c. jordani recomendations please

[bookfish]

I'm going to set up a 90g. cube tank and I'd like it to feature c.jordani. How many would be recommended, m/f mix and what other native Tongan fish would you recommend as tankmates? Thx-Jim

 

[Anonymous]

Anthias? Swallowtail angel? Any Christmas wrasses out there?

 

[bookfish]

Thanks Matt, I think Anthias would be too similar to the flame wrasses in shape but a pair of swallowtails would be nice. And we have both red and green x-mas so that sounds good too.

 

[sedgro]

Jim-

C. jordani is a native Hawaiian fish, not Tongan. I just received a "harem" from http://www.twilightaquatics.net that are absolutely perfect. Other Hawaiian fishes (none of these are endemic like the flame wrasse) you might consider: a true Hawaiian flame angel (much more red than Marshall/Christmas Is. flames), Potter's angel (endemic), chevron tang, bicolor anthias, Vanderbilt's chromis. Hope this helps.

John

 

[bookfish]

Thanks John, we do actually get the flame wrasse here and also flame angels (rarely). I see a lot more kole tangs than chevrons so I was thinking along those lines.-Jim

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

Tangs and Surgeons will grow fast and become large, and then I recommend you to pick them up from the tank of fairy wrasses.

Yes, Hawaiin Flame Angels are said to have a deep red body but the famous diver John Hoover of Oafu told me that all the specimens are deeply red; such ones are not common in Hawaii and most are similar to those from other localities. In Japan red forms will be sold at a very high price as a Hawaiian specimen but some of those actually are from Christmas Island, the Line Islands.

Here is a male Cirrhilabrus jordani, 10cm from Hawaii.

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

I am sorry; I have written an error.


~Yes, Hawaiin Flame Angels are said to have a deep red body but the famous diver John Hoover of Oafu told me that all the specimens are NOT[/b] deeply red; ~

 

[bookfish]

Thank you Hiroyuki.-Jim

 

[Len]

Defintely get at least a pair. The courting rituals of Cirrhilabrus are awesome. I've been watching my two species sex up my tank for weeks now and it never gets old

 

[Anonymous]

Jim, you need to change your Location sig to indicate your in Tonga now, not Norcal,CA

 

[bookfish]

Oh yeah!!

 

[Anonymous]

Yeah, I was wondering what somebody would think when you said 'we get flame wrasses here'....

 

[bookfish]

What? they aren't found in SF Bay!?
Speaking of Anthias Matt, how many m/f sqamipinnis would you recommend for your tank?

 

[sedgro]

So, is C. jordani not a Hawaiian endemic then? (seems like no if it is found in Tonga)

john

 

[Hiroyuki Tanaka]

C. jordani is known only from the Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll and Johnston Island.

 

[bookfish]

I'll post a pic as soon as the divers bring in a new batch. Probably this coming week.

 

[bookfish]

We also have a calloplesiops argus (fine spotted betta) . I think this would make a good tankmate but do the c. jordani get aggressive in tanks? How about the scottorums?