evolved's 190g DSA Reef: Wrasse Retreat

FoD · Jul 17, 2015

It is a pretty Johnsoni.

evolved · Jul 17, 2015

FoD said:
It is a pretty Johnsoni.

I have no way to respond appropriately to you.

ArcKatana · Jul 17, 2015

Hey Hunter - quick question if you don't mind. See any C sanguineus floating around? I've been looking for the past five years, only see them pop up in Japan. Thanks. (And for those folks who look at the pics of the earlie and think he's pretty, when males start to show off at dusk they GLOW purple like a neon light overcharged. Stunning, stunning fish.)

evolved · Jul 17, 2015

ArcKatana said:
Hey Hunter - quick question if you don't mind. See any C sanguineus floating around? I've been looking for the past five years, only see them pop up in Japan. Thanks. (And for those folks who look at the pics of the earlie and think he's pretty, when males start to show off at dusk they GLOW purple like a neon light overcharged. Stunning, stunning fish.)

They're simply not collected. Mauritian endemic, and there's only one collector in Mauritius. I do happen to be friends with that collecting family, and it is a species they plan to go after sometime. I'm also told it's hard to see at the depth their found (think camouflage).

ArcKatana · Jul 17, 2015

I know it is a deep water species, thanks for the info.

Mr.Acro · Aug 25, 2015

Just went through the whole thread, incredible tank evolved. Both your wrasse and SPS selection rival some of the best tanks I've seen. I was pretty sad when the thread ended. I want to see more of that beautiful Earlei

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P.S
My flames arrive tomorrow morning, I can't sleep I'm so excited! Thanks again for all the advice.

FoD · Nov 4, 2015

It's been like 6 months...just saying.

evolved · Nov 4, 2015

Nah, just 5. Please hold 30 days.

FoD · Nov 4, 2015

I'll check back in 2017.

evolved · Nov 4, 2015

Perfect.

I almost forgot you had a thread, btw.

Rob.D · Nov 4, 2015

Wow Hunter, I just read through this entire thread....such amazing photos of your fish and corals, great job!!!!

spspirate · Nov 4, 2015

Amazing Hunter!

Daniel@R2R · Nov 5, 2015

Rob.D said:
Wow Hunter, I just read through this entire thread....such amazing photos of your fish and corals, great job!!!!

spspirate said:
Amazing Hunter!

...now if we could just get him to update it...

evolved · Nov 5, 2015

There's about 600 raw Hawaii pictures ahead of that; check back next year.

So there's an update for you; Matt and I when to Hawaii for 6 nights for my 30th. We spent two nights on Oahu and then four on the big island. Spent the day of my birthday snorkeling off the Kona coast and then the evening night snorkeling with the Manta Rays.

Eh, I can keep going here. I recently lost my older Nahackyi, but that wasn't much of a surprise - I knew it was coming. Got old and started winding down (shrinking). Then a few days later I lost the not-as-dominant male johnsoni, and that wasn't so expected. I was doing maintaince the night before and he jumped out behind the tank. I heard him go and as quick as I could got out of the tank and fetched him. He was still alive and I thought he'd be okay when I got him back in a couple minutes later, but he was dead the next day.

So I'm down to a single male of each species now, and that might be for the best anyway. Things are certainly calmer now.

Currently I have 5 of the same somethings in my 10 gallon QT, but that's all I'm going to say about that.

Not all are destined for my tank. (yes, now I'm teasing on top of not posting pics!)

And there should be another something going into zibba's QT which is destined for my tank at a latter date.

eatbreakfast · Nov 5, 2015

evolved said:
...Currently I have 5 of the same somethings in my 10 gallon QT, but that's all I'm going to say about that. Not all are destined for my tank. (yes, now I'm teasing on top of not posting pics!)

And there should be another something going into zibba's QT which is destined for my tank at a latter date.

Curioser and curioser...

redwingrob40 · Nov 12, 2015

Wow what a great tank Hunter! The pictures throughout this are simply incredible. Hope to see some more updates soon.

One quick question have you ever had any issues with the tomini tang picking on your wrasse? I recently had some wrasse mysteriously disappear and think my yellow eye Kole may have been the culprit. Just wondering if you had ever had any issues with the tang and wrasses?

evolved · Nov 12, 2015

redwingrob40 said:
Wow what a great tank Hunter! The pictures throughout this are simply incredible.

Thank you

redwingrob40 said:
One quick question have you ever had any issues with the tomini tang picking on your wrasse? I recently had some wrasse mysteriously disappear and think my yellow eye Kole may have been the culprit. Just wondering if you had ever had any issues with the tang and wrasses?

Nope; never any issues - they hardly notice another. The only reason I have the tomini is to act more along the lines of the CUC, rather than a fish.

Daniel@R2R · Nov 12, 2015

pics...

ATB USA · Nov 12, 2015

Sweet

redwingrob40 · Nov 12, 2015

evolved said:
Thank you

Nope; never any issues - they hardly notice another. The only reason I have the tomini is to act more along the lines of the CUC, rather than a fish.

Great thanks, totally agree with you having a tang for cleanup, they do a great job. Looking forward to future updates and finding out what the 5 somethings are.