half and half wrasses

[ttran]

whats up fellas , i have some question for all those fish experts. i have a half and half wrasses in my tank for about 2 1/2 months. normally he would pick at the live rock and get a mouth full of sand and spreads the sand all over. last week i noticed that he had some red marks on his face and i noticed that when he dives for the rocks, he is scraping the the side of his face? is this normal of should i be worried. he face looks pretty bad, almost to the bleeding point.

 

[pastor b.]

Dear hobbyist, please give a description on the type of wrasse that you have . There are many types of wrasses . Be more specific . Ex. what color is it ? etc.

 

[ttran]

thats what its called ..... an half and half wrasse. half black and half white with blue eyes.

 

[pastor b.]

Dear hobbyist, log on to Pet education with Fosters & smith,then log onto fish ,or marine fish species ,and see whether or not your able to ID. your wrasse . It sounds to me that instead of a wrasse ,you might have a Hog fish of some sort . I hope you can identify your fish in that line up. Good luck

 

[spanko]

Hemigymnus melapterus

Does not seem that he would be continuing to scrape his face. Maybe Beth or someone can help in the disease forum. Try posting there.

 

[ttran]

here's a link of the exact fish>>http://www.freshmarine.com/half-half-wrasse.html

 

[deejeff442]

half and half wrasse.
seemed pretty straight foward to me.
+1 to the disease forum beth usually gets back to your question pretty fast.
good luck

 

[ttran]

how do i move the thread??

 

[deejeff442]

dunno?
just start a new one there.
pretty cool looking fish hope he's gunna be ok.