Sunday, December 20, 2009

saltwater with addition of some new fishies

I have just added a cleaner wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus) and Green Wrasse (Haliochoeres Chloropterus)to my three foot saltwater. The Green Wrasse has the most amusing behaviour when scared.. it buries itself in the sand and, then doesn't emerge till the next morning. I believe it also does this when sleeping - really peaceful with the rest of its tank mates.


The cleaner wrasse seems to be widely available in all the shops at the moment and, this particular one has had no problems eating brine shrimp and, slowly picking parasites off it's tank mates. It is quite an amusing fish to watch as it swims around constantly and frantically. I have done a bit of research on this particular fish and, it seems as though there existence in the wild is become threatened by the aquarium hobby :<>


My tank is really starting to flourish and, some of the corals are even growing back over old wounds (i.e. as purchased in the aquarium store) - the LPS corals all seem to be getting longer membranes growing around the actual coral polyps. I have attached a few up close pictures of the corals below. The Xenia has sprouted some new colonies that seem to be growing all over the place - not sure how the iodine additive does aid the growth of the soft coral however, the Xenia sp. appears to be growing super well.

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