Pseudochromis elongatus

[BIGgourami]

any experience with this fish?

it's pretty similar to the red sea dotties and is rather docile.. and apparently pretty rare!
there's really only 3 pics of it on google and all the info i've read says to pick up as soon as availible..

i think i found my new pet for my 10 gallon

im going to pic it up tomorrow for about $30.. which also according to my searches is a steal


here's a representative photo

 

[Mantis411]

thats one hell of a fish, get some pics once you get him

 

[BIGgourami]

pics take and being uploaded.. he doesn'look as great as the pic, but he's still stressed

 

[BIGgourami]

DONE!!!

now keep in mind im no photographer

 

[Reefscape]

A great looking little fish dude....they are certainly a bullying fish...very boisterous....get personality though...

 

[bromie88]

hey BIGgourami. are you using a fluval 2+ for your sole filtration in that tank? what are you using as media? i got the 4+ in my 30 gallon. so i wanna know if theres anything else i should use in it. just running the sponge for now. ive ran out of carbon and floss. another trip to the lfs me thinks

nice fish by the way, that Pseudochromis elongatus is gonna be a real looker. it looks good even though it is stressed to feck in the bag. it looks even better in the tank though...

 

[The Amazonian]

Thats an awesome fish!!!

 

[BIGgourami]

hey BIGgourami. are you using a fluval 2+ for your sole filtration in that tank? what are you using as media? i got the 4+ in my 30 gallon. so i wanna know if theres anything else i should use in it. just running the sponge for now. ive ran out of carbon and floss. another trip to the lfs me thinks

nice fish by the way, that Pseudochromis elongatus is gonna be a real looker. it looks good even though it is stressed to feck in the bag. it looks even better in the tank though...

thanks.. the filter is just running on the nylon pads and there's a small powerhead, 10 pounds of sand and about 14 of 'premium' (since i farmed it myself ) LR.. i only run carbon when i need to remove something, meds etc

i added a couple of polyps of zooanthid and they are really taking off.. i also added my blue damsel from the biocube (temporarily) to the tank before i send him down to the 75 to live out his days without fear of being eaten.. same for the fire shrimp that was in the biocube.

suprisingly, the damsel is actually the one picking on the dotty a little bit.. kinda odd since the damsel has been kept with things from firefish, to cardinals, to clown without any problem and was always the subordinate..
odd...

this tank is really starting to come back to life though