The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[JoJosReef]

Maybe you got a Red Sea one. Mine was the devil in cloak.

She's a beauty and super sweet!

 

[Calmwaters]

Instead of Melanurus, go with a Halichoeres iridis. Instead of a Blue Star Leopard, go with a Macropharyngodon meleagris, and insteas of a Yellow NON Coris go with a Halichoeres leucoxanthus. I have not keep a Leucoxanthus yet but I will get a harem the first chance I have.
These alternate species are either less aggressive, more beautiful or both.

Oh man those are stunning as well!

 

[Calmwaters]

Instead of Melanurus, go with a Halichoeres iridis. Instead of a Blue Star Leopard, go with a Macropharyngodon meleagris, and insteas of a Yellow NON Coris go with a Halichoeres leucoxanthus. I have not keep a Leucoxanthus yet but I will get a harem the first chance I have.
These alternate species are either less aggressive, more beautiful or both.

 

[Calmwaters]

Oh man those are stunning as well!

Thank you for the suggestions!

 

[GBRsouth]

@Slocke is one of my favorites! I knew he didn't mean any offense, I just like messing with him.

I'm actually kinda surprised he hasn't changed his username to @ItsNOTaCorisWrassePeople!GetItRightPlease yet.

Or... @Slocke could change his name to @PseudoCorisWrasse !

 

[Solasis]

Any bird wrasse keepers here? Looking for any experience and tips. Hoping to get one for my 300 FOWLR at the end of this year.

 

[LeonardTheWrasse]

How would you go about catching and transferring a leopard wrasse into a new tank?

 

[Tcook]

Is that the broche or teradactyl guy?

 

[Slocke]

How would you go about catching and transferring a leopard wrasse into a new tank?

A trap. Or maybe netting in the sand.

Is that the broche or teradactyl guy?

I don’t know. I think it’s the one comedic actor hired for airplane. The rest were mostly terrible actors told to try their hardest.

 

[JoJosReef]

How would you go about catching and transferring a leopard wrasse into a new tank?

I took my leopard from it's landing pad tank to the DT by scooping it out of the sand with an oversized tupper (keeping a lot of sand in the tupper so it didn't dart down and break its beak). Then slowly poured out the water and palmed the leopard in my hand with a bit if sand and then placed it close to the sand in the DT. Buried itself immediatly but didn't bump into any nems, rocks or otherwise freak out

 

[OrionN]

I put the only sand bed in a tank in a small tub. At night the sleep in the tub and I just transfer the tub to the new tank.
Voilà, stressless transfer.
Once she is up and swimming, I remove the tub from the new tank.

 

[Tcook]

A trap. Or maybe netting in the sand.

I don’t know. I think it’s the one comedic actor hired for airplane. The rest were mostly terrible actors told to try their hardest.

Been 40 years

 

[Slocke]

Been 40 years

Uggh
Guess I don’t know it by heart yet. Let me watch it another dozen times…

 

[JoJosReef]

Uggh
Guess I don’t know it by heart yet. Let me watch it another dozen times…

But there's a good plan!

 

[OrionN]

My Leucoxanthus just started transitioning last week. It's starting to get some greens and pinks in the cheeks. The belly is getting noticably whiter and brighter as well!

More pictures as he changes please.

 

[Ross]

Question for all the wrasse lovers...

Setting up a new tank (48x24) and I'm contemplating what wrasse I would like. A few I'm drawn to

-mystery wrasse
-radiant wrasse
-earmuff wrasse
-the leopard wrasses

I don't care for the fairy wrasses and don't want a six line. The tank will have a mandarin, so he needs to get along with that ( I have read the mystery wrasse may beat up a mandarin).

Id love to hear some thoughts!

 

[Slocke]

Question for all the wrasse lovers...

Setting up a new tank (48x24) and I'm contemplating what wrasse I would like. A few I'm drawn to

-mystery wrasse
-radiant wrasse
-earmuff wrasse
-the leopard wrasses

I don't care for the fairy wrasses and don't want a six line. The tank will have a mandarin, so he needs to get along with that ( I have read the mystery wrasse may beat up a mandarin).

Id love to hear some thoughts!

Yes skip the mystery as they are sometimes very aggressive. Maybe a different species of leopard or Halichoeres instead.

 

[Ross]

Thanks. I really like the body shape and movement of the earmuff and radiants, so anything similiar to that would be cool. I have read that the radiants aren't as hardy, or maybe they just dont ship well.

I will have a shallow sandbed of 1-2 inches, if that matters. I'm not an expert like you guys are, so any other recommendations would be cool!

 

[Slocke]

Thanks. I really like the body shape and movement of the earmuff and radiants, so anything similiar to that would be cool. I have read that the radiants aren't as hardy, or maybe they just dont ship well.

I will have a shallow sandbed of 1-2 inches, if that matters. I'm not an expert like you guys are, so any other recommendations would be cool!

Yes they sometimes struggle with shipping stress issues.
If you have a reliable LFS you could consider a tamarin(Anampses) like the yellowtail and china. They are just difficult to get acclimated and suffer shipping stress

 

[saltienewb]

Alright. Ready to get hurt again.

Let’s talk leopard ( meleagris). Instead of shipping we will be going LFS and watch it eat/check for mouth injury)

Bought this acclimation box. https://a.co/d/gygxq82

For leopard, put near the bottom with sand in the bottom inch?