OrionN's 320 Reboot

[Flippers4pups]

Stunning! @OrionN

 

[OrionN]

I have been expanding my Fairy and Flasher wrasses.
Right now I have the following Flasher wrasses

In my home DT
P. flavianalis
P. mccoskeri
P. carpenteri
P. cyaneus
P. octotaenia
In my QT
P. mccoskeri
In my office tank
P. mccoskeri

The following Fairy
In my home DT
C. exquisitus
C. laboutei
C. lubbocki (X2)
C. solorensis
C. cyanopleura
In my office
C. lubbocki
C. exquisitus

All fairly cheap Fairy and Flasher, except for a few which are moderately expensive.

 

[OrionN]

I have been using this acclimating box from Sea Side Aquatics. It works really well in keeping fighting of the wrasses to the minimum.

 

[OrionN]

I just put the three flasher wrasses in the acclimation box. Will leave them in there for a day or two then release.
So the following is my update fish list in my home DT:

Flashers:
P. flavianalis
P. mccoskeri
P. carpenteri -----died during the move from QT to DT ------
P. cyaneus
P. octotaenia

Fairies:
C. exquisitus
C. laboutei
C. lubbocki (X2)
C. solorensis
C. cyanopleura

Other fishes:
P. diacanthus (X2)
A. tomentosus
S. splendidus
Z. flavescens
Z. xanthurum
V. strigata
C. rostratus

 

[OrionN]

My beautiful Carpenter died during the move from QT tank to the DT. I used a plastic container to scoop him up. As far as I know, I did not injured him (other than the fact that he may have swim into the wall of the container trying to get away). When I got him into the acclimation box, he was just laying on the side breathing hard. He never did move from the bottom. He have stop breathing at this time.
I will remove him in the morning.
I am so sad. He was the first Flasher wrasse that I bought. Eating well, fat. I was not able to catch him the last time I tried to put all the QT fishes to DT, that was why he still in QT. He jumped into the over flow and ended up in the sump. Can't catch him in the sump with a net. I have to trap him. I put a PVC segment in the sump because I know that he will sleep there in the PVC. In the morning I just cover both end of the PVC and brought him back to QT.

 

[OrionN]

My Red Sea Eightline Flasher female is changing quickly. The two pictures below is about 2 weeks apart, When I first got her and just this AM. Clearly she/he is more colorful today. I hope he will change quickly.
2 weeks ago:

Today

 

[OrionN]

My FTS today

 

[OrionN]

My CBB. He was full of Lymphocystis when I got him into my tank. After 6 weeks in my DT all have resolved. The only sign that he was with this disease is the lower jaw a little shorter than the upper jaw. There was a large mass there and he had difficulty eating for a time.
All healthy now. I hope his lower jaw will eventually reach normal length.

 

[OrionN]

My new A. neoguinaicus, The China Wrasse. She is very beautiful and unique in look. She looks just like a porcelain wrasse. In QT system right now.

 

[dbraun15]

Wow...never seen one of those before. Do they change color as they mature? How big do they get?

 

[Flippers4pups]

My new A. neoguinaicus, The China Wrasse. She is very beautiful and unique in look. She looks just like a porcelain wrasse. In QT system right now.

Stunning wrasse!

 

[OrionN]

Literature said they get to 9 inches but many people said they won’t get larger than 6 inches. Male have the same general color skim but a lot more vivid and more colorful. Much more beautiful IMO.
Picture from the Net

 

[OrionN]

Well, I got the in-stock notification notice from LA 1 week ago about the available of Potter"s Leopard. I waited for these guys for a long time, years. I was happened to be up at the time so I think I got fist crack at it. Long and short of it, is that I ordered 4 and 4 arrived last Tuesday. One was DOA, and very stressed other three wrasse. They make a remarkable come back. Eating and doing very well in my QT system. With the addition of these three wrasse, my QT was overloaded with 7 wrasses in a 40 gal tank. I also got a additional China Wrasse (2 China about 2 inches), and a Melanurus and a Biocellatus (both sub 1.5 inch)
Because they were doing well, I tried to put them into my DT. I was only able to catch one of the China and the male Potter and a female Potter. Cannot catch the other 4 wrasses. They went under the sand and I did not think it was a good idea to search for them blindly.

Here are a few pictures of the Potter in m DT
Female:

Male

 

[OrionN]

One of my Lubbocks. Common but very beautiful wrasse:

 

[OrionN]

Pictures of my Green Gigantea today

 

[OrionN]

Picture of my Labouti Fairy wrasse. Changing, not quite terminal male yet.

 

[OrionN]

One of the Wrasse that is in my tank the longest, the Solorensis Fairy. He is doing well and really color up well.

My Baby McCoskeri all grown up. Doing really well in my DT despise being the smallest of the wrasses. He grew from just over 1 inch to just over 1.5 inches in a few months. Eats well and is fat.

My newest wrasse, still in QT and still very shy. This Isosceles Fairy will be a looker once he is comfortable with captivity and in DT. I hope so anyway.

 

[OrionN]

A few pictures of my tank. My Yellow Fin Flasher is the Alpha wrasses of all the flashers. He displays often, fat and healthy and is a joy to watch.

 

[OrionN]

Another picture of my McCoskeri. His fins are spread but he is not really displaying or flashing.

 

[hart24601]

Wow, stunning. Have read your post for years now, sorry about all the troubles and one less gigas in the hobby, but dang things are looking good!