[Dave.I]

Well what have we got here in the drip bucket?


Just got back from Taunton aquarium center.More pic's to follow...................

[Social D]

Nice, how many fish you got in total now?

[Dave.I]

Dont worry Tim,iv'e taken back all my wrasse for the chance to have these.I have.........

16 redspot cardinals(breeding)
1 regal angel
1 flymo blenny
1 sunburst anthias
1 pair of blueline pipe fish(breeding)
5 aurulentus anthias
1 copperband butterfly
1 female mandarin(looking for a male soon)

So 27 fish Tim,that sounds a hell of alot but many are very small.Having small fish in the system really makes it come alive and i will always try and keep it this way from now on.The tunze 9410 skimmer is a workhorse! 400ml of skimmate in 24hrs and its not even fully open on the air intake!

[dylan]

ahh yes they stood out to me when i was at tmc two weeks ago , im gunna have a shoal for sure , was gunna get some for the shop if i remember there not the cheapest out there , i dont have many customers that will pay big bucks for fish, these anthius are stunning

[lindsay]

Stunning fish dave .

[Dave.I]

They glow! They've been in half an hour and they're stuffing themselves with mysis.
Not sure if we are going to see many of these and i just HAD to have them.I had to remove every rock and coral to get the wrasse's out and it was a total mare but i think its going to be worth it! I think there is 3 males and two females so fingers crossed they play friendly,but so far they are staying shoaled up.

[Dave.I]

Here you go.



I hope we see a few more of these in the UK.They are stunning! I will update this thread to let people know how things go with them.

Dave

Thanks Mark!

[Social D]

Stunning, make my anthias look very dull indeed, Why did you have to take the wrasse out?

[Dave.I]

It would have been to many fish Tim.Wrasse are also know to be aggressive to anthias like these and mine were all aggressive sadly.

[karnivor]

Very nice indeed. I take it that the male is the one with the lyre tail.

[lindsay]

Stunning,are they all getting on dave?.

[Dave.I]

Thanks guy's.They all have lyre tails but i think you can tell the males from the third dorsal spine being elongated.I think that full males will also develop a more pronounced top lip,just like you see on tukas/queens.One male has a slightly larger top lip and he seems a little bit more dominant than the other two potential males.I havent noticed any aggression so far and they are still shoaling nicely.
Yesterday when i was watching them in the shop the two smaller potential females started displaying and turned almost pure white! Just like flasher wrasse do.They are feeding aggressively on mysis,brine,cyclopeze and flake
The finage on them is going to be beautiful in a couple weeks time

[lindsay]

Sounds good,super fish .

[Dave.I]

Thanks Linds

[dave14]

Very very nice
keep us posted

[Dave.I]

A quick update guys.

They have really settled in well and are out and about all over the tank constantly on the move.They are getting on fine with no fighting but dont shoal together tightly now,more of a loose shoal,which i prefer as it fills the tank out more They feed like total pigs on anything i chuck in.There main diet is mysis shrimp but they also get flake,brine shrimp and cyclopeze.If anything there colour has improved a little,bonus!
Anyway here are a few more pic's.Ive adjusted a couple to give a closer representation of colours.







These last two are of a male displaying to his reflection in the glass.I used the flash for these.



Well chuffed with them!

Dave