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They look like 2 completely different fish!!
Juvenile beauties: Is there a juvenile fish that you wish wouldn't grow up?
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I wish most of the Big Angel species stayed small and kept thier amazing colors. I also think i would say the chevron tang as well. Same with Dragon wrasse.
Yeah - was my dream fish
My wife told me she saw the coolest clown fish at an LFS. I messaged them the picture she took to inquire about it. When they told me it was this I backed my way out of that conversation.
I totally thought it was a clown when I first saw it too, would have made an interesting fluval 13.5 resident lol
Another for the better
Chocolate tang:
Juv:
To this:
To adult:
Chocolate tang:
Juv:
To this:
To adult:
i would imagine it's very similar to a wetmorella wrasse at that size in terms of personality, on my list of fish for a FOWLR.
I think both apply but I believe it was color they were looking for. I chose size though
Chevron tang without question
I don’t mind the size however if a juvenile Scarus bicolour kept its colours until adulthood, it would be 5x higher on my must have list than it is now.
Not my photo.
Not my photo.
Looks like a clown got friendly with a guppy! I agree looks good.
Chevron tang is an obvious one. Some people also seem to really like the black/navy & white stage of juvenile angelfish.
The one I haven’t seen anybody mention yet is the jewel damselfish, aka yellowtail damselfish. They’re only known as jewel damsels because of their juvenile stage with the gorgeous neon blue polka dots. Having a background in scuba, I instead know them as yellowtail damsels, because I’m well aware they lose that brilliant coloration and turn into a far bigger, far more muted coloration fish as an adult.
I know damselfish are, in general, known to be highly aggressive, but hear me out:
- A damsel that stays small and pretty its whole life
OR
- A damsel that will turn into a dull looking, big old bully
…I know which stage I‘d rather have.
The one I haven’t seen anybody mention yet is the jewel damselfish, aka yellowtail damselfish. They’re only known as jewel damsels because of their juvenile stage with the gorgeous neon blue polka dots. Having a background in scuba, I instead know them as yellowtail damsels, because I’m well aware they lose that brilliant coloration and turn into a far bigger, far more muted coloration fish as an adult.
I know damselfish are, in general, known to be highly aggressive, but hear me out:
- A damsel that stays small and pretty its whole life
OR
- A damsel that will turn into a dull looking, big old bully
…I know which stage I‘d rather have.
Twinspot Coris wrasse, Coris aygula. Way cute when around two inches. As it grows, pretty big and blah.
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Dragon wrasse for me. If I could get a juvenile dragon wrasse that would stay 3 inches thus no real threat to inverts
with the juvenile coloration I would have one in every tank
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