Urgent help with swallowtail

[Chad]

Holy cow. I just looked this one up on Live Aquaria. Maximum length of 2-feet? (I wonder how many every get close to this in a tank?) 360 gallon minimum tank size? It must have quite an appetite and, similarly, a lot of waste to deal with.

 

 

I was snorkelling with some last week that were as long as my forearm and almost as wide as my fist! They are very impressive fish, that's for sure!

[SunWyrm]

A someone with a 360, I don't feel that even that size would be very comfortable.

[Fishie]

Yay, so glad they are doing well. They are lucky to have you working so hard for them!

 

 

Hehe Ty...in a 135 ATM...and it's 2.5 -3 inches...once he gets to about 4.5 inches I'll start looking to rehome...to a nice big tank...they get pretty as they grow...already comes up to the tank front and follows me around...I may just have to upgrade cuz of it...shrug...

[SunWyrm]

...I may just have to upgrade cuz of it...shrug...

 

[Origami]

Take pictures of him monthly. It would be neat to see him grow since he'll obviously get bigger more quickly than most.

[Fishie]

Take pictures of him monthly. It would be neat to see him grow since he'll obviously get bigger more quickly than most.

 

When I added him...it had some grayish patches on the skin...was black in color for 2 days straight ...and when it turned lighter grey I could very clearly see the lateral line...skinny

 

I fed it almost every 1 hr lol...it ate a lot...today the lateral line is not that visible..and all patches are gone

It's definetely doing well

I'll be sure to take some pics this weekend

Edited November 15, 2012 by Fishie

[Fishie]

another unexpected update lol...my inital order had a mystery wrasse too..that was backordered ...and i got a notification that it was shipped a week late ...and the email comes in at 2am!!

 

i was at work when i saw this mail the following day (yesterday morning)...so i had to ask my wife to do her "best" over the phone...the wrasse wasnt looking to good from the sound of it over the phone laying on the side

 

anyways came home to see my qt tank cloudy and the wrasse breathing very shallow like it was upon arrival..i had no idea what made the tank cloudy

 

anyways ..did an emergency new qt tank ...and it was still quite sluggish laying sideways...tried feeding mysis didnt seem interested...thought its a gonner...made it swim in front of the powerhead by hand in couple sessions...

 

next morning it is looking better and swimming...will monitor and see if it eats today ..will be psyched if he pulls through too

Edited November 16, 2012 by Fishie

[Coral Hind]

It sounds like she did a good job of saving it. It seems kind of common for wrasses to lay on their side in bare tanks when first introduced and scared.

[Fishie]

Here are pics of the swallowtail and vlamingi tang

 

I took more pics that I'll put up on tank thread of the corals etc and th eir growth over last few months