Let Them Flash! - Page 14

BlueNWhite · #**326** 09/16/2006, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by LargeAngels
BlueNWhite: Are you thinking of the "other" 8 line wrasse Pseudocheilinus octotaenia?

LargeAngels, now that you mention it, I think I did get it mixed up with the other 8 line wrasse. Thanks for making a note of that for me and now thanks for adding another fish to my 'wanted list'.

rcruv · #**327** 09/17/2006, 08:23 PM

H.Tanaka > Thanks for correcting me. I wondered about it too.
I thought it could be a variation or a cross breed.

This one jumped out of the tank while I had been working on my sump.
There was just enough opening for him to squeeze out I guess.
I feel sorry for him since he had real personality for a fish.

I would try to stock some more in my fish central tank soon.

triggerfish1976 · #**328** 09/18/2006, 03:22 PM

I don't know if any of you have seen this but some biologists have supposedly identified two new wrasse species (a flasher and a fairy). Even if these are not new species it is a cool article none the less.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/even...NlYwNzc25hdg--

Rothie · #**329** 09/18/2006, 03:31 PM

They are both beautiful.

MarvinsReef · #**330** 09/18/2006, 03:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by triggerfish1976
I don't know if any of you have seen this but some biologists have supposedly identified two new wrasse species (a flasher and a fairy). Even if these are not new species it is a cool article none the less.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/even...NlYwNzc25hdg--

I was just about to post that.. looks really nice.. both of 'em..

Marvin

H.Tanaka · #**331** 09/21/2006, 12:06 AM

See the thread as follows,

http://archive.reefcentral.com/forum...hreadid=932410

wrasseguy2 · #**332** 09/22/2006, 09:30 PM

H. Tanaka i was wanting to know if my eightline is a male or not or if it is too young to tell i will notice a color chang in it at times and it will put up its fins like it is trying to display and rush from side to side of the tank...i have had it for six months now and it is still small but my favorite flasher i have.. a good deal for $35.

H.Tanaka · #**333** 09/23/2006, 08:18 AM

It would be called a large female in sex changing, and is nearly male form, because it has apparently seven lines on side. It may keep the form for some period or become a male with larger fins and eight lines. It may dpend on the circumstance of the tank and tank mates.

wrasseguy2 · #**334** 09/23/2006, 10:15 AM

h.tanaka thanks for the info. Its tank mates are a male solor wrasse, male exqusite, mccosker male, a female of either a lubbocki,flavidorsalis its hard to tell....i was wanting to know if i should get another flasher of some kind ...that might help it change into a nice male.

H.Tanaka · #**335** 09/23/2006, 05:59 PM

It should be difficult to make it a male faster, but females of the same species or of other members of Paracheilinus could be a trigger, but I have no experience.

wrasseguy2 · #**336** 09/23/2006, 08:07 PM

again thanks for the info...i will just wait it out and see i did get a new c. balteatus today but had to pay a pretty penny for the guy but it was a big male and is already eating any and everything i put in the tank...i will have to post a pic soon but this guy has some really slick colors

heuerfan · #**337** 09/23/2006, 11:44 PM

Hello Tanaka, i am very lucky today, i found a replacement for a flasher that i lost a year ago. I'm not sure if it is a mccosker, please help me ID.

Here is my current mccosker,

Here is a close up of the anal fin, starting with the new fish,

And my current mccosker,

Thanks for your help as always,
Steven

H.Tanaka · #**338** 09/24/2006, 02:23 AM

wrasseguy2,

That's good to hear that you got a big balteatus. It is only rarely available in Japan and too expensive. Hope to see your pics soon.

heuerfan,

Thanks for the pics of a new specimen, and it surely has an unusual anal fin with yellow basally that is differing from that of body; they are almost the same in mccoskeri. Also there is a narrow line between the red and yellow instead a row of spots in yours, and how interesting it is ! Where did it come from ?

I can say that it probably is a variant of mccoskeri but I am not sure. Take better shots when it is freely swimming. If it comes from Australia it may be new to science and preserve it in formalin when it dies to send me for examination (I am sorry for such a story now).

Many thanks, you enthusiasts.

zemuron114 · #**339** 09/24/2006, 04:24 AM

i was going to say mccosker

It does look a little different! i hope my mccosker has brightened up with his 2 little females with him

H.Tanaka · #**340** 09/24/2006, 06:33 PM

Yes, it is, I think, mccoskeri now.

heuerfan · #**341** 09/26/2006, 10:46 AM

Here is the first Mccoskers i got from this place a year ago. Unfortunately it only lasted 3 days. Like the one i just got the anal fin is really deep blood red color. I'm going to try and find out where my LFS are getting these wrasses from.

heuerfan · #**342** 09/26/2006, 02:40 PM

Tanaka, spoke to my LFS where i purchased the Mccosker and they told me it comes from Sri Lanka. Aparently they will be getting more in next week. Can only wait and see.

Philwd · #**343** 09/29/2006, 08:52 PM

My LFS has a pair of McCosker in. Supposed to be male and female. The 'male" is twice the size of the "female" However the female is much more colorful. And here's the question; both have a single red filament. Do female flashers have filaments?

H.Tanaka · #**344** 09/30/2006, 12:58 AM

heurefan,
Yes, I hope to see your pics.

Phiwd.

No, female has no filament in any species, and if it has it should be called a male. The size of male of mccoskeri ranges 4-8cm+.

heuerfan · #**345** 10/02/2006, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by H.Tanaka
heurefan,
Yes, I hope to see your pics.

Unfortunately it passed last night. My search continues, can't seem to find a healthy specimen of this variation of Mccosker

It hid most of the 7 days i had it, it did attempt to eat mysis but spit everything out. It took a couple of bites of pellets only.

Hopefully i don't have to wait another year to find one.......

SDguy · #**346** 10/02/2006, 10:42 PM

Thought I'd add a couple pics of my McCosker's Flasher. A lucky find at a LFS. Didn't know what species it was when I bought it. I really didn't give flasher and fairy wrasses much thought, but now after this flasher and a Lubbock's fairy, I'm hooked.

Without camera flash:

With camera flash:

MarvinsReef · #**347** 10/03/2006, 09:57 AM

very nice McCosker's Flasher SDguy..

thanks for sharing..

Marvin

CeeGee · #**348** 10/08/2006, 01:47 PM

Nice! I love the McCoskers! Mine is in quarantine being fed and fed and fed and fed.

He got really skinny and I got him out of the display and treated him with maracyn 1 and 2 and I have been stuffing him with food ever since. If anyone has any other suggestions I am all ears as I don't want to lose this guy.

Kawaii · #**349** 10/08/2006, 04:33 PM

Here is a blurry shot of our McCosker. He is kind of skinny still, is there anything in particular that they like to feed on that will fatten him up? He eats cyclop-eeze, pellets, and mysis. Also how much do they usually go for? We got ours for $20, is that a normal price?

CeeGee · #**350** 10/09/2006, 12:30 AM

That is not a normal price. They are usually $70 and up.