The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 18, 2016

All in almost feeding time.

Jstn · Mar 18, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
In most cases females will transition into males. When this happens aggression between males can get pretty bad, often with one being forced into near constant hiding, which ultimately leads to it's demise.

If you give the female flame more time she should transition, but if you lack the patience( I can relate, I usually go with males given the choice) then take the female out and get a male.

Between rhomboidalis and lineatus, I suggest getting the rhomboid in first.

Oh I can wait, I've been waiting on one of my three blue star leopards to change for over a year.

Nice wrasse collection, how many and how large is your tank?

eatbreakfast · Mar 18, 2016

Jstn said:
Oh I can wait, I've been waiting on one of my three blue star leopards to change for over a year.

Nice wrasse collection, how many and how large is your tank?

I currently have 15 wrasses in an 80g tank.

saltyhog · Mar 18, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
I currently have 15 wrasses in an 80g tank.

I'm such a slackard....only 10 in a 155 gallon !

evolved · Mar 18, 2016

Brautumn said:
Some wrasses don't play nice like a Pylie and Scott's and have heard so many people say they have battered other wrasses to death. Maybe they work well in a very large system but I had made a list of wrasses I wanted down the line and these were on the not have list for me. I had found an article that listed how each species were ok to mingle and others not so much.

This one?:http://www.reefedition.com/cirrhilabrus-complexes-inferiority-need-not-apply/

eatbreakfast said:
A desireable fairy wrasse. Very similar to a bathyphilus. A great score if you can get one.

Yes; +1.
I'm on the lookout for one now; I had one for a long time but he recently perished.

eatbreakfast said:
In most cases females will transition into males. When this happens aggression between males can get pretty bad, often with one being forced into near constant hiding, which ultimately leads to it's demise.

If you give the female flame more time she should transition, but if you lack the patience( I can relate, I usually go with males given the choice) then take the female out and get a male.

Between rhomboidalis and lineatus, I suggest getting the rhomboid in first.

Yup; +1 to all of that.
And flames are one of the most notorious for all to transition to male, even with another male already present.

Jstn · Mar 18, 2016

eatbreakfast said:
I currently have 15 wrasses in an 80g tank.

So I have having 9 in a 90 (soon to be 120) with a tang, potter angel and clown, basically I can get more, excellent!

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 18, 2016

Man! I got 13 in a 55 and still adding.
Don't worry I will be upgrading lol

Raven312 · Mar 18, 2016

Wow! I have 8 fish total in my 75 and feel that I'm overstocked! LOL

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 18, 2016

Well we are not going to talk about my 75[emoji855][emoji855]

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 18, 2016

Raven312 said:
Wow! I have 8 fish total in my 75 and feel that I'm overstocked! LOL

I NEED HELP HIGHLY ADDICTED!!! [emoji23]

jdai · Mar 18, 2016

Hi! I currently have a Melanurus wrasse in my 230g and I want to add a Flasher and Leopard wrasse. Is it possible?

eatbreakfast · Mar 18, 2016

jdai said:
Hi! I currently have a Melanurus wrasse in my 230g and I want to add a Flasher and Leopard wrasse. Is it possible?

Yes, it should be fine, just be sure to use a social acclimation box to introduce new wrasses to existing ones.

Volpone · Mar 18, 2016

evolved said:
Yes, and personally I won't use copper with wrasses. I'd do a water change and run cuprisorb.

So the question is how do u quarantine the wrasse ? If u dont recommend using Cupramine from seachem ?

jdai · Mar 18, 2016

Thanks!

Raven312 · Mar 18, 2016

Greenstreet.1 said:
Well we are not going to talk about my 75[emoji855][emoji855]

I'm afraid to! LOL

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 18, 2016

Raven312 said:
I'm afraid to! LOL

I may get in trouble. Lol

Greenstreet.1 · Mar 18, 2016

Sorry people I'm just in LOVE WITH MY WRASSE TANK. and it's not done yet.

evolved · Mar 18, 2016

Volpone said:
So the question is how do u quarantine the wrasse ? If u dont recommend using Cupramine from seachem ?

I don't prophylactic treat for ich in QT. I only use prazi and unless ich pops up, I don't worry about it.
If it does occur or if you want to prophylactic treat for it, consider TTM.

iamurri33 · Mar 18, 2016

Will he get along with my melenourus wrasse and other fairy wrasse? I have the cyano-something wrasse lol bottom picture. Was looking to add the other one

evolved · Mar 18, 2016

iamurri33 said:
Will he get along with my melenourus wrasse and other fairy wrasse? I have the cyano-something wrasse lol bottom picture. Was looking to add the other one

cf. cyanopleura is what you have in the bottom picture. And in that case, no; avoid solorensis - those two are very closely related and will not get along well.