The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

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Maybe, maybe not. It's simply a matter of perceived competition, so being alongside the other wrasses might well achieve the same thing.
 
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evolved said:
Maybe, maybe not. It's simply a matter of perceived competition, so being alongside the other wrasses might well achieve the same thing.
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My plan is to put the wrasse shown in a 180 with a male bipartus, supermale exquisite, and cleaner wrasse.

The other would go in my other wrasse tank full of wrasses. Would have resident Yellow coris and radiant for halichoeres company, I am removing the Vroliks to make room. Yellow coris is the halichoeres boss despite the Vroliks being much larger but he calms down quickly to new additions. Radiant is a juvenile but growing fast. All of my other fairy, leopards, and a flasher wrasse are in this tank as well.

I may add more wrasse later, but this is the situation I am choosing from at the moment. Thanks again for all of your help
 
evolved said:
Put the trap in the tank and leave it for a week. Then start feeding the tank only through the trap. Don't even try to close the trap door until it starts swimming freely in/out during feeding time.
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I did leave the trap in the tank for over a week, the mistake I made was not feeding from it daily. :rolleyes:
I'll give it another week and then attempt it again feeding every meal from there. See if I can't snag him that way.
 
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Alright so I have a large male red velvet fairy (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis). Has been in my tank longer than any other fish. Now I am wanting to get a nice collection of fairy and flasher wrasses. As i have been trying to add newbies the Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis has been bullying them to death. so far he has only let a very small yellow fin flasher (Paracheilinus flavianalis) and small/med Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus filamentosus) live. The yellow fin flasher is the only flasher i have tried, all the rest have been fairys. Yesterday i picked up a male Naoko fairy and put him in an acclimation box until today. I was able to catch the Red velvet fairy and I have since released the Naoko.

So a couple of questions...I put the Red velvet fairy in the sump for the time being, will I ever be able to add him back?
Also once i released the Naoko i have seen him quarreling with the Whipfin a bit, so I guess my question would be is there always going to be problems with adding males to existing males?

I'm sure there's plenty of info throughout this thread just didn't have to to dig through it at the moment. Is there basic do's and dont's with adding multiple wrasse? Is it just going to depend/vary from fish to fish? Also is there a diff with Fairys vs. Flashers?

O and my tank is a 300DD for reference...

Thanks for any guidance you all can give!
 
Check out my new Hawaiian banana wrasse!
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watchguy123 said:
Banana wrasses are so beautiful and active. Whether they eat snails and hermits or not, they can't seem to stop themselves from knocking them off rockscape. Aside from that, what a wonder!
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They definitely eat CUC but mine have never moved rock work around or anything. My red coris wrasse on the other hand... He likes to gather pieces in to a pile in the front of the tank...
 
Photos don't do this guy justice either. He is very blue and has very bright markings. My last banana wrasse had less markings, was more of a dull greenish color with a faint blue band, and not as much electric color on the fins. Although in pics he looks good here he is (he is for sale)
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Djbrandriff150 said:
Just ordered this beauty. A rose banded long tailed fairy wrasse. Anyone else ever own one of them or have some experience with them?
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No but wow what a stunner!
 
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AquaCox said:
Alright so I have a large male red velvet fairy (Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis). Has been in my tank longer than any other fish. Now I am wanting to get a nice collection of fairy and flasher wrasses. As i have been trying to add newbies the Cirrhilabrus rubrisquamis has been bullying them to death. so far he has only let a very small yellow fin flasher (Paracheilinus flavianalis) and small/med Whip Fin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus filamentosus) live. The yellow fin flasher is the only flasher i have tried, all the rest have been fairys. Yesterday i picked up a male Naoko fairy and put him in an acclimation box until today. I was able to catch the Red velvet fairy and I have since released the Naoko.

So a couple of questions...I put the Red velvet fairy in the sump for the time being, will I ever be able to add him back?
Also once i released the Naoko i have seen him quarreling with the Whipfin a bit, so I guess my question would be is there always going to be problems with adding males to existing males?

I'm sure there's plenty of info throughout this thread just didn't have to to dig through it at the moment. Is there basic do's and dont's with adding multiple wrasse? Is it just going to depend/vary from fish to fish? Also is there a diff with Fairys vs. Flashers?

O and my tank is a 300DD for reference...

Thanks for any guidance you all can give!
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First, you should find these helpful:
http://www.3reef.com/threads/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses.122261/
https://www.reef2reef.com/blog/cirrhilabrus-complexes-inferiority-need-not-apply/

Now, with that being said, you've picked some of the worst offenders when it comes to aggression, and it really doesn't help if the rubrisquammis has been the only wrasse in the tank for some time. The filamentosus has survived simply beacuse it's a bit more aggressive. Naoko can be up there in aggression, but probably won't last amongst those two.

3FordFamily said:
Check out my new Hawaiian banana wrasse!
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They're a pretty species, but boy are Thalassoma rough-and-tumble. A good genus for FO tanks though.
 
evolved said:
First, you should find these helpful:
http://www.3reef.com/threads/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses.122261/
https://www.reef2reef.com/blog/cirrhilabrus-complexes-inferiority-need-not-apply/

Now, with that being said, you've picked some of the worst offenders when it comes to aggression, and it really doesn't help if the rubrisquammis has been the only wrasse in the tank for some time. The filamentosus has survived simply beacuse it's a bit more aggressive. Naoko can be up there in aggression, but probably won't last amongst those two.


They're a pretty species, but boy are Thalassoma rough-and-tumble. A good genus for FO tanks though.
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My last banana got bullied by a lime green half his size, but yes he was definitely the exception. this banana is in a fish only tank with large angels, a mean Achilles tang, etc.
 
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I love my Rosefascia. He is the dominant wrasse although he's not a continual bully. He only lets everyone know who's boss when a new fish is introduced
 
d-man said:
I love my Rosefascia. He is the dominant wrasse although he's not a continual bully. He only lets everyone know who's boss when a new fish is introduced
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This has been similar to my experiences with them as well.
 
Horrendous photos, as the fish's fins in both pintail and Katoi fairy wrasse are one of the more attractive features (and they're not up on the photos), and also the stress coloration is less striking.

Both of these guys are pretty large and healthy. Will post pics and videos of them and my wrasse tank shortly, with everyone getting along (hopefully)

Pintail
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Katoi
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