The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[tammieh]

That list looks pretty good.

In that size tank there shouldn't be that many compatibility issues between the wrasses.

As Maritimer mentioned, the pearlscale butterfly isn't reef safe.

For firefish stick to one specimen unless you can get them as a bonded pr.

Thanks for the input both of you! I really appreciate having someone with wrasse experience check over my thoughts. I already have the Pearlscale (long story!). He's not nibbling at anything ... yet. I ended up with a spare small tank that came with some fish I never would have put in something that small but I figured I'll be upgrading soon enough for them.

I do like to try to get anything I want as a pair as a pre-bonded pair if possible. I like to see that they're not trying to kill each other to begin with.

 

[laga77]

Just got a Sea Grass Wrasse. He is very shy. In fact, after bringing him home, he spent the first week under the gravel. I was really getting worried and it took a lot of discipline not to go digging for him to see if he was still alive. He is eating live BBS, Ova, and chopped oysters, shrimp, and salmon. He is scared of black worms and will dive in the gravel as soon as I put some in the tank. This will change as soon as he figures out that they are food. He will be going into my 120G mixed reef.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Just got a Sea Grass Wrasse. He is very shy. In fact, after bringing him home, he spent the first week under the gravel. I was really getting worried and it took a lot of discipline not to go digging for him to see if he was still alive. He is eating live BBS, Ova, and chopped oysters, shrimp, and salmon. He is scared of black worms and will dive in the gravel as soon as I put some in the tank. This will change as soon as he figures out that they are food. He will be going into my 120G mixed reef.

Be wary as it gets larger. H. chloropterus can get pretty pugnacious in a mixed reef when they get older.

 

[laga77]

Thanks, but seeing that I have two of these guys, not together, I know about their pugnaciousness.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Thanks, but seeing that I have two of these guys, not together, I know about their pugnaciousness.

That's a different species. That's a dragon or rockmover wrasse Novaculichthys taeniourus.

 

[cale0721]

I'm having trouble finding a possum wrasse. Anyone know where I can order one?

 

[evmibo]

Out of curiousity, where does C. hygroxerus fall on your Cirrhilabrus Chart, Hunter?

Any plans on updating that chart? It's quite helpful!

 

[d-man]

Probably with the tonos wrasse. My female monsoon wasn't too bad towards anyone but she was added nearly last and was smaller than most

 

[ascheff]

Rubriventralis complex

 

[evmibo]

Rubriventralis complex

I was thinking the same... It looks very similar to C. morrisoni.

 

[ascheff]

I was thinking the same... It looks very similar to C. morrisoni.

As I understand it, they are closely related to C. morrisoni and C. humanni.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yes, in the rubriventralis complex.

 

[Howieumd]

My male Monsoon is pretty bossy. He's pretty small compared to some of the others, but definitely doesn't have issue chasing any of them around. He's actually my only Wrasse that seems to chase anybody off.

 

[saltyhog]

Playing around with the camera still can't capture the real look of my wrasses.

 

[Rybren]

I'd say that those are some pretty nice shots.

 

[Bluecbs]

IME, the possum wrasse just couldn't compete with aggressive feeders that you have in the list. I found this the hard way....

 

[cubbyman60]

Wrasse going to sleep in the sand.

 

[evmibo]

Lost my hooded wrasse a couple days ago to what I think is an Ich breakout in the tank, potentially velvet.

 

[Peter Blue Reef]

Sorry to hear that. I lost my coris venusta that I caught on a dive when he jumped out of my tank after 2 years.

 

[ngoodermuth]

My quarantine just got a bit more fun