 wrasses I got yesterday.Â* The other two are too fast or are hiding in the rocks.Â* Oh well...

They are a pain in the butt to photograph!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/new-wrasse.jpg


My Original six line wrasse, almost 3 years old!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/wrassebloated.jpg

[kheflw]

Merv, thought I posted this yesterday, I guess someones system crashed.
Anyway, 3 wrasses in one day? Risky but cool:) Let me know how it works out. Be careful, I'm sure you know how they can jump, my Solar Wrasse jumped twice in the first month, both time lucky enough to land in the overflow. I made him stay there for two days the 2nd time, a real pain to get out. Better than landing on the floor though.

Here he is.

http://jerseyshorereef.com/Dec05/WrasseDec2.jpg

[concept3]

Merv, thought I posted this yesterday, I guess someones system crashed.
Anyway, 3 wrasses in one day? Risky but cool:) Let me know how it works out.
http://jerseyshorereef.com/Dec05/WrasseDec2.jpg


I introduced all 3 so there wouldn't be any squabbles. Well, as you would imagine, ONE of the three ended up being the bully! He won't let the solar wrasse out. It looks just like yours. Very, very, beautiful fish, yours I mean.

They haven't shown any signs of jumping, but they SURE like to swim around in and out of the structures FAST!

I'll keep you guys posted on how they're doing. They seem to have also created territories they like to patrol often.

[Sorcha]

Merv,

Very beautiful, what type of wrasse is that in the first picture?

Are Wrasses reef safe? I see some corals in the background of the other shots, so it's not in a FOWLR.

Like them!

Sarah

[concept3]

The first pic is a scott's fairy wrasse

[Edwardw771]

How about one of these.
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/mysterywrasse/
Jstoner has one man that thing is cool.

[Sorcha]

How about one of these.Â*
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wrassereefsafe/mysterywrasse/
Jstoner has one man that thing is cool.



Well that answers the reef safe question, thanks. But holy crap - $250!? That fish better be able to cook and clean for that $$.

[Edwardw771]

This thing has got to be one of the coolest fish I've seen. just the way it moves its eyes is amazing.

[concept3]

I was gonna get this too (since I decided against the 3 Moorish Idols I was eyeing), but it was too cold last week and didn't wanna risk it :D

http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/angelfish/goldflakeangel/


Maybe in about a month!

[kheflw]

They've had Gold Flake Angels at Trop. Gorgeous Fish. Very $$.
Might have to go fish shopping now.

[Brian]

These things really are hard to get a good picture of!

http://www.njreefers.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10199/fairywrasse.jpg

[billyr98]

here is my mystery

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e312/billyr98/210g%20SPS/wrasse.jpg

[Marcelog]

Wow! All those wrasses are beautiful!

Marcelo -

[concept3]

Here's a better pic of the fairy wrasse


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/wrasse-1.jpg





I finally caught my Solar wrasse in Open water!

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/solar1.jpg


http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a74/concept3/solar-2.jpg

[Blstravler]

I just picked up a Rhomboid Wrasse yesterday, eating like a pig and has amazing colour. I'll snap a few pics tomorrow while I am doing some work on my tank.

[Treadingwater]

I love wrasses. I originaly had a very nice lunar wrasse that I bought for my 55gal until I found out how big it got and gave him up to a bigger home where he would be happier. (One of my newbie mistakes, buying a fish without reading up on it first). Hated to see it go, but I couldn't keep it knowing it would outgrow the tank.

I currently have six line that's very cool. Swims in and out of the rocks all day long. He's been bullying my purple firefish a little, though, but I got it under control now. I point my finger at the wrasse and he darts into the rocks giving the firefish time to come out and eat. It's actually pretty funny. Kind of like I'm scolding one of my children, lol.

Merv are you going to be keeping all the wrasses in one tank? Please let me know how it turns out if you do. I'd love to add another wrasse once my new setup is ready.

[concept3]

i got the solar and the other one. the 6 line was banned to the sump for being a bully. i just got a red whip fin and another exquisite (exq still in QT), and they don't seem to be bothering each other.

[Carlo]

I just added a very cool looking leopard wrasse to my main tank. It's supposed to be a very hard fish to keep so will see how I do with him.

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/images/mar2003/leopard_a_2_27_03_webthumb.jpg
(Not a picture of my fish but it looks the same)
Carlo

[jazzsam]

That is one cool looking fish!

[Carlo]

It's definately different looking and so far has been a model reef fish. It's about the same size as a typical coral beauty you would see in a store. I kind of like it because it's an unusual wrasse that not many people see.

Carlo

[Treadingwater]

I took a ride today to Tropiquarium to get some water and another bucket of salt and they had one of the Leopard Wrasses in their display tank. I spent about 20 minutes checking him out while I filled up my water jugs. Very cool looking wrasse.

[Carlo]

In a way they are ugly but it's so different looking that it's a cool fish. It's growing on me.

[Blstravler]

I just picked up a Rhomboid Wrasse yesterday, eating like a pig and has amazing colour. I'll snap a few pics tomorrow while I am doing some work on my tank.


Hard to get a pic of this guy, very quick.. But very nice....

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d38/blstravler/2007/2007_0303Montis0150.jpg

[concept3]

very expensive too I bet!

[Blstravler]

very expensive too I bet!





Believe it or not I paid less then half of what you see them for on the net. It was one of those things were I was at the right place at the right time. I never had any intention of picking one up. It was just that good of a deal and I couldn't pass it up.