Hawaiian Cleaner

[AndyL]

Nah protected = rare... I'm thinking ebay to fund my new skimmer

[Delphinus]

"Protected" as in listed on Appendix I or II, or "protected" in that the numbers exported out of Hawaii are limited?

I seem to find conflicting info as to whether Labroides phthirophagus is endemic to only Hawaiian waters (most documentation seems to claim this, but I found at least one site that claims "Federated States of Micronesia").

[more1020]

Nice!

[Moogled]

Someone pin Andy down while me and others try to net the fish out of his tank! :P

[AndyL]

Originally Posted by Moogled

Someone pin Andy down while me and others try to net the fish out of his tank! :P

LOL - You can only try Beware of my viscious attack tang (much scarier than my mutt)

Now, as I understand it - only the hawaiians are supposed to have the yellow face and red finnage. They're fairly well distributed in the indo pacific I'd previously read. The Yellow headed ones, and those without the gold/yellow alltogether seem to appear with shipments from various different origins throughout the pacific...

Of course I could be very wrong... I'm not a wrasse afficionado by any means.

OBWC (Obligatory wrasse content) Lil bugger scared me this morning - he was in a ball of fuzz, didn't react when proded with the tongs - Didn't move when I netted him, bagged him, and took him in the direction of the trash... Just as he's about to head off to that Coral reef in the sky - darn guy starts doing backflips... Forgot about these darn wrasses and their sleep habits!

[surgeonfish]

Scary!
Maybe he/she was watchinng Nemo. Remember, all drains lead to the ocean!