- Location
- Long Island
What type of Wrasse is this ?
- Thread starter ChickenKing
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- Long Island
Wow that was quick....Thanks for the info and for that site....never been there before.
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- Long Island
Yeah, seeing that now.
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- Long Island
Read under my screen name please ......where is the love ??
That's some nice patterning on that wrasse. Btw, they are not finicky eaters. Mine only seemed to like certain snails and left the nassarius snails along. Ate the emerald and blue leg hermits but left the red leg hermits alone. They'll eat pellets, frozen food, flakes and will constantly graze for pods in the rockwork. One of my favorite fish.
Here is another link on the fish.
http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/32-fish-profile-
Here is another link on the fish.
http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index.php/current-issue/article/32-fish-profile-
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- Location
- Long Island
Eats like a pig. Hopefully he'll stay away from the hermits and snails....
- Location
- Long Island
or should I get rid of him ????
- Location
- Ossining, NY
sorry to poop everyone's party but it's not a melanurus,
it's a halichoeres chrysotaenia
great fish - this species usually will only eat small inverts if not fed well. they eat like cows so, feed them often and it will usually leave your inverts alone. Additionally, you'll never ever have planaria with this fish - planaria is in it's diet on the regular.
Melanurus doesn't typically have the vertical stripes, but MANY stores are selling them as such because they are not aware of the differences.
one of my favorite fishes!
House
it's a halichoeres chrysotaenia
great fish - this species usually will only eat small inverts if not fed well. they eat like cows so, feed them often and it will usually leave your inverts alone. Additionally, you'll never ever have planaria with this fish - planaria is in it's diet on the regular.
Melanurus doesn't typically have the vertical stripes, but MANY stores are selling them as such because they are not aware of the differences.
one of my favorite fishes!
House
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
and this is the adult male coloration of H. melanauras ( Jim's pic is of a juvenile):
http://rockhillskies.com/dbImages/{BFAED776-0378-4115-9D20-7431A3DBD36E}_HalichoeresMelanurus02.jpg
Many of the Halichoeres wrasses of this complex look and behave quite similarly.
http://rockhillskies.com/dbImages/{BFAED776-0378-4115-9D20-7431A3DBD36E}_HalichoeresMelanurus02.jpg
Many of the Halichoeres wrasses of this complex look and behave quite similarly.
- Location
- Long Island
Wow, this is getting interesting. I'll take a better, less BLUE, picture tomorrow. Thanks all.
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