Wanted to Share my New Wrasses

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 09:54 AM

Caught the wrasse bug lately. Check out my recent additions

Friday's Shipment: Fliamented and Labouti Wrasse

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 09:56 AM

Last week's shipment: Flame Wrasse, Rhomboid Wrasse, Lineatus Wrasse - All Male

bradleyj · 02/05/2011, 09:58 AM

Very nice. The Wrasse bug has bitten once again. LOL

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 10:00 AM

Yeah, I figured I'd share on here too

Thanks to you Brad for getting me addicted, haha.

bradleyj · 02/05/2011, 10:24 AM

It's a great club to be in. " Addicted wrasse club". LOL

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 10:34 AM

that's a lovely rhomboid! very beautiful.

the laboutei looks like a female and it's so cute!

the filamented looks to me like a hybrid. (flavianalis x filamentosus).

this hybrid is very common and can at times be even more common than the parent species. the tail is double emarginate instead of lyretail like in the real filamentosus.

and often the edges will be bright red where the lunated filaments grow out from.

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LemonLemon

that's a lovely rhomboid! very beautiful.

the laboutei looks like a female and it's so cute!

the filamented looks to me like a hybrid. (flavianalis x filamentosus).

this hybrid is very common and can at times be even more common than the parent species. the tail is double emarginate instead of lyretail like in the real filamentosus.

and often the edges will be bright red where the lunated filaments grow out from.

Thanks for the help. The Labouti...according to Divers Den, is a male, as is the Filamented, which I also got from DD.

Right now, the Filamented has taken refuge in the monti cap colony I have. The flame wrasse was bothering the Labouti and Filamented a little bit yesterday, but he calmed down by the end of the day.

The plans are to get a female Flame wrasse next week hopefully.

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LemonLemon

the laboutei looks like a female and it's so cute!

I loved the coloration of the Labouti, which is why I jumped on it when DD updated their site. Most are more purple from what I've seen, so the yellowish look attracted me to him.

Costa reefing · 02/05/2011, 10:53 AM

You have some really nice wrasses, thanks for sharing the pics!

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Costa reefing

You have some really nice wrasses, thanks for sharing the pics!

Thanks. I'm excited to have them in my tank. They make great additions with all the color and activity in the tank now.

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 11:00 AM

males and females of C. laboutei look almost similar unlike other species of cirrhilabrus with very distinct dichromatic appearance in sex. and i've always had trouble differentiating female and male labouteis and i usually go by size and which one is more colourful.

hehe sorry for the confusion. after looking at the picture again i agree with LADD that it is indeed a male. perhaps a smaller one.

the flasher, i'm pretty sure it's a hybrid.

here's two pictures of my hybrid flasher and one of a pure blood flasher from the solomon islands. the tail is double emarginate for the hybrids.

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 11:01 AM

but at the end of the day, they are all gorgeous and i agree with you. i really like the yellow on the laboutei compared to the purple that other specimens have.

i hope you enjoy all your fairy wrasses! they're my favourite genus and it's really enjoyable collecting them and watching them display!

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 11:04 AM

Nice, thanks for the info, much appreciated. So I got a hybid huh. haha. I hope that I get to see him swimming around today. He was out and about yesterday, but then was chilling out in the monti cap for the rest of the night, even when I fed. Some shrimp made its way into the cap, so I saw him eat a few pieces.

New tank, new environment so hopefully he'll make his way out

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LemonLemon

but at the end of the day, they are all gorgeous and i agree with you. i really like the yellow on the laboutei compared to the purple that other specimens have.

i hope you enjoy all your fairy wrasses! they're my favourite genus and it's really enjoyable collecting them and watching them display!

I really want a pair or trio of flashers so I can watch them court. My flame wrasse "flashes" his stuff all the time.

When I put the first three in the tank, my bluejaw trigger was showing his stuff, swimming around with his pectoral fins stretched out. He's a baby though.

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 11:08 AM

a trio of flashers or fairies will certainly be a joy to watch.

i have a spawning pair of C. bathyphilus and i'm considering turning this pair into a harem. the male is gorgeous, as with most fairy wrasses, when flashing.

i encourage you to get the female flames if you really want to and can. that way you might get to see the male strut his stuff more!

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 11:18 AM

Yeah, I have my fish guy getting him for me. Since I originally requested a pair, and the wholesaler didn't have one, they are going to give me the female for the rest of the pair price, so only $30 for her.

I actually had a McCoskers on my DD order that came in yesterday, but he didn't make the overnight trip. I was bummed.

bradleyj · 02/05/2011, 11:26 AM

You will learn a lot from Lemon. He knows his wrasses. But not only wrasses, he knows a ton on most species. He's the fish guru. LOL

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bradleyj

You will learn a lot from Lemon. He knows his wrasses. But not only wrasses, he knows a ton on most species. He's the fish guru. LOL

no don't say that. i know basic things that can be obtained from books and resources online.

rudie kuiter's book on wrasses is a good one and certainly helps alot. also i've learnt alot from Dr. hiroyuki tanaka, who is an expert on cirrhilabrus and paracheilinus.

i learn alot of things regarding angels from copps, by reading his posts here.

but i do love rare fishes alot and i search alot about them. and in my searches i've come across many obscure fishes and interesting information that i like to share when the opportunity arises.

i'm glad to be part of this forum where there's tons of new things for me to learn! things that the forum in my country cannot offer

bradleyj · 02/05/2011, 11:39 AM

You are too modest. We are very happy to have you here.

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 11:41 AM

Well, I appreciate the information from both of you two.

Lets see some more pics of your wrasses Lemon

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 11:49 AM

most of my photos are crappy but here's some pretty nice ones.

the first few is of my vanuatuan hooded fairy wrasse flashing.

and the bottom 2 is of my big marjorie. it's not with me anymore.

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 11:53 AM

but if it's fairy wrasses you want to see, here's some from sometime ago that appeared in my LFS.

they're just unpacking and placed temporarily in baskets first.

C. bathyphilus
C. scottorum
C. laboutei and
C. lineatus

i hope i'm not going off topic here

the pics are not taken by me. they're taken by my friend lawrence, so incase you're reading this, i hope you don't mind me using your photos.

btkrausen · 02/05/2011, 11:57 AM

Awesome pics. The first one almost looks like the Nachkey's wrasse

LemonLemon · 02/05/2011, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by btkrausen

Awesome pics. The first one almost looks like the Nachkey's wrasse

yes they are closely related somewhat.

i do not have nahacky's wrasse. brad does and he has taken some awesome photos of it recently.

it made me salivate just looking at those pics!

bradleyj · 02/05/2011, 12:06 PM

Here they are.

I took them yesterday and thought they were nice.

02/05/2011, 09:54 AM	#1
btkrausen Fish Hoarder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,033	Wanted to Share my New Wrasses Caught the wrasse bug lately. Check out my recent additions Friday's Shipment: Fliamented and Labouti Wrasse __________________ Marineland 220 Build in Progress

02/05/2011, 09:56 AM	#2
btkrausen Fish Hoarder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,033	Last week's shipment: Flame Wrasse, Rhomboid Wrasse, Lineatus Wrasse - All Male __________________ Marineland 220 Build in Progress

02/05/2011, 09:58 AM	#3
bradleyj Reefkeeping Mag Staff Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Murray, Utah Posts: 3,454	Very nice. The Wrasse bug has bitten once again. LOL __________________ Murray, Utah 335G reef, 72" Maristar, Deltec AP702, PF601S , 2 Darts 4Vortech MP40's 18,000 Gph Feb, 2012 RC TOTM Current Tank Info: 335g Leemar

02/05/2011, 10:00 AM	#4
btkrausen Fish Hoarder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,033	Yeah, I figured I'd share on here too Thanks to you Brad for getting me addicted, haha. __________________ Marineland 220 Build in Progress

02/05/2011, 10:24 AM	#5
bradleyj Reefkeeping Mag Staff Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Murray, Utah Posts: 3,454	It's a great club to be in. " Addicted wrasse club". LOL __________________ Murray, Utah 335G reef, 72" Maristar, Deltec AP702, PF601S , 2 Darts 4Vortech MP40's 18,000 Gph Feb, 2012 RC TOTM Current Tank Info: 335g Leemar

02/05/2011, 10:34 AM	#6
LemonLemon Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,072	that's a lovely rhomboid! very beautiful. the laboutei looks like a female and it's so cute! the filamented looks to me like a hybrid. (flavianalis x filamentosus). this hybrid is very common and can at times be even more common than the parent species. the tail is double emarginate instead of lyretail like in the real filamentosus. and often the edges will be bright red where the lunated filaments grow out from. __________________ Show me your teeth

02/05/2011, 10:53 AM	#9
Costa reefing Moved On Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 201	You have some really nice wrasses, thanks for sharing the pics!

02/05/2011, 11:00 AM	#11
LemonLemon Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,072	males and females of C. laboutei look almost similar unlike other species of cirrhilabrus with very distinct dichromatic appearance in sex. and i've always had trouble differentiating female and male labouteis and i usually go by size and which one is more colourful. hehe sorry for the confusion. after looking at the picture again i agree with LADD that it is indeed a male. perhaps a smaller one. the flasher, i'm pretty sure it's a hybrid. here's two pictures of my hybrid flasher and one of a pure blood flasher from the solomon islands. the tail is double emarginate for the hybrids. __________________ Show me your teeth

02/05/2011, 11:01 AM	#12
LemonLemon Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,072	but at the end of the day, they are all gorgeous and i agree with you. i really like the yellow on the laboutei compared to the purple that other specimens have. i hope you enjoy all your fairy wrasses! they're my favourite genus and it's really enjoyable collecting them and watching them display! __________________ Show me your teeth

02/05/2011, 11:04 AM	#13
btkrausen Fish Hoarder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,033	Nice, thanks for the info, much appreciated. So I got a hybid huh. haha. I hope that I get to see him swimming around today. He was out and about yesterday, but then was chilling out in the monti cap for the rest of the night, even when I fed. Some shrimp made its way into the cap, so I saw him eat a few pieces. New tank, new environment so hopefully he'll make his way out __________________ Marineland 220 Build in Progress

02/05/2011, 11:08 AM	#15
LemonLemon Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,072	a trio of flashers or fairies will certainly be a joy to watch. i have a spawning pair of C. bathyphilus and i'm considering turning this pair into a harem. the male is gorgeous, as with most fairy wrasses, when flashing. i encourage you to get the female flames if you really want to and can. that way you might get to see the male strut his stuff more! __________________ Show me your teeth

02/05/2011, 11:18 AM	#16
btkrausen Fish Hoarder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,033	Yeah, I have my fish guy getting him for me. Since I originally requested a pair, and the wholesaler didn't have one, they are going to give me the female for the rest of the pair price, so only $30 for her. I actually had a McCoskers on my DD order that came in yesterday, but he didn't make the overnight trip. I was bummed. __________________ Marineland 220 Build in Progress

02/05/2011, 11:26 AM	#17
bradleyj Reefkeeping Mag Staff Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Murray, Utah Posts: 3,454	You will learn a lot from Lemon. He knows his wrasses. But not only wrasses, he knows a ton on most species. He's the fish guru. LOL __________________ Murray, Utah 335G reef, 72" Maristar, Deltec AP702, PF601S , 2 Darts 4Vortech MP40's 18,000 Gph Feb, 2012 RC TOTM Current Tank Info: 335g Leemar

02/05/2011, 11:39 AM	#19
bradleyj Reefkeeping Mag Staff Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Murray, Utah Posts: 3,454	You are too modest. We are very happy to have you here. __________________ Murray, Utah 335G reef, 72" Maristar, Deltec AP702, PF601S , 2 Darts 4Vortech MP40's 18,000 Gph Feb, 2012 RC TOTM Current Tank Info: 335g Leemar

02/05/2011, 11:41 AM	#20
btkrausen Fish Hoarder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,033	Well, I appreciate the information from both of you two. Lets see some more pics of your wrasses Lemon __________________ Marineland 220 Build in Progress

02/05/2011, 11:49 AM	#21
LemonLemon Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,072	most of my photos are crappy but here's some pretty nice ones. the first few is of my vanuatuan hooded fairy wrasse flashing. and the bottom 2 is of my big marjorie. it's not with me anymore. __________________ Show me your teeth

02/05/2011, 11:53 AM	#22
LemonLemon Registered Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,072	but if it's fairy wrasses you want to see, here's some from sometime ago that appeared in my LFS. they're just unpacking and placed temporarily in baskets first. C. bathyphilus C. scottorum C. laboutei and C. lineatus i hope i'm not going off topic here the pics are not taken by me. they're taken by my friend lawrence, so incase you're reading this, i hope you don't mind me using your photos. __________________ Show me your teeth

02/05/2011, 11:57 AM	#23
btkrausen Fish Hoarder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bardstown, KY Posts: 1,033	Awesome pics. The first one almost looks like the Nachkey's wrasse __________________ Marineland 220 Build in Progress

02/05/2011, 12:06 PM	#25
bradleyj Reefkeeping Mag Staff Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Murray, Utah Posts: 3,454	Here they are. I took them yesterday and thought they were nice. __________________ Murray, Utah 335G reef, 72" Maristar, Deltec AP702, PF601S , 2 Darts 4Vortech MP40's 18,000 Gph Feb, 2012 RC TOTM Current Tank Info: 335g Leemar

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