Yes I do. Did great for about a year and then became the “Big Fish” of the tank. Little to aggressive at feeding time and had to be rehomed. Although I have a friend with one who is active but very docile.
Mine old one now resides in a predator tank with numerous very aggressive fish and holds it own very well lol.
Mine never ate them, just picked them up and tossed them around. Also dumped all the hermits over the weir for the overflow lol.
Wow that's just wrong
Guess I could leave too of tank open and wait for him to carpet surf lol
Hook and line is super easy. Long shank panfish hook. Smallest there is. Pinch the barb down flat and go fishing. Mine was always first to the food, so was super easy.
Ok awesome!!! I'll give it a try tomorrow and then throw him in the sump until I can sell him I guess. Expensive lil booger
Not as expensive if it went rouge. Clean up crew alone can get pricey if he eats them.
wow great info and thank you!! He is definitely a wild fish and has already taken over the tank in only 2-3 days. I'm hoping to find someone that will take him, maybe the LFS. These are for sure beautiful fish and I really wish the place I bought it would have told me about the guy. Also pretty sure he has already ate one of the CUC members today. Not sure what, but better cut my losses nowBeautiful fish with tons of personality but do become a dominant fish if not challenged. Like most larger wrasse fish, they swim large distances in the wild & require a large tank with a very strong current of water, kind of like a distance runner with infinite endurance, giving them a huge appetite. If not fed multiple times a day, they will go out for a hunt & begin to show aggression towards other tank mates, especially towards inverts that the wrasse will look at as food. If it is well fed with the proper diet, it’s aggression can be subdued. It also helps if the aquascape is setup like an obstacle course, where it can swim in & out of structures with ease. That’s been my experience with banana wrasses.
I had one that eventually figured out how to catch my attention when it wanted food. It would lay on the sand bed in front of the tank & play dead in order to get food, it would do this at least 3 times a day when I was home all day. The rest of the day, it would swim laps none stop. I eventually had to give him away because it grew to roughly 7” & was to large for my tank. One of the best wrasses I’ve owned. Hope it helps & good luck.
