The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[zoaking]

I have a Melarnarus, leopard and a yellow tail tamarin. The tamarin is by far my favorite fish of the tank.

 

[Breakin Newz]

hmm..kept the solon in an acclimation box inside the tank for 4 days..after some intitial aggression from the blueline..the blueline ignored it..I let them out and for the last 3 days they have swam together like best friends..then all of ansudden tonight bam..he chasedbthe solon around untilnit jumped into the overflow..?

I'd put him back in, usually wrasse's do show aggression in the beginning.. Mine always terrorize the new guy for a few days but everything eventually simmers down, they are just establishing there "pecking order"...

 

[Breakin Newz]

I have a Melarnarus, leopard and a yellow tail tamarin. The tamarin is by far my favorite fish of the tank.

Lets see them! Esp that Tamarin!

 

[WVUreefer]

here,s hoping for the best...by far my favorite fish...now lets see those pics!

 

[Breakin Newz]

Here is a picture of my earmuff also! I'm going to add him to the first page also..

 

[zoaking]

Just tried to see if I had a pic in my phone and I don't. He is really fast but I will take a pic tomorrow. I had to go through 3 before I got one to finally eat. He is a pig now and takes away food from the tangs even.

 

[Rob.D]

I have a Salon Fairy pair, Melanurus, Mystery, and just added a small female Hooded Fairy.

 

[evolved]

The Red Solon wrasse is one of the more passive wrasse's..

Not necessarily; and if you get a mean one they can be quite nasty.

sorry server went down..I have a blue line flasher and the same wrasse as in Chort55 's 2nd pic I guess its a red solon..

That's actually Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura; that color variant is known as the "Ruby Head".

hmm..kept the solon in an acclimation box inside the tank for 4 days..after some intitial aggression from the blueline..the blueline ignored it..I let them out and for the last 3 days they have swam together like best friends..then all of ansudden tonight bam..he chasedbthe solon around untilnit jumped into the overflow..?

Some chasing is normal, and it sounds like did the right type of introduction. However, despite our best efforts, sometimes you'll end up with a particular specimen that simply won't tolerate others.

 

[WVUreefer]

well the rubynhead can't stay inside the overflow so 1st task for today is getting him out

 

[WVUreefer]

gonna try the mirror trick once I get him back in

 

[Mike&Terry]

Awesome thread! We LOVE our wrasses too. Great pics everyone and Brett, that pic of your male Earlei is fantastic!

Here are some pics of a some of our wrasses:

P. Angulatus


Terelabrus sp2


Female C. johnsoni


Male C. johnsoni


C. rhomboidalis


Male M. bipartitus


C. lineatus


Male M. kuiteri


Male Paracheilinus octotaenia

 

[Breakin Newz]

WOAH!! Amazing shots there man!!! ^^^

 

[Aquaph8]

Thanks M&T, your collection is amazing. That Kuiteri looks a lot different than last time I saw it. I haven't taken any pics of mine yet, she's tiny though.

 

[chort55]

Thanks M&T, your collection is amazing. That Kuiteri looks a lot different than last time I saw it. I haven't taken any pics of mine yet, she's tiny though.

No excuse, NEEEEED to see pics

 

[evolved]

WOAH!! Amazing shots there man!!! ^^^

Possibly ma'am, depending on who was posting.

Thanks M&T, your collection is amazing. That Kuiteri looks a lot different than last time I saw it. I haven't taken any pics of mine yet, she's tiny though.

Yeah, definitely heading to male now. Did you nab that one from Kevin a few weeks ago Brett? A little mad at myself for not picking her up.

 

[evolved]

Alright, just so I'm not some creeper posting here:


Male C. nahackyi

C. lunatus

C. lineatus

P. bellae

C. johnsoni, male

In full flash mode. Happens every night. This guy has become my favorite for now.

Still in flash mode, alongside C. earlei now:

earlei and lineatus:

P. octotaenia, couldn't get a great one of him:

C. rhomboidalis:

H. melanurus:

H. timorensis, male:

And the corresponding H. timorensis, female. These pair are a lot of fun, they take turns chasing each other in courting circles throughout the day:

And they're a great example of sexual dichromatism most genera of labroids have.

 

[Breakin Newz]

@evolved Finally! All those wrasse's look GREAT!

 

[ahvrivera]

Great looking wrasses everyone.

Here a few of mine

 

[Breakin Newz]

@ahvrivera I absolutely love your pair of potters wrasse's, they look great!!!! Thank you so much for sharing with R2R!

 

[ahvrivera]

one of my favorites. Looking at these others pics. i think its time to add a few more