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The femininus wrasse, Anampses femininus, is one of those mythical fish that you hardly ever see on display but when you see a robust, vigorous specimen, you can’t help but to be stunned by it’s exquisite beauty. One such specimen has made a fine home in one of LiveAquaria’s mixed-reef display aquariums. Now normally this specific fish is off-limits for photographs due to it’s singular nature, it’s sensitivity to bright flashes and the fact that otherwise, everyone who visits LA would photo this fish so much that it would be blind by now. However, under the close supervision of director Kevin Kohen, Reef Builders was granted exclusive access to photograph and film this super exotic, queen of the wrasses. Super HUGE thanks to LiveAquaria and Mr. Kohen for granting us the priviledge of bringing you some sweet eye candy for your desktop backgrounds and an HD video to boot. Our little pitty also tells us that one of these demi-gods of fish might be hitting the Diver’s Den in the near future; there is no doubt it will sell in minutes, the question is how many minutes. Anyone wishing to learn more about the femininus wrasse should read Kevin Kohen’s article on this fish in the first issue of Reef Life Magazine. The desktop backgrounds and video are yours when you continue reading. . .
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With choati wrasses! But I gotta ask isn't that a little risky with the sea apple?
The sea apple is a royal sea apple, from Indian Ocean/Sri Lanka and it is only a moderate size. At least the sea apple has some high end credit as well.
Tim,
Sea apples get a bad rap in my personal opinion. For the experienced aquarists who can provide these animals with the proper foods and appropriate tankmates that will not pick at or harm them, along with the proper precautions to ensure they will not be ingested by overflow boxes or intake screens of flow pumps, they can do very well for many years. This Royal Sea Apple has been in my display for two years now, and I wouldn’t hesitate to add one to another display as long as the same criteria were met.
Cheers!
Kevin Kohen
By far the best looking Wrasse I have ever seen. Thank you for sharing!
Thank You Jake and Kevin for sharing. As you both know, the feminius is my all time favorite wrasse. One day, one day….
Hey Mark, which wallpaper are you using
absolutely stunning, thanks for sharing
Amen to Kevin! To hell with all the nah sayers about Sea Apple.
hi Kevin, greetings from england, firstly i should say what an absolute stunner
i have tried to find this article on the reef life website but none of the indexes appear to list it for the back issues available, could you confirm the month/year that teh article appears in so i can buy the article