Im still not convinced she’s a mccoskeri but she’s still stunning and usually my flashers hide for a few days before making a big entrance. I guess females are the best to go for as they aren’t so skittish compared to males and seem to be accepted more easily. If I do add another flasher (I have the plan for one other wrasse in this tank) then I’ll absolutely wait for a female and maybe even wait for a diamond tail or possibly a Mauritian/piscilineatus to appear.A lot of fin displaying has been going on and the finifenmaa had a stunning flashing period. If you have owned this fish or seen it display you’ll see how it resembles the Lanceolatus and others in the complex!
Okay, I know cleaners are usually a pain to keep buttt…
It is also a deep water species. I doubt we’ll ever see it.
True, but then so are tilefish and we see them every so often.
It’s hard to tell. These scientists photos are always awful lol
True! I see some green will give the little guy a chance.
Ive seen some large Ornatus at an LFS just 30 minutes from me, they must be 6” at a minimum.Oh, just one more. I also saw the largest male leopards I’ve seen in many years. He was a stud.
I'm leaning towards carpenteri, too. To me, it looks like there are a couple areas on the dorsal that are the start of filaments.
Ah well, Atleast it’ll still be a beauty!
Very Nice looking group....Updates on some of mine.
The exquisite is still a bit of a wrassehole. Here he is divebombig the other fish:
The rubeus is looking pretty good. Much fatter and all horizontal crookedness is gone. Would like to see him fully straighten out though.
The dragon is a as fun as ever and has started a shell collection.
Newest additon is far more colorful than I had thought.
And also this guy can have a picture to himself.
