reef safe wrasse
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Topic: reef safe wrasse
Posted By: bugzme
Subject: reef safe wrasse
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 6:37pm
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does anyone have any favorites? I've looked on the internet but the names don't match what they have in stores here! Imagine that! I bought an exquisite and a flasher . what kinds should i look for? how about a tricolor?
thanks for your help ------------- Jeff 125 tank 50 gallon sump T-5 lighting Rum drinker, Carbon User I KNOW ROCKS THAT ARE YOUNGER THEN ME!! I AM A Realist! I write what I think!! |
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Posted By: tileman
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 6:55pm
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Most of all of your fairies and flashers are reef safe. It's just finding them thats the hard part. The Cirrhilabrus Genus family are the fairy wrasses that you want to look for. Most of them are quite spendy though.
http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/wrasses.htm - http://www.saltcorner.com/sections/zoo/wrasses.htm ------------- 335G Reef TOTM. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2015/2/aquarium ReefKeepers TOTM Feb. 2012 http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....k-of-the-month & |
Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 04 2007 at 6:55pm
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Jeff. Talk to Brad (Tileman) he now has about a dozen and a half wrasses in his 225 reef.
Mike -------------  |
Posted By: kgwilliams
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 11:24pm
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I used to have a ruby headed fairy wrasse that I ordered from liveaquaria.com and I really liked it. It was different shades of blue, purple, and pink, mine didn't have any white on it. Probably one of my favorite fish so far, and it was reef safe. ------------- 75gal reef /sump/ref 150MH 2 96w CF Perhaps I would be better at basket weaving. . . at least it would be cheaper! |
Posted By: Corey Price
Date Posted: April 06 2007 at 11:56pm
| I like Carpenter's. They seem to be the least aggressive. I also like Mystery Wrasses. |
Posted By: tileman
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 12:32am
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I found 3 more today at MSM!!!
Bringing my 225g stock list to this.
5- Bartletts, 4 males, 1 female
2 Dispars, 2 males
I Crosshatch, female
1 Watanabie, female
1 Purple Tang, 1 Hippo Tang, 1 Rabbitfish,1 Diamond Goby
2 Rhomboids, supermale, female
2 Flame, Jordani, male , female
1 Lineatus, supermale
1 Laboutie, male
1 Teminick supermale
1 Red Margin, supermale
1 Velvet, supermale
1 Rosey scale, male
1 Coral sea, Bathyphilus, male
1 Red Tailed Tamarin, female
1 Mystery
1 blue cleaner
1 other cleaner, in sump lol
   ------------- 335G Reef TOTM. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2015/2/aquarium ReefKeepers TOTM Feb. 2012 http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....k-of-the-month & |
Posted By: Schondar
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 2:25am
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In the first pi in the lower left hand corner what fish is that black and white stripped ------------- 125 gallon reef ASM G1-X 2-250 watt XM 10k's 220 watt vho actinic Scott Lund---Evanston,Wyoming 1-307-783-5926 cell 1-307-677-0183 |
Posted By: tileman
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 8:31am
That is my Red Tailed Tamarin wrasse.
 ------------- 335G Reef TOTM. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2015/2/aquarium ReefKeepers TOTM Feb. 2012 http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....k-of-the-month & |
Posted By: raggtags
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 9:06am
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if you are looking for wrasses call me im ordering fish for next week and there are allways lots of wrasses and i will give you a fair price
for more info pm me
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Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 9:19am
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It's almost like a light show but it's moving vibrant color. Looks beautiful.
Mike ------------- |
Posted By: Will Spencer
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 11:55am
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In the second pic that is one Phat Blue Tang, I mean fat Blue Tang. He obviously eats well.
The Red Tail Tamarine is one of my favorites as well. I'd love to find one for my tank someday.
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Posted By: tileman
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 12:15pm
He is a porker! MSM has the tamarins all the time and he has real good success with them. I got mine from them about 5 months ago. ------------- 335G Reef TOTM. http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2015/2/aquarium ReefKeepers TOTM Feb. 2012 http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....k-of-the-month & |
Will Spencer wrote:Posted By: Mike Savage
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 2:41pm
Maybe that's why they call them Hippo Tangs  ------------- |
Posted By: WingNut
Date Posted: April 07 2007 at 3:47pm
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I love my red tailed tamarind wrasse! ------------- W. Nut 210 Gallon Reef with Fish 50 Gallon Sump/Refugium ASM G-3 Skimmer Korallin Calcium Reactor 1502 Barracuda Sequence Reeflo Pump Lights.... Camera... Action |
Posted By: Slick Eelie
Date Posted: April 19 2007 at 2:19pm
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I loved my six line wrasse. That is until it got sucked up in a power head. I took the filter off for cleaning. Leason learned. Turn off the power head while cleaning the filters.
It was really colorful and was the most active fish in my tank. It loved swimming in and out of all of the rock. Despite what I have read, it was freindly to all of the other fish in the tank. It also was one of the first in the tank. ------------- James Mellor Eagle Mountain 210 gallon reef |
Posted By: smatney
Date Posted: April 19 2007 at 5:26pm
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I was at MSM today and there's a pretty fairy wrasse there (for over $100). ------------- Susan Matney Farmington, UT |