The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

Jstn · Jun 20, 2016

Na it sounds ok. I found if mine were being chased they always hide at the top of the tank. Any action would just stress her out, I would feed a little bit more to keep the aggression down.

evolved · Jun 20, 2016

Paul87 said:
Is this normal or should I be worried?

Sounds just a bit spooked for now; normal to some degree being a little fish now alongside some bigger ones.
Things should calm down in a few days.

shollis2814 · Jun 20, 2016

My gramma and lantern bass had both grown too large and too belligerent. My local LFS loaned me a fish trap and I took them both in for some store credit.

I brought home a dot dash flasher wrasse, and oh my , he is awesome! My lights are ramping up now. I will try to post a picture later.

Rybren · Jun 20, 2016

Rybren said:
My LFS has two Anampses geographicus in stock at a really good (I think) price of $24 Cdn. Both fish are fat and eating mysis out of the water column.
There doesn't seem to be much info available for this fish, although fish base lists the maximum size at 31cm - too large for my 120G tank. Just wondering if anyone has any experience with this fish. I'd guess that both are juvenile, they both have a pretty dark coloration.

The LFS still has these fish in stock. Just wanted to confirm that they are, indeed, Anampses geographicus...

shollis2814 · Jun 20, 2016

Sorry for the poor quality. He is actively exploring and I only have my camera phone.

I have read that wrasses may need to eat a little more often than other fish. I typically give my 1-2 good feedings a week. Turn the pumps off and let them eat for a while. Marine Cuisine, Mysis, Reef Chili and Phytoplankton mix. Will this guy be ok with that or should I feed a little more often?

twon8 · Jun 20, 2016

shollis2814 said:
Sorry for the poor quality. He is actively exploring and I only have my camera phone.

I have read that wrasses may need to eat a little more often than other fish. I typically give my 1-2 good feedings a week. Turn the pumps off and let them eat for a while. Marine Cuisine, Mysis, Reef Chili and Phytoplankton mix. Will this guy be ok with that or should I feed a little more often?

I hope you mean per day and not per week. I feed at minimum twice a day, sometimes five or six times.

twon8 · Jun 20, 2016

Rybren said:
The LFS still has these fish in stock. Just wanted to confirm that they are, indeed, Anampses geographicus...

Pretty sure they are labeled correctly

eliramos · Jun 20, 2016

murali somisetty said:
My excotics !!!

The holy trinity!

Beautiful!

eliramos · Jun 20, 2016

myzislow said:
Most of these fish have been with me for 5+years. The male rubrisqumais was sourced from PIA way back in the day and was fairly large when I got him, fully mature for sure. If I had to guess he's at least 8+years old easily.

How large is your tank! Love the scape

evolved · Jun 20, 2016

Rybren said:
The LFS still has these fish in stock. Just wanted to confirm that they are, indeed, Anampses geographicus...

Actually no; that's Halichoeres marginatus, juvenile.

twon8 said:
I hope you mean per day and not per week. I feed at minimum twice a day, sometimes five or six times.

And agree; twice a day is really the minimum. I feed 3-4 times per day.

Rybren · Jun 20, 2016

evolved said:
Actually no; that's Halichoeres marginatus, juvenile.

Thanks.

The males are beautiful.

What are your thoughts on adding one to the following mix? (an acclimation box would be used)

Paracheilinus carpenteri
Paracheilinus lineopunctatus x P. angulatus
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis (ryukyuensis)
Wetmorella nigropinnata
Macropharyngodon ornatus
Halichoeres chrysus
Halichoeres biocellatus
Zebrasoma flavescens
Amphiprion ocellaris (2)
Centropyge bispinosa
Amblygobius decussatus
Cryptocentrus cinctus(2)
Chrysiptera hemicyanea
Synchiropus splendidus
Gramma loreto

evolved · Jun 20, 2016

Rybren said:
What are your thoughts on adding one to the following mix? (an acclimation box would be used)

Should be okay.

shollis2814 · Jun 20, 2016

twon8 said:
I hope you mean per day and not per week. I feed at minimum twice a day, sometimes five or six times.

Sorry, I meant 2-3 good feedings a week, not per day. But again, I had a clown, a gramma, and a lantern bass. I turned off the pumps and fed them roughly every other day. The off days, they picked. My parameters are good, and my fish are fat and healthy. I know the wrasse will benefit, and will need more frequent feedings, as will my Hector's goby I just added. That's why I asked the question. I can see from the responses that I should.

Thanks

Rybren · Jun 20, 2016

evolved said:
Should be okay.

Thanks Hunter, I appreciate the advice.

Paul87 · Jun 20, 2016

shollis2814 said:
My gramma and lantern bass had both grown too large and too belligerent. My local LFS loaned me a fish trap and I took them both in for some store credit.

I brought home a dot dash flasher wrasse, and oh my , he is awesome! My lights are ramping up now. I will try to post a picture later.

Sounds like a good trade to me. I really like the P. lineopunctatus.

shollis2814 · Jun 20, 2016

Paul87 said:
Sounds like a good trade to me. I really like the P. lineopunctatus.

Thanks. He is doing great, and I can also tell the whole demeanor of my tank is different now that the two thugs are gone. My Hector's goby is out and about cruising the rock, and I am floating a diamond goby to sift the sand.

Rybren · Jun 20, 2016

Rybren said:
Thanks Hunter, I appreciate the advice.

I see that Live Aquaria (and a few other places) have this fish listed as a H. annularis rather than a marginatus. However, a Google search for H. marginatus brings you to the LA site for the annularis.

Fishbase has no listing for an H. annularis so what's the story? The H. marginatus was described in 1835, so it's not like they recently swapped names.

Thanks

eatbreakfast · Jun 20, 2016

Rybren said:
I see that Live Aquaria (and a few other places) have this fish listed as a H. annularis rather than a marginatus. However, a Google search for H. marginatus brings you to the LA site for the annularis.

Fishbase has no listing for an H. annularis so what's the story? The H. marginatus was described in 1835, so it's not like they recently swapped names.

Thanks

The reason being is that a scientist came along after it was formally described and found, either a juvenile, or a fish from a different region, thus the newer name becomes invalid, or a junior synonym. In some case, such as with H. marginatus/annularis, there are a couple schools of thought. One is that they are both similar enough to be the variants of the same species, the other school of thought is that they are different enough to warrant being seperated. LA thinks they are seperate, Fishbase thinks they are synonymous.