Cirrhilabrus Rubriventralis

Christian0505 · Mar 22, 2023

Would I be able to combine the Cirrhilabrus Rubriventralis with my carpenter wrasse and yellow halichoeres wrasse? My tank is a mixed reef waterbox peninsula 3620? According to the wrasse article here on reef2reef I should be able to, but not sure about the tank size. Any advice would be welcome.

nereefpat · Mar 23, 2023

Bump for opinions on these 3 wrasses in a 3' 60 gallon?

I think the fairy and Halichoeres would be fine, but I don't know about C. rubriventralis and flasher.

@SaltyT @i cant think

jkcoral · Mar 23, 2023

I have one of these wrasses, and they can be aggressive. Mine often bullied my McCoskers, and tried to kill a pair of new possum wrasses a few weeks ago, and so I ended up having to move him into a different tank.

If you’re going to have one in your tank, make sure he’s the last wrasse added. They can be okay if added to a tank with established wrasses, but will torment any new wrasses you’d add in the future.

Christian0505 · Mar 23, 2023

jkcoral said:
I have one of these wrasses, and they can be aggressive. Mine often bullied my McCoskers, and tried to kill a pair of new possum wrasses a few weeks ago, and so I ended up having to move him into a different tank.

If you’re going to have one in your tank, make sure he’s the last wrasse added. They can be okay if added to a tank with established wrasses, but will torment any new wrasses you’d add in the future.

Thanks for the input, the yellow and carptener wrasse are already in the tank. Yellow has also already transformed to a male, as he has the striping on his head.

Christian0505 · Mar 23, 2023

nereefpat said:
Bump for opinions on these 3 wrasses in a 3' 60 gallon?

I think the fairy and Halichoeres would be fine, but I don't know about C. rubriventralis and flasher.

@SaltyT @i cant think

Thanks for the bump and tagging someone

SaltyT · Mar 23, 2023

Agree with @nereefpat the rubriventralis and flasher likely won't work out in a tank of your size, rubriventralis can become a bully towards docile wrasses.

Crabby48 · Mar 23, 2023

I would not mix a Rubriventralis with them. They are more time then not very aggressive

Christian0505 · Mar 23, 2023

SaltyT said:
Agree with @nereefpat the rubriventralis and flasher likely won't work out in a tank of your size, rubriventralis can become a bully towards docile wrasses.

Any other fairy wrasse you could recommend that would work out with the flasher wrasse?

SaltyT · Mar 23, 2023

Christian0505 said:
Any other fairy wrasse you could recommend that would work out with the flasher wrasse?

C. isosceles aka pintail fairy
C. brunneus aka dusky fairy
C. lunatus aka lunate fairy

These fairies stay on the smaller side and are peaceful.

Christian0505 · Mar 23, 2023

SaltyT said:
C. isosceles aka pintail fairy
C. brunneus aka dusky fairy
C. lunatus aka lunate fairy

These fairies stay on the smaller side and are peaceful.

love the isosceles, but the wife is going to kill me if I spend €400 on a fish >.<

will look at the lunatus as it seems best available.

nereefpat · Mar 23, 2023

Christian0505 said:
love the isosceles, but the wife is going to kill me if I spend €400 on a fish >.<

will look at the lunatus as it seems best available.

Then she'll love a Lubbock's!

Pinktail/isosceles are in the 100-150 range around here last I checked. The price differences around the world for the same fish is nuts.

Christian0505 · Mar 23, 2023

nereefpat said:
Then she'll love a Lubbock's!

Pinktail/isosceles are in the 100-150 range around here last I checked. The price differences around the world for the same fish is nuts.

we have quite a few local coral suppliers in the netherlands, but for fish it’s a whole different story. Pretty much all stores have to buy at the same whole saler as it has more or less a monopoly position for many items, and tries to force stores to buy their lifestock there as well. Fish prices have increased insanely over the past 2 years.

i cant think · Mar 23, 2023

nereefpat said:
Then she'll love a Lubbock's!

Pinktail/isosceles are in the 100-150 range around here last I checked. The price differences around the world for the same fish is nuts.

I disagree with the Lubbocki in such a small tank. These guys really do use 4’ of length and although their size says they’ll fit, the activity isn’t fit for this size tank.