My new red coris wrasse

fishoholic · #1 03-10-2009, 12:48 AM

My new fish

He survived 2 weeks of Simon trying to get him

Simon (aka porcupine puffer) has a new home now.

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My queen angel looks huge! My red coris wrasse is about 2" and my Queen is about 7"

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KennyKen · #2 03-10-2009, 12:53 AM

My favorite fish.
Make sure to post regular pics of the changes from juvi. to adult.

Skimmerking · #3 03-10-2009, 01:01 AM

love the wrasse kido, miss my company yet.... hows the skimmer doing

fishoholic · #4 03-10-2009, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by KennyKen

My favorite fish.
Make sure to post regular pics of the changes from juvi. to adult.

Will do, he's just starting to change so it'll be cool to see the process. I have to say he's pretty brave for little a wrasse. My lunar wrasse (which is at least twice his size) runs and hides whenever I come close to the tank, but the red coris is up front and centre and isn't skittish at all

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

love the wrasse kido, miss my company yet.... hows the skimmer doing

Of course, how could anyone not miss your company

You're still coming to visit though in April right? So I guess I'll see you soon. Skimmer is still working great.

Skimmerking · #5 03-10-2009, 01:29 AM

Sorry Laurie that tasking for me to head up to wainwright was cancelled they didn't want to put us away from our families that soon again from getting back from Afghanistan

fishoholic · #6 03-10-2009, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by asmodeus

Sorry Laurie that tasking for me to head up to wainwright was cancelled they didn't want to put us away from our families that soon again from getting back from Afghanistan

Ah that sucks, I guess you'll just have to miss me for a bit longer then

Lance · #7 03-10-2009, 01:44 AM

He`s a cute little guy Laurie. Have fun with him.

fishoholic · #8 03-10-2009, 02:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

He`s a cute little guy Laurie. Have fun with him.

Thanks, I will.

I really wanted one for awhile but of course as soon as you want a certain fish you can't find it for sale anywhere. So after a few months of looking at LFS I saw him.

However when I first saw him on Jan. 30th at a lfs he looked really bad, honestly as much as I wanted a red coris, I thought for sure this one would be dead in a few days, he was really skinny and just laid down at the bottom of the tank. However I went back to that lfs on Feb. 14th and much to my surprise he was still alive. He still was still somewhat skinny but he was swimming around a bit. I still wasn't sure though since he was so much smaller/skinnier then everyone else in my FOWLR tank and I didn't want him to be out competed for food, so I resisted the urge to buy him.

Well when I went back to that same lfs on Feb. 22nd and he was still there, I thought to myself well he looks a lot better then when I first saw him, I wonder if he's eating. Luckily the staff there was just about to feed mysis to the tank he was in, so I watched closely to see if he was eating. Well after he gobbled up a fair amount of mysis I thought to myself he just had to come home with me.

Ironically I was at that same lfs on March 7th and they just had a guy surrender (from his home tank) a very large about 8" very fat red coris wrasse to them. They didn't have a price up yet but I bet he'd cost a lot more then the one I paid for

Overall though I'm very happy with my little guy. He's eating lots (mysis and pellets) and I'm sure I'll fatten him up in no time. Plus he's got a lot of spunk and personality

my2rotties · #9 03-10-2009, 04:29 PM

What a cute little guy!!! You know why I can't have one

I'll vicariously through you.

justinl · #10 03-11-2009, 12:27 AM

you got boned my friend. That's actually a juvenile nemo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDFRT33Gx_Q

lol, but seriously red coris are one of my all time favourite fish. gorgeous and hardy as a cockroach