The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[eatbreakfast]

I have a few in the cyanopleura group together without major issue, but I have also seen them in other tanks behave very aggressively towards others within their complex. Acclimating properly helps, but is also quite dependant on the individual personality of the fish, and it's a bigger gamble within the same complex.

 

[cmcoker]

Question for you wrasse lovers, would an exquisite do ok in a 10g quarantine with a half inch yellow clown goby?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Question for you wrasse lovers, would an exquisite do ok in a 10g quarantine with a half inch yellow clown goby?

That would be fine.

 

[cmcoker]

That would be fine.

Thanks!

Off to the LFS, hope he's still there

 

[Duke4Life]

TJ/hunter: Any favorite wrasses? Or some that get overlooked that baffles ya'lls minds as to why?

 

[JakeK]

We actually have a cf. cyanopleura and another which I think has some solarensis blood in it and they are fine. Tank size? I added them in one or two at a time with acclimation boxes and it worked like a charm.

The tank is a 93 gallon. 36 x 30 x 20 old frag tank.

 

[eatbreakfast]

TJ/hunter: Any favorite wrasses? Or some that get overlooked that baffles ya'lls minds as to why?

I like C. rubriventralis, H. chrysus, richmondi, timorensis, argus and leucurus. They are all periodically available, some quite common, but don't seem to get 'the love' of some of their rarer brethren.

 

[Wrassesngobies]

The tank is a 93 gallon. 36 x 30 x 20 old frag tank.

Our exquisite uses all of the length and height of our 90. He was in a 55 when we first got him and he was skittish there. He's the opposite in the deep blue 90.

 

[Duke4Life]

pink margin

 

[Duke4Life]

cf cyanopleura

 

[Duke4Life]

cf pylei (thought he was going lower)

 

[Duke4Life]

carpenters flasher

 

[Wrassesngobies]

cf pylei (thought he was going lower)

I have one like this which is still a female. She's a fattie. The other petco female didn't last a week in qt. shame.

 

[evolved]

TJ/hunter: Any favorite wrasses? Or some that get overlooked that baffles ya'lls minds as to why?

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/top-10-or-15-wrasses.201486/

I like C. rubriventralis, H. chrysus, richmondi, timorensis, argus and leucurus.

richmondi is particularly nice IMO, and doesn't make trade appearances very often.
timorensis I hold a bit dear, of course.

 

[watchguy123]

some of my wrasses:

 

[Mike_J]

I take horrible pictures of my tank, but here are 4 of my current wrasses. Included in this bad picture are my lineatus, katherine's, labouti and pintail. Not pictured are my diamond tail, rhomboid, crescent tail, royal blue pencil wrasse.

 

[FoD]

richmondi is particularly nice IMO, and doesn't make trade appearances very often.
timorensis I hold a bit dear, of course.

I miss my richmondi and haven't seen one for sale since I bought mine! One day.

 

[JakeK]

Question on female to male changes.

If i buy female fairy wrasses of multiple species yet to be determined and introduce them into the tank at the same time will they eventually turn to males? The only other wrasse in the tank will be my super male McCosker.

 

[4FordFamily]

Question on female to male changes.

If i buy female fairy wrasses of multiple species yet to be determined and introduce them into the tank at the same time will they eventually turn to males? The only other wrasse in the tank will be my super male McCosker.

Assuming they are different species, over time yes. Even if they are the same species they still may all change male.

There are exceptions but statistically the answer is yes

 

[FoD]

Agreed...however I had a female Rhomboid for over 2 years before it finally changed, with multiple male Fairy species. I had a M. meleagris change in less than a month. Determined on a case by case basis in my experience.