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Anampses neoguinaicus
5/15/07
Hiya Bob!
<Erin>
My LFS had ordered a Anampses neoguinaicus as a replacement for one a
customer of theirs had lost, but when it came in it was much too small
for the customer's liking. This little guy is only about 3/4" long.
<Oh, man! Tiny... but just like me, oh so cute when small...>
I watched it for several days while it was at the LFS before I decided
to bring it home.
I've had it for roughly a month (QT for 2 1/2 weeks... my QT needed to
have it's pod population reduced a tad) and I was wondering if there's
anything more I can do for it.
<Mmm... reef like conditions, a paucity of aggressive tankmates... live
food provision... you're there!>
My tank is a 120g with 46 gallon sump/refugium. I've got approximately
160lbs of rock in the tank and about another 30 pounds in my refuge.
There aren't any other fish in my tank that will compete with it's food
source. I know their diet is primarily benthic micro organisms, but I'm
on the lucky side that it does accept prepared foods. I've been feeding
it a mixture of Cyclop-Eeze, frozen Mysis, and this frozen carnivore
mixture (its Mysis/brine that have been enriched with vitamins) on top
of whatever it's picking out of my rocks.
<Neat>
Is there anything more I can do to try and ensure its survival?
<Mmm, just the usual good maintenance for your reef period... really>
So far it appears pretty healthy. It has a nice fat belly every time I
see it, disappears into the sand about 6pm, and spends the rest of the
day actively grazing for tasty morsels of food. Due to it's size, I was
rather worried about it disappearing within my tank, but surprisingly it
didn't.
<Will continue to become a focus, highlight of your system... Lucky for
both of you that you met up!>
Here's a link to the photo of it. It's not the best and the glass was a
little bit dirty. This was taken while it was in my 10g QT. You can see
it's got a nice fat belly on it.
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/JokerGirlsPhotos/IMG_3724.jpg
Also, I haven't been able to find any good, high res photos of what
these fish look like as adults. I know WWM has one up there, but it's
rather dark/blurry.
<Mmm, take a look see on fishbase.org... or write back and I'll try to
get off my duff, look through my files, scan, place other/s...>
Any suggestions and/or help would be greatly appreciated!
Have a great day!!!
Erin
<What's that line at the end of "Casablanca"?... "Louis/Erin, this looks
like the beginning of a long/beautiful friendship". BobF> |
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Bob please - Re: Anampses neoguinaicus 10/30/07
Hiya Bob! (My e-mail to you got bounced back for some reason?)
<We "lost" our ISP... they became so wealthy they let go their small
customers... hence no more ...@WWM. email addies>
How are you?
<Fine my friend>
It's been quite some time now, so I figured I would give you an update
on how the little fella has been doing.
It has grown remarkably fast, and is around 2 ½? - 3? now. It has
continued to thrive (as well as my pod population).
<Ah, good>
Only time will tell if I will continue to have good success with it. I
have attached two photos for you of it. It is definitely the fastest
moving
fish in my tank, so it's been difficult to get any decent shots of it.
Please don't mind the algae, I've been battling a nasty brown algae for
a while now (finally winning),
and when it dies off it forms strings of Cyanobacteria if I don't get in
there and pull it out.
One question for you though. At about what size should I expect to see a
colour change, if any? It's beautiful now, but I'm anxious to see what
the
adults look like in person.
<About this size... any time now!>
Thanks again for so much helpful information,
Erin
<Welcome! Cheers, Bob Fenner> |
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Re: Anampses neoguinaicus
12/12/08
Hey Bob!
How are things?
<Fair to middling
Erin. Hope/trust things are better there>
I just figured I would give
you an update since it's been well over a year since I last talked to
you. My New Guinea Wrasse is still doing very well, and has managed to
eat my mandarin out of house and home. Still no colour change, though,
but that's alright as it's still a gorgeous fish.
<Ahh, I see this
from your photo. This, and other Wrasses really don't change as much to
terminal/male phase colourings, markings w/o the presence of
conspecifics...>
I'm just happy that it is alive and well, despite
the odds. No real problems with it. It's been a great addition to my
reef! I'm not sure what I would do if something ever happened to it.
I have attached a new photo of it for you to have. Note the nice fat
belly!
Cheers,
-Erin
<Hey! I always say this is just the look
of being prosperous! Cheers to you, Bob Fenner>
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