Choati Wrasse experiences

ReefBum · Aug 27, 2016

One of my favorite fish. I had mine for over a year and I had to sell it when I broke down the tank. The guy I bought it from had it quarantined for a few weeks and made sure it was eating really well before he sold it to me.

BetURWrasse · Aug 31, 2016

Well the larger female is eating LRS just fine. The smaller picks but definitely would rather have the black worms and pods.

Also moved a small container of sand for them to sleep in.

Started with a half dose of prazi today to see how they react. Seems to be going fine and if I don't see any bad reaction I will add the rest of the dose tomorrow.

BetURWrasse · Sep 6, 2016

after 5 days of prazi we are still doing well. Still really not wanting the frozen food though. Need to work through that because I will not be doing live black worms all the time. At least the display has what seems to be thousands of pods in it now.

BetURWrasse · Sep 17, 2016

Ok still doing well, introduced to the 130 today. The exquisite was not pleased

4FordFamily · Sep 17, 2016

I hope it works out! So far so good!

Nick James · Jan 15, 2017

How did the leopards do? I feel like I am waiting for the end of the movie..

BetURWrasse · Jan 15, 2017

Still doing great. One has gotten huge and the other is still the same size. I have a feeling the smaller one has some kind of worms/flukes because I see it rubbing its side daily but none of the other fish show any signs of anything.

Anyway they are both eating LRS Fish Frenzy now.

4FordFamily · Jan 15, 2017

Rsaalman said:
Still doing great. One has gotten huge and the other is still the same size. I have a feeling the smaller one has some kind of worms/flukes because I see it rubbing its side daily but none of the other fish show any signs of anything.

Anyway they are both eating LRS Fish Frenzy now.

Glad to hear!

Nick James · Jan 15, 2017

Awesome!

FDAWG · Jan 16, 2017

@Rsaalman Update Pic?

Daniel@R2R · Jan 16, 2017

@Mike&Terry have a choati I believe. Maybe they can weigh in. Glad they're both eating for you!

manuel732 · Jan 16, 2017

Just plain beauty !!!!

Mike&Terry · Jan 17, 2017

mdbannister said:
@Mike&Terry have a choati I believe. Maybe they can weigh in. Glad they're both eating for you!

hmmm... The size difference alone could be attributed to dominance hierarchy, but with the flashing, I would be concerned about a parasitic infection.

Brian1f1 · Jun 23, 2019

Still have these fish man? Wanting to see if anyone’s had longer term success with them.

BetURWrasse · Jun 23, 2019

Brian1f1 said:
Still have these fish man? Wanting to see if anyone’s had longer term success with them.

Well one ended up dying, pretty sure it was never really healthy. The other I had for 2 years but I was doing maintenance and left the top off and it jumped. Didn’t know what had happened for a few weeks but I found it behind the tank. I would get another but I’m shutting down my tank and moving to a smaller display with no sand.

Brian1f1 · Jun 23, 2019

Rsaalman said:
Well one ended up dying, pretty sure it was never really healthy. The other I had for 2 years but I was doing maintenance and left the top off and it jumped. Didn’t know what had happened for a few weeks but I found it behind the tank. I would get another but I’m shutting down my tank and moving to a smaller display with no sand.

Thanks for the fast update! I’d like one but they feel like a big gamble for the money, idk.

BetURWrasse · Jun 23, 2019

If you do get some order some California black worms to get them eating. NY Aquatics had them eating already but if you have a good contact at LFS you might find them cheaper.

ReefBum · Jun 23, 2019

I have had my latest now for about a year and a half. At the beginning it did not eat prepared foods for weeks so I was not optimistic it would survive. But eventually it got on the LRF food I was feeding the tank.