Adult Lunare Wrasse ~ Moon Wrasse ~ Crescent Wrasse ~ Lyretail Wrasse

The Moon Wrasse or Lunare Wrasse is very popular and readily identified. All the common names of this wrasse are derived from a description it's tail; Moon Wrasse, Lunar Wrasse, Lunare Wrasse, Crescent Wrasse, and Lyretail Wrasse. This is because as an adult, the yellow caudal fin becomes very 'lunate', which means shaped like a crescent moon with long upper and lower lobes.

This active wrasse is hardy, easy to maintain, and long-lived in the aquarium. Gaining length up to almost 10", it is necessary for the Moon Wrasse or Lunar Wrasse to have plenty of swimming room. It is an excellent fish for the community aquarium as it is a peaceful fish, with only secondary males becoming aggressive. This wrasse doesn't bother corals but it will eat crustaceans and invertebrates. When frightened this fish will hide in the rock work,or may bury itself in the sand.

The Moon Wrasses or Lunare Wrasses are carnivorous, in the wild they eat benthic invertebrates, especially crustaceans such as crabs, shells, and shrimp. They also eat fish eggs and snail eggs. Having very hearty appetites, they are easily trained to eat prepared foods in the aquarium. Feed a varied protein diet strong in small crustacea, formulas and frozen foods such as mysis and brineshrimp, and thawed chopped raw fish, and even flake foods. They are heavy eaters that will eat anything and need to be fed 2 or 3 times a day.



Adult Marble Angelfish

The Angelfish is considered a community fish, but it is a cichlid and may not be as sociable with smaller fish. They will school peacefully when they are young, but tend to pair off and become more territorial when they are older. Being a bit timid, they can be frightened by shadows and fast movements. They will feel most at home and comfortable in a warmer aquarium that has hardy plants placed around the inside perimeter, has some rocks and roots, and has an open area in the center for swimming.

Since they are omnivorous, the Angelfish will generally eat all kinds of live, fresh, and flake foods. To keep a good balance give them a high quality flake food or pellet everyday. Feed brine shrimp (either live or frozen) or blood worms as a treat. You can even feed them lettuce or spinach. Feed mosquito larvae sparingly as they will tend to overeat it, which could kill them.

A minimum 40 gallon aquarium, though a larger tank would be suggested if keeping several. They need good water movement along with very strong and efficient filtration. Provide hardy plants placed around the inside perimeter along with some rocks and roots, but keep an open area in the center for swimming. They prefer subdued lighting. These fish do not burrow and will not damage plants as much as other cichlids.



Adult Golden Tinfoil Barb

The Golden Tinfoil Barb is a color variety of the Tinfoil Barb. Though it is easy to keep it will grow rapidly. reaching an intimidating size of up to 14 inches (35 cm) in length. This fish and all the Tinfoil Barb varieties are considered too large for most aquariums. Though they are generally peaceful they will eat smaller fish, so are not always suitable for a community aquarium. They can be kept with cichlids. An aquarium best suited to this fish would be large and roomy, with a fine gravel bottom.

Since they are omnivorous, the Golden Tinfoil Barb will generally eat all kinds of live, fresh, and flake foods. To keep a good balance give them a high quality flake food everyday. Even though they like proteins, they need lots of vegetable foods. Vegetable substitutes suggested for these fish in the aquarium are cooked lettuce, spinach, or oatmeal.

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