Favorite Fish...looking?

[nanoreefer22]

Thats one expensive fish but great looking. I wish my fish would rub against my arm instead of biting the crap outta me. :wink1:

 

[Missy Johnson]

that is a really sweet wrasse. one thing to keep in mind though when you're buying a wrasse is that they are finicky and frequent eaters and easily stress out to the point that they won't eat. many need to be fed once/twice a day, and alot that are for sale in the lfs won't eat when you get them home and will starve to death. just my .02. they are high maintenance and more of a 'pet' that requires daily maintenance than most saltwater fish.

 

[DEEPWATER]

I actullay have 5 reef safe wrasses ,3 cleaners had for over 6 months .and 2 carpenters for about 2 months now ,never had a prob with tthem not eat ,not to mention i have a spotted manderin for 6 months as well ,and its doing fine ,all very healty ,,Im not 100% but i think if water qauity is good and you feed the right stuff they will eat ,(garlic extrem ) help alot with fish eating ,

 

[nanoreefer22]

I actullay have 5 reef safe wrasses ,3 cleaners had for over 6 months .and 2 carpenters for about 2 months now ,never had a prob with tthem not eat ,not to mention i have a spotted manderin for 6 months as well ,and its doing fine ,all very healty ,,Im not 100% but i think if water qauity is good and you feed the right stuff they will eat ,(garlic extrem ) help alot with fish eating ,

Whats the "garlic extrem" your talking about??

 

[DEEPWATER]

Whats the "garlic extrem" your talking about??

Kent marine makes Garlic extreme .its garlic for fish ,you put it in (2 drops )
the food you are feeding the fish ,It helps with lots of things,color ,parasites(make there immune system stronger) and get them an appetite

 

[heuerfan]

Nice fish frogman, i was thinking about getting one of those also. Here's a reefsafe fish i just picked up......

 

[marrone]

Steven

I see your spending your money on other things besided Acan and Sclyomia now, but you still got a red fish :icon16:

Nice fish watch out as they do get some what big and of course like to jump.


Michael

 

[nanoreefer22]

Steven, what is kinda fish is that?
-Kris

 

[marrone]

Peppermint Hog, They come down in price as they use to go for quite abit, over $200+, but still a little expensive. They have better color when they're small they seem to not as brightly color as they get larger, still a very nice fish. There are also a couple of related hogs that look very similar, I've seen Abs. Fish selling them.

 

[Missy Johnson]

holy HELL steven where did you get that? i am shopping wrasses' online and that one goes for $200!!! at least they say it's hardy!!!!

 

[heuerfan]

Michael- lol, i know, it had to be red!

Missy- I've been saving up Plus, i got a good price for it

Here's a better shot!

 

[marrone]

Steven

Any problems with your other wrasse getting alone, I added a 6 line wrasse and my Orchiard basslet attacked it and I've haven't seen it in a couple of days.

Michael

 

[heuerfan]

Thats funny because i added a very small sixline and my royal gramma which is twice the size of the sixline kept chasing it around until i never saw it again

So i purchased a sixline the same size as the gramma and so far so good. Basslets are grumpy fish, LOL!

Orchard Basslet, sounds interesting, thats not the same as the Orchard Dottyback (fridmani)? If so, fridmani's are killers!

 

[marrone]

That the one in the same. The Orchard is usally one of the more peaceful of the Dottyback/Basset group but even then the whole group is usally somewhat agressive as they're one of the few fish that never seem to lose their wild nature.

 

[Deanos]

Bump...for all the new MRers.