Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

mmarro99 · Dec 29, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
Labropsis xanthonota, it's a species of tubelip wrasse that feeds primarily on coral polyps.

How easy or difficult is it to get it to eat prepared foods?

eatbreakfast · Dec 29, 2015

mmarro99 said:
How easy or difficult is it to get it to eat prepared foods?

Medium difficulty, some can be trained easily, others refuse, but even taking prepared foods they will pick at corals,

mmarro99 · Dec 29, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
Medium difficulty, some can be trained easily, others refuse, but even taking prepared foods they will pick at corals,

Thanks!

ronnie · Dec 30, 2015

Not the greatest shot. Any ideas?

eatbreakfast · Dec 30, 2015

ronnie said:
Not the greatest shot. Any ideas?

Hologymnosus rhodonotus, a rype of cigar wrasse. Very hardy, larger species, will definitely eat cuc.

Flashy Fins · Dec 30, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
Hologymnosus rhodonotus, a rype of cigar wrasse. Very hardy, larger species, will definitely eat cuc.

Not OP, but I was wondering if these are, in fact, later stages of this fish?

Chris C · Dec 30, 2015

I guess this is a wrasse

? Please help

Please also provide care details, thanks!

eatbreakfast · Dec 31, 2015

Flashy Fins said:
Not OP, but I was wondering if these are, in fact, later stages of this fish?

Yes they are. Only juveniles possess the stripes and lose them with maturity. The bottom pic is of a terminal stage male.

Chris C said:
I guess this is a wrasse? Please help
Please also provide care details, thanks!

This is a female fairy wrasse from the cyanopleura complex, most likely C. cyanopleura, but possibly be a few others, care is the same regardless. Fairy wrasses are peaceful reef safe wrasses that do not bury at night, but rather, produce a mucus cocoon and sleep nestled in the rockwork. They are a planktivore that prefers to eat from the water column. All wrasses are jumpers so a tight fitting lid is a must. Female fairy wrasses usually transition into males in captivity.

Flashy Fins · Dec 31, 2015

Wow, H. rhodonotus is a stunner in all phases! A larger fish than I'll likely ever have room for, but out of curiosity, how would a fish like that get along with wrasses such as harlequin tusk, bird wrasse, Cuban hogfish, and larger halichoeres? I know thalassoma wrasses are bullies to keep away from other wrasses, but I've never seen/heard of anyone keeping adult cigar wrasses, so no clue there.

You are an invaluable source of information to all of us here! Thank you.

eatbreakfast · Dec 31, 2015

Flashy Fins said:
Wow, H. rhodonotus is a stunner in all phases! A larger fish than I'll likely ever have room for, but out of curiosity, how would a fish like that get along with wrasses such as harlequin tusk, bird wrasse, Cuban hogfish, and larger halichoeres? I know thalassoma wrasses are bullies to keep away from other wrasses, but I've never seen/heard of anyone keeping adult cigar wrasses, so no clue there.

You are an invaluable source of information to all of us here! Thank you.

They are on the 'same speed' as far as aggression with the above listed species, you can even add true Coris wrasses ro that list as well.

Flashy Fins · Dec 31, 2015

Guess I'll keep dreaming of that 500g tank!

Maybe someday...

Ben jammin · Jan 1, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
Hologymnosus rhodonotus, a rype of cigar wrasse. Very hardy, larger species, will definitely eat cuc.

I have one of these in my FOWLR. Very unique, beautiful fish, holds its own and gets along great in a busy tank. Mine is still small (3.5 in) but I do think their stripes fade as they get larger and eventually they look VERY different (they can get to 16 inches) but I suspect that takes years.

Ben jammin · Jan 1, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
They are on the 'same speed' as far as aggression with the above listed species, you can even add true Coris wrasses ro that list as well.

BTW, mine is in a 260 FOWLR with several other wrasses:
6" Harlequin tusk
4.5" Thallasoma quinquevittatum
4" H. melanarus
4.5" red velvet fairy
3.5" exquisite fairy
3.5" Coris gaimard
3" H. nebulous
3" H. vrolicki
2" mystery wrasse

I feed generously twice a day and have no problems with aggression between any of my wrasses, or other fish. Incidentally, the cigar was the last one I added.

Greenstreet.1 · Jan 1, 2016

Ben jammin said:
BTW, mine is in a 260 FOWLR with several other wrasses:
6" Harlequin tusk
4.5" Thallasoma quinquevittatum
4" H. melanarus
4.5" red velvet fairy
3.5" exquisite fairy
3.5" Coris gaimard
3" H. nebulous
3" H. vrolicki
2" mystery wrasse

I feed generously twice a day and have no problems with aggression between any of my wrasses, or other fish. Incidentally, the cigar was the last one I added.

Wow would love to see a vid of this tank.

Ben jammin · Jan 1, 2016

That can be arranged...

Here's a link to a video of it from about a year ago, but is before many of these wrasses were added. I'll see if I can't post some new video this afternoon.

Greenstreet.1 · Jan 1, 2016

Ben jammin said:
That can be arranged...

Here's a link to a video of it from about a year ago, but is before many of these wrasses were added. I'll see if I can't post some new video this afternoon.

Very nice. Can't wait to see the other

Ben jammin · Jan 1, 2016

Ok, here's some video from this afternoon. Sorry it's not as sharp as the first one. Took this with my phone. The other one was filmed professionally by the guys at Aquarium Design Group who installed my tank. There's a close up of the cigar wrasse at about the 1:30 mark.

Greenstreet.1 · Jan 1, 2016

Very nice Ben thank you for sharing.

Greenstreet.1 · Jan 2, 2016

Good or bad

eatbreakfast · Jan 2, 2016

Greenstreet.1 said:
Good or bad

Halichoeres marginatus, male. It gets a little larger than a melanurus. A little more attitude and more likely to eat cuc, but males are quite desirable.