A fish I caught at Mission Rocks yesterday when I went to fetch water. Did put him back. If only this fish was tank friendly as it has some of the most beautiful colour spectrum on his body. Am I right by saying this is a "Surge Wrasse"
Nice Fish
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Mekaeel
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i love those fish.some lekker colors on it!
We catch it on a weekly basis if we go to Mission Rocks. Did not know it is a "safe" fish to keep in a reeftank, but I prefer to put them back as they are very beautiful
Dude, I just mentioned it to the wife.Every Night I remember, but comes the morning rush out of this house, I forget. Will try for tom. morning as I really have a stocked up Fish Freezer, especially after Saturday
Can you keep it in a tank?????
my mate caught a baby one down at port edward, we didnt know if it was reef safe
Shaun, I invited you many times, but if you want, I am going there this weekend (Sunday) again. The place I normally go to is a bit more south than Mission Rocks, and if you do not know the roads, you need someone to show you. Pm me and get your snorkel and fins ready, otherwise get a nice bucket with a battery operated pump.
Alan, you right, common name for it but the book I have, shows it as a Surge Wrasse. Will load a pic of a Parrot fish later on
Surge is right name!
Hi Sean
HTH
Well captured there , I mean BOTH picture and fish!!!
That boytjie's
Thalassoma purpureum.
Nearly maximum possible size,Terminal Male Phase(TP) shown in your pix, females are about 15-20% size and <1% of colour/pattern..yeuucchhhh!!!!
Rainbow,Purple OR surge Wrasse!
Alan> All larger tropical wrasse are commonly called parrotfish by divers/fishermen.....but not ALL Thalassoma are Parrotfish.
This is a bit of a baby "parrot" then, huh?
I have had them in FOWLR, and also mixed reef a few times already.
You should only attempt to keep single specimen male in FOWLR, I'd say per 800L of tank vol.
Not usually recommended though, for it's determined invertebrate diet, sand"bed" sleeping/disturbance habit and necessity.
I mean ALL INVERTEBRATES are UNDERSTOOD to be food items, including clams.
Haven't lost softcoral, LPS, some SPS to them .
I had PLENTY TIME to OBSERVE, REMOVE if need be, too.
You know the strange "flapping and gliding" manner of wrasse swimming?
Well, it's called Labriform swimming,
NAMED after wrasse, ALL belong to the Labrid family.
Could'nt have been too difficult to corner/catch, as they rarely venture beyond fringe reef/rocky shoreline, less than 15m depth.
Hi Sean
HTH
Well captured there , I mean BOTH picture and fish!!!
That boytjie's
Thalassoma purpureum.
Nearly maximum possible size,Terminal Male Phase(TP) shown in your pix, females are about 15-20% size and <1% of colour/pattern..yeuucchhhh!!!!
Rainbow,Purple OR surge Wrasse!
Alan> All larger tropical wrasse are commonly called parrotfish by divers/fishermen.....but not ALL Thalassoma are Parrotfish.
This is a bit of a baby "parrot" then, huh?
I have had them in FOWLR, and also mixed reef a few times already.
You should only attempt to keep single specimen male in FOWLR, I'd say per 800L of tank vol.
Not usually recommended though, for it's determined invertebrate diet, sand"bed" sleeping/disturbance habit and necessity.
I mean ALL INVERTEBRATES are UNDERSTOOD to be food items, including clams.
Haven't lost softcoral, LPS, some SPS to them .
I had PLENTY TIME to OBSERVE, REMOVE if need be, too.
You know the strange "flapping and gliding" manner of wrasse swimming?
Well, it's called Labriform swimming,
NAMED after wrasse, ALL belong to the Labrid family.
Could'nt have been too difficult to corner/catch, as they rarely venture beyond fringe reef/rocky shoreline, less than 15m depth.
Mekaeel
Moderator
always excellent info liaquat!
Completely forgot about this. Thanks @Electrician24
