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eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
That's an earl's fairy wrasse, C. earlei. They are a high end fish. That guy was super nice, they're expensive.
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
They're actually not difficult, just a completely covered tank, but if you're worried I'd be willing to take care of him for you 
Colin Chaplin
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Apart from this jumping wrasses pose relatively few challenges to the hobbyist. They do not seem to be particularly demanding in terms of water quality, and will live in both fish-only tanks and reef aquariums they pose no threat to sessile invertebrates.
Feeding is usually easy, as they will accept most frozen foods provided they are of suitable size, fairy wrasses have rather small mouths. Frozen copepods, and mysis are usually accepted eagerly, and larger individuals also relish krill and chopped shrimp. Most wrasses will also eat flake and pellet foods. Like most plankton eaters, fairy wrasses are best given several small feedings per day. As well as taking food provided by their keepers, they hunt plankton in open water and small benthic invertebrates on the substrate. These small invertebrates include, for at least some species, flatworms. These can become a nuisance, particularly in reef aquariums, so this is a useful bonus for keepers of fairy wrasses.
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
^Almost all of that is good advice, with the exception of fairy wrasses eating benthic inverts. Many wrasses do indeed consume a significant amount of benthic inverts, fairy wrasses aren't physically equipped to really pick at or eat benthic inverts.
I recommend a 1/4" netting material from BRS or elsewhere.
That will work in a pinch, but a jumping wrasse can seriously injure itself hitting a glass top.
I recommend a 1/4" netting material from BRS or elsewhere.
MitchellS.
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Ok ok I admit it, I bought the fish. Thought I might get a better rise out of people. Although I do admit that I did not know much about it prior to purchasing it. Also this is my first wrasse!
