BL1's 75g upgrade

[BL1]

It's been a couple weeks since I updated so, thought I'd share what I picked up at a huge sale my LFS was having this week.
My first wrasse

Picked up this great Acan too

8 Peppermints

And one itty bitty cleaner guy

 

[koda_dad]

cool wrasse. what kind is it?

 

[BL1]

Sorry about the blue tint to the pics, my photo-editing program took a crap so I could only crop the pics. For everything I purchased today I got a free frag of some cool looking Palythoas with 8 or 10 polyps. Unfortunately, they haven't opened yet to get a pic but, I'll have to add that one tomorrow.

 

[BL1]

cool wrasse. what kind is it?

Thanks Koda! It's a female leopard wrasse.

 

[Bifferwine]

Beautiful leopard wrasse! My favorite fish ever.

 

[BL1]

Beautiful leopard wrasse! My favorite fish ever.

Thanks Biff!! She's great so far, they had two females and I almost bought them both so that eventually I'd have a male and female. But, while I was deciding someone else snatched up the other female :frustrat:

 

[Tetra1]

Only a 75 gallon upgrade, is that all? Haha, good luck with it!

 

[BL1]

Only a 75 gallon upgrade, is that all? Haha, good luck with it!

Well, it helped that I already had the tank and just converted it. If I had to buy a new tank it would have been bigger lol.

 

[Dana42078]

Damn, thats a nice looking fish....ima have to get one of those when one of mine dies. I have those same Acans. Nice new editions.

 

[BL1]

Thanks Dana!

 

[troybuckle]

That wrasse is awsome what kind is he?

 

[BL1]

That wrasse is awsome what kind is he?

It's actually a she, a leopard wrasse. Hopefully if I can find a second one, one of them will change colors and be a cool looking blue.

 

[BryanS]

Beautiful fish

 

[cageburn]

Very nice! That wrasse is beautifull! sweeeet new additions!

 

[Dana42078]

BL1 how much was she because i want one.

 

[BL1]

BL1 how much was she because i want one.

I got an awesome deal for her, only $20 from my LFS. LiveAquaria has them for $40 right now.

 

[Dana42078]

I heard they dont ship well.? Ahhh crap liveaquaria is sayin min of 50g tank i only have 46 poo

 

[BL1]

I heard they dont ship well.?

I've read the same thing, the thing is ... when they get stressed they dive into the sandbed. When they're shipped, no sand in the bag. So, when they stress out in the bag they divebomb into the bottom and can damage their mouths. IF they do that, it makes it hard, if not impossible for them to eat.

With that being said, they still get shipped to the LFS fine, most of the time. The only benefit to that is that you can have the LFS hold it for you to make sure it shipped fine. LiveAquaria does have a 14 day guarantee for all of it's livestock though.

 

[BL1]

Hey, also Dana the wrasse will compete with your MD for pods in your tank. Mine is constantly going around the tank looking for them.

 

[BL1]

Got a pic of a funny little hitcher my snail has picked up