The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Slocke]

Hc and blenny get along

Mb likes going in and out of these holes

Both Hc and Mb like pecking around in the zoa graveyard

Those are phenomenal photos!! Camera?

 

[JoJosReef]

Those are phenomenal photos!! Camera?

Pixel 6a with Orphek lenses (yellow and orange for the far away shots, plus macro lens for the close ups). Lot of waiting for the close ups.

 

[jkcoral]

This one is so much smaller then mine but mine is still in juvenile colors! I want mine to transition

First 3 of the 120 SW fish tanks at my LFS

Bonus as its cool if sad because these should not be sold as they are too difficult to keep: @ISpeakForTheSeas you may find these interesting.

Looks like you have a cool LFS. Where is it at?

Not to be weird, but I saw on your profile tab that you’re from the Atlanta area. I lived in Atlanta for a few years before moving back to FL full time in 2020. While I was there I used to go to a saltwater place in a warehouse very close to the Chamblee Marta station that always had a ton of tanks and good prices, and your photos reminded me of it. They had huge groupers that were in the giant sump pools and always had some uncommon creatures there.

 

[ChiCity]

flashing halfband

 

[Slocke]

Looks like you have a cool LFS. Where is it at?

Not to be weird, but I saw on your profile tab that you’re from the Atlanta area. I lived in Atlanta for a few years before moving back to FL full time in 2020. While I was there I used to go to a saltwater place in a warehouse very close to the Chamblee Marta station that always had a ton of tanks and good prices, and your photos reminded me of it. They had huge groupers that were in the giant sump pools and always had some uncommon creatures there.

The Fish Store. I live really close to that one but it’s really falling apart. I have never bought fish there except feeder fish. Not a pleasant place to go. Instead I drive 30 minutes up I-85 to Nemo Aquarium which is a massive but beautiful fish store with the best prices.
Here’s my last trip to the Fish Store

Went to the fish store I hate for feeder guppies and of course they were almost out.

Heres their craziest stock:
A $2000 Japanese golden jeweled:

 

[jkcoral]

The Fish Store. I leave really close to that one but it’s really falling apart. I have never bought fish there except feeder fish. Not a pleasant place to go. Instead I drive 30 minutes up I-85 to Nemo Aquarium which is a massive but beautiful fish store with the best prices.
Here’s my last trip to the Fish Store

Oh man, that’s a shame. I enjoyed going there every once in a while. I used to get off at Chamblee station and would sometimes stop by before going home. Bummer to hear it’s gone down hill.

I’ll have to check out Nemo Aquarium next time I’m town for work. Haven’t heard of it or been there yet!

 

[JoJosReef]

Nemo Aquarium looks a million times classier and better stocked than the LFS near me. One reason why I keep ordering online, just not many nice healthy fish to see.

 

[Tcook]

The Fish Store. I live really close to that one but it’s really falling apart. I have never bought fish there except feeder fish. Not a pleasant place to go. Instead I drive 30 minutes up I-85 to Nemo Aquarium which is a massive but beautiful fish store with the best prices.
Here’s my last trip to the Fish Store

Does that pirrhana like to be hand fed?

 

[Petcrazyson]

Looks like you have a cool LFS. Where is it at?

Not to be weird, but I saw on your profile tab that you’re from the Atlanta area. I lived in Atlanta for a few years before moving back to FL full time in 2020. While I was there I used to go to a saltwater place in a warehouse very close to the Chamblee Marta station that always had a ton of tanks and good prices, and your photos reminded me of it. They had huge groupers that were in the giant sump pools and always had some uncommon creatures there.

Omg I just realized ur in Florida lol. And Orlando of all places same as me

 

[Slocke]

Does that pirrhana like to be hand fed?

It's a pacu so mostly herbivorous. This is one of the carnivorous species after getting in a kerfuffle with its friends

 

[JoJosReef]

It's a pacu so mostly herbivorous. This is one of the carnivorous species after getting in a kerfuffle with its friends

Dios

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

I got a wrasse today that I can’t identify. It was surrendered to my LFS. Under white lights it is pretty boring, a greenish brown with a hint of blue above the stripe. I don’t think it would be anybody’s choice for a fish and neither did my LFS. Anyway looking for possible ID.
Thanks in advance.

 

[i cant think]

I got a wrasse today that I can’t identify. It was surrendered to my LFS. Under white lights it is pretty boring, a greenish brown with a hint of blue above the stripe. I don’t think it would be anybody’s choice for a fish and neither did my LFS. Anyway looking for possible ID.
Thanks in advance.

It looks like it could be a young Leptojulis cyanopleura. However it’s odd as it’s missing the top brown bar so possibly transitioning to an adult.

It could also be a species of Halichoeres however I’m not too sure which species it could be.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

It looks like it could be a young Leptojulis cyanopleura. However it’s odd as it’s missing the top brown bar so possibly transitioning to an adult.

It could also be a species of Halichoeres however I’m not too sure which species it could be.

might also be this...
Brown-stripe wrasse
Halichoeres bicolor
I will have to wait to see if it colors up more once it settles in. So far completely oblivious to his/her tank mates. The green chromis (5) were afraid, territorial and aggressive at the same time. Swam right up to the breeding pair of clownfish cleared area and was "Hey, I like what you’ve done with the place." Hopefully I gave him/her a better place to live.
Thanks for your input.
More pics to follow.

 

[OscarHaglund]

The naoko escaped its acclimation box yesterday and i found all three wrasse swimming peacefully together. Signs of agression seems to have dissipated quickly.

 

[Slocke]

Well now my rubeus seems to have injured its spine. Its severely S shaped and struggling to swim. Either that or UNWD. Either way the prognosis isn't good.

I'm very depressed about this, third attempt with a rubriventralis complex and looks like the same and/or related issue to kill all three.

 

[Tcook]

Well now my rubeus seems to have injured its spine. Its severely S shaped and struggling to swim. Either that or UNWD. Either way the prognosis isn't good.

I'm very depressed about this, third attempt with a rubriventralis complex and looks like the same and/or related issue to kill all three.

Crap. Did you have a naoko that did this as well?

 

[i cant think]

Well now my rubeus seems to have injured its spine. Its severely S shaped and struggling to swim. Either that or UNWD. Either way the prognosis isn't good.

I'm very depressed about this, third attempt with a rubriventralis complex and looks like the same and/or related issue to kill all three.

Such a shame to hear, hopefully one day you’ll have a rubriventralis that won’t be put into this situation…

 

[Slocke]

Crap. Did you have a naoko that did this as well?

One died to UNWD and the next I think jumped into the lid too hard.

 

[i cant think]

Here’s some failed photos of fish I tried to photograph and instead my wrasse took charge…

Easy challenge if you want it, try ID both fish I tried to photograph, the first is easy if you know my fish I just added to my 4’ tank.