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Unread 07/30/2011, 07:53 AM   #1
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Fish Profile- Royal Gramma Basslet

This month we are featuring the Royal Gramma Basslet (Gramma loreto). More information about this beautiful species can be found here...


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Unread 07/30/2011, 09:35 AM   #2
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Great writeup!


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Unread 07/30/2011, 09:50 AM   #3
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It is a fantastic fish, and a nice article. Like the author of the article, this was also one of the first fish I kept in a salt water tank back in the 80s... Here a photo of one in Belize:




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does anyone have a photo of the northern variation?

the one with 3/4 yellow colouration and only a little more than the head is purple? i have yet to see it for sale


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Unread 07/30/2011, 10:12 AM   #5
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i managed to find a few photos of them online.

but i really wanna see photos of them in aquariums. anyone found and bought them before?








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Unread 07/30/2011, 11:01 AM   #6
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One of my all time favorite reef fish!

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Unread 07/30/2011, 11:26 AM   #7
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Definitely on my "list" of future tank inhabitants!


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My favorite reef safe fish. I've heard it said that they are aggressive, or they hide all the time. I've never had these problems with mine.


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Unread 07/30/2011, 01:00 PM   #9
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I love these guys. They add great color to the tank and have some personality.


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Unread 07/30/2011, 01:04 PM   #10
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Love the write up BTW! I didn't know they can be kept in harems!


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Unread 07/30/2011, 01:10 PM   #11
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Love the write up BTW! I didn't know they can be kept in harems!
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I'll definitely have to add a group to a tank one day.


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How many does a harem mean, exactly?

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Unread 07/30/2011, 02:06 PM   #13
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Love the write up BTW! I didn't know they can be kept in harems!
Only if there's enough room.
Back in the day, Sea World had a touch tank full of royal grammas. They were monsters too. 4+" and fat. I haven't seen any that big since, and that was 15 to 20 years ago. I'm starting to think they may have been the Brazilian gramma's????????


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Unread 07/30/2011, 07:58 PM   #14
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While diving in turks and caicos last october i saw hundreds on the reefs. It renewed my love for them. I have a good size one in my 300 now.


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Unread 07/30/2011, 08:38 PM   #15
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How many does a harem mean, exactly?
3 or more... (but NOT exactly!)
I have 3 in my 450g DT for about 13 months...after the first 3 months, they became a pair, and 1 outcast 6' away, on the other side of the tank. I have been thinking to add 2 or 3 more.

in this video, the 'lone wolf' is at the 1 minute mark (rear/center)...the pair is just before and after the 2 min. mark






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Question, do basselets suffer from diseases like ich? Are there any medications that they are sensitive too?


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IME, yes I do think they are a "hardy" fish once extablished in the tank, but they are still succeptible to ich. I have never had a problem using copper (Cupramine) with a RG. I just did 4 weeks at .5ppm and there were no issues.

Great write up, by the way. I love Royal Grammas. Once upon a time they were REALLY expensive. Now, they can be had for $10-$15. Such a bargain for a strikingly beautiful fish!!


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Unread 08/16/2011, 02:11 PM   #18
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So if they are aggressive to other bright purple colored fish, would that mean that a velvet fairy wrasse would be out of the question as a tank mate in a 125?


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So if they are aggressive to other bright purple colored fish, would that mean that a velvet fairy wrasse would be out of the question as a tank mate in a 125?
? who said that? IMO, they would be aggressive to other basslets, more so than wrasses.
I have never seen a problem between any of my Grammas and my velvet wr. !


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Unread 08/17/2011, 11:35 AM   #20
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I have a nice RG (about 3") in with many wrasse and the RG does just fine and minds his own business. They really like a hole in a rock to hide in.


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Only if there's enough room.
Back in the day, Sea World had a touch tank full of royal grammas. They were monsters too. 4+" and fat. I haven't seen any that big since, and that was 15 to 20 years ago. I'm starting to think they may have been the Brazilian gramma's????????
I know the Florida Aquarium had a tank like that last time I went.


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Unread 08/17/2011, 09:59 PM   #22
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? who said that? IMO, they would be aggressive to other basslets, more so than wrasses.
I have never seen a problem between any of my Grammas and my velvet wr. !
Okay then that is good. BTW I love your tank!!!


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Unread 08/17/2011, 11:28 PM   #23
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mine got to 12.8cm passed around xmas time, the larger it got tho it lost colouration and the definitive colour change was not so apparent.

everyone who saw him was amazed by his ginormous size.
what is the age span for these fish?


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Unread 08/18/2011, 11:19 AM   #24
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I have a collector getting me 5 small ones. Should have them in a couple of weeks. Can't wait!


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Unread 08/18/2011, 01:26 PM   #25
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mine got to 12.8cm passed around xmas time, the larger it got tho it lost colouration and the definitive colour change was not so apparent.
everyone who saw him was amazed by his ginormous size.
what is the age span for these fish?
It sounds like you're talking in the 'past' tense...so I guess he's gone? At any rate I got a Royal Gramma over 7 seven years ago, kept him in a 5', 170g tank with about 12 other fish. After a few years, he lost his color and faded out (looked like yours)...when I upgraded to my 450g DT,last year, I moved him and added 2 more smaller grammas...within weeks his color was back...you can see him in the video (previously posted), he is paired with 1 of the new RGs now!


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