Let Me ID Your Wrasse!

dank reefer · Nov 4, 2020

Meet Sasha from Sweden (that's what we call it)

What type of wrasse is it?

evolved · Nov 4, 2020

dank reefer said:
Meet Sasha from Sweden (that's what we call it)

What type of wrasse is it?

C. rubeus

Mr. Fishy Fish · Nov 4, 2020

Mr. Fishy Fish said:
Thank you. Lights are out now, but I'll take a picture of her tomorrow.

The fairy wrasse refuses to come out in front of me, so I can't get a picture. She's a real pain in the wrasse. Is it normal for them to hide this much during QT? I only see her when she sticks her head out for a quick bite when I feed, other than that she hides as soon as we make eye contact.

evolved · Nov 4, 2020

Mr. Fishy Fish said:
The fairy wrasse refuses to come out in front of me, so I can't get a picture. She's a real pain in the wrasse. Is it normal for them to hide this much during QT? I only see her when she sticks her head out for a quick bite when I feed, other than that she hides as soon as we make eye contact.

I wouldn't say it's normal, but it does happen sometimes. Some species are more spooky than others.

dank reefer · Nov 4, 2020

evolved said:
C. rubeus

Thanks for the ID. LFS told me it was flasher wrasse, but ill take Sasha from Sweden anytime.

Mr. Fishy Fish · Nov 4, 2020

evolved said:
I wouldn't say it's normal, but it does happen sometimes. Some species are more spooky than others.

Hmm, I figured as much.

Edit: Deleted my questions because it was derailing the topic of the thread.

JPL · Nov 5, 2020

Hello guys !

Thanx in advance for your help with these two wrasses (lunatus or cf lunatus i think)

evolved · Nov 5, 2020

JPL said:
Hello guys !

Thanx in advance for your help with these two wrasses (lunatus or cf lunatus i think)

cf lunatus

TheReaperOfMars · Nov 5, 2020

What do we think? H. Claudia? Was listed as an Indo Christmas Wrasse. I looked at all the markings and I think I got it right.

evolved · Nov 5, 2020

abavery said:
What do we think? H. Claudia? Was listed as an Indo Christmas Wrasse. I looked at all the markings and I think I got it right.

Yes, that's claudia!

TheReaperOfMars · Nov 5, 2020

evolved said:
Yes, that's claudia!

Awesome! I actually went to the store to pick up C. jordani, C. rhomboidalis and C. isosceles that I had ordered and couldn't believe they actually had a small H. claudia. So now all 4 are in a holding tank waiting for quarantine. I had to quickly find some sand to put in a small tupperware container for the claudia while I work out a custom built TTM sand container.

mattzang · Nov 6, 2020

claudia seems like a unicorn at this point for every person that tries to find one and ends up with ornatissimus

TheReaperOfMars · Nov 6, 2020

mattzang said:
claudia seems like a unicorn at this point for every person that tries to find one and ends up with ornatissimus

That is why I knew I had to jump on this one even though I wasn't quite ready for it yet. I didn't know when I'd see another. The only other one I had seen was a very large one almost a year back.