Electrokate Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 Whipfin wrasse, male adult 12 bucks today only SE Portland... http://www.fishbase.org/summary/spec...y.php?id=10615 Click on photo on above site, they are accurate for pattern but this guy is WAY more vivid pink and orange. This guy needs a BIG tank with sand bottom to sleep in. He will keep your sand bright white this way as he turns it over, he does not eat coral, shrimp, hermits or snails. He is however a bully to other wrasses and will carpet surf if you don't have a good lid. He is 12 bucks because I just picked him up with my hand-he jumped out of the tank right in front of me. So he may have some skin damage. They are tough though, he has been in captivity for a year and never gets sick or infected skin, even after fights. His main color is pink with orange top fin and he can turn ultramarine blue on the paler belly and tail but it only lasts a few seconds. You will see this in photos sometimes and in the above site-it does not represent the usual color of this fish, they only do it when in the mood to attract females, a female does not have to be visible. He eats all frozen food, and formula one pellets. He is big and fat like a wild fish. I have a 55 and it looks like I can't afford the planned upgrade so he has to go. A 180 would be ideal. If I don't find him a home today will probably take him to the LFS, since I already have him in the bag. Good home only, established tank with daily feedings necessary or he may decide those hermits look good after all (: I am kinda sentimental about my fish, so please do take me seriously about the large tank/good home/frequent feedings thing... he is a great fish and does not deserve a small tank. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 I sent you a PM about the wrasse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Can't see image can you repost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdadof2 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Your link does not work... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 That is what I meant to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 you can google whipfin wrasse and get a picture of it that way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrokate Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 I am sorry the link did not work and more sorry the fish has not made it. I could not find a single missing scale or any damage on his body, but he died. Must have had an internal injury. Poor fish, I will miss him. Really should have had a better tank. Here is a bad picture of him: http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n72/electrokate/My%20aquariums/whipfinunderhydnaphora.jpg[/img]"] He was much more intense than that though. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 That coral behind the wrasse is very nice. what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowman Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 looks like hydnopora to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishiefish Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 sorry for your loss lovely fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electrokate Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 The coral in back is indeed Hydnaphora. In the kind of ideal light Upscales uses this thing would be a nice bright green, but when it's eating it inflates it's tentacles which are mainly beige, and it's like always eating in my tanks... so it's happy color is beige with faint green, and when stressed it looks brilliant emerald. I have a LOT of it if someone wants some. Sell or trade. It is a stony coral though, so does need proper skimming, supplements, lighting etc and space to grow, which it probably will do quickly. It doubles in size every 6 months for me. It will puke its guts out to sting and digest neighbors if it gets too close, so should definitely have at least 2" on a side that the flow could carry it. No sweepers though, far as I am aware. Definitely very easy for a stony coral. Thanks for the kind words about the fish, I feel awful. He was a real jerk to the other fish sometimes but that is my fault not his, it was his nature to chase, and for all I know that is a good thing. I would recommend a similar wrasse to anyone with a very large tank, the right tankmates and a good lid. Even then he can jump when you open it to feed. He thought I was going to feed and got a little too excited, lept at my hand and went out of the tank. So now I have one tang, one pencil wrasse, a pair of scooter blennies and a goby. Some people think I need more fish, I am not sure. They do look bored now, definitely are not moving around as much. Probably not a healthy situation in the long term, they don't get any of the exercise they'd get fighting waves and evading predators in the wild and now they don't even have this wrasse to get their butts moving... they will be the piscatorial version of couch potatoes. I am contemplating ordering a few fish from a Hawaiian collector before these remaining fish get too convinced that they rule. Still on the market for a bigger tank too, might make my own. Anyone got one they want to get rid of super cheap? I hate being poor. Cuts into my spending, bigtime. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CA2OR Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I really want to get a yellow tang....small....like a dime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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