The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

HairyGary · Apr 12, 2018

Greenstreet.1 said:
20g

Might be question for QT thread but with the diamond tails already in there would you just add the others. Just curious. I have three wrasses in my 20L and just started prazi and plan to do TTM after but want to add more at some point.

Greenstreet.1 · Apr 12, 2018

HairyGary said:
Might be question for QT thread but with the diamond tails already in there would you just add the others. Just curious. I have three wrasses in my 20L and just started prazi and plan to do TTM after but want to add more at some point.

No I would not I will setup a next qt that I have there don’t want to stress out my diamonds or the new comers plus I have two other wrasse in there also and a sunburst goby. I have to make up my mind by the end of the day if I’m ordering the crescent tail as the pintail did not make the list but I will still add it if I order[emoji33].

HairyGary · Apr 12, 2018

Greenstreet.1 said:
No I would not I will setup a next qt that I have there don’t want to stress out my diamonds or the new comers plus I have two other wrasse in there also and a sunburst goby. I have to make up my mind by the end of the day if I’m ordering the crescent tail as the pintail did not make the list but I will still add it if I order[emoji33].

Got it! Thanks and good luck with them.

evolved · Apr 12, 2018

HairyGary said:
Might be question for QT thread but with the diamond tails already in there would you just add the others. Just curious. I have three wrasses in my 20L and just started prazi and plan to do TTM after but want to add more at some point.

You'd be resetting the QT clock on everything if you did.

HairyGary · Apr 12, 2018

evolved said:
You'd be resetting the QT clock on everything if you did.

Yeah thought so. Thanks.

bluedevils6653 · Apr 12, 2018

Heres some pics of my new diamondtail, bells, and pintail. Sorry for the bad pics of the diamondtail Ill try to get a couple better ones soon!

Enm89 · Apr 13, 2018

Hi, so I have a female Scott's and a male exquisite, the exquisite keeps harassing the Scott's. Do you think this behavior will get worst? I plan to add a flame wrasse and a lineatus doing the proper aclimation procedure, but I always thought the exquisite was a non agresive wrasse. Any suggestions??

Lmdw121 · Apr 13, 2018

HairyGary · Apr 13, 2018

Enm89 said:
Hi, so I have a female Scott's and a male exquisite, the exquisite keeps harassing the Scott's. Do you think this behavior will get worst? I plan to add a flame wrasse and a lineatus doing the proper aclimation procedure, but I always thought the exquisite was a non agresive wrasse. Any suggestions??

I'll let the resident experts chime in but is it a relentless chase around the tank and constant hiding or just random? Tank size? If its just random it could be just setting the hierarchy in the tank.

Adding more would distract the exquisite but once that Scott's gets bigger it will rule the roost.

cancun · Apr 13, 2018

I was following along...here are some pics of mine.....4 Leopards.... Ornate...Melegris... Vermiculated....and a Moyer's... Red Coris...and a yellow Wrasse. I was thinking about adding a China Wrasse to the mix....any thoughts?

cancun · Apr 13, 2018

Enm89 said:
Hi, so I have a female Scott's and a male exquisite, the exquisite keeps harassing the Scott's. Do you think this behavior will get worst? I plan to add a flame wrasse and a lineatus doing the proper aclimation procedure, but I always thought the exquisite was a non agresive wrasse. Any suggestions??

Hi....i would wait a little longer before doing anything....how long have you had the Scott's and the exquisite? From my own experience mixing Wrasses is not a exact science that's for sure. Some listed as peaceful turn into terrors and vice versa....

Enm89 · Apr 13, 2018

About 2 months and they where added at the same time

cancun · Apr 13, 2018

Enm89 said:
About 2 months and they where added at the same time

Oh I gotcha....has the bullying been going on the whole time?

Enm89 · Apr 13, 2018

HairyGary said:
I'll let the resident experts chime in but is it a relentless chase around the tank and constant hiding or just random? Tank size? If its just random it could be just setting the hierarchy in the tank.

Adding more would distract the exquisite but once that Scott's gets bigger it will rule the roost.

It happens a couple of times a day but the Scott's has some bites in the tail. The tank is a 130 gallon

eatbreakfast · Apr 14, 2018

Enm89 said:
Hi, so I have a female Scott's and a male exquisite, the exquisite keeps harassing the Scott's. Do you think this behavior will get worst? I plan to add a flame wrasse and a lineatus doing the proper aclimation procedure, but I always thought the exquisite was a non agresive wrasse. Any suggestions??

Exquisitus is usually a pretty mellow fairy wrasse, however it is also very closely related to scott's fairies, so aggression can be worse among closely related species.

If the aggression is only chasing a few times a day and isn't relentless, then I wouldn't be overly concerned.

cancun said:
I was following along...here are some pics of mine.....4 Leopards.... Ornate...Melegris... Vermiculated....and a Moyer's... Red Coris...and a yellow Wrasse. I was thinking about adding a China Wrasse to the mix....any thoughts?

A china wrasse will mix fine with those species.

cancun · Apr 14, 2018

eatbreakfast said:
Exquisitus is usually a pretty mellow fairy wrasse, however it is also very closely related to scott's fairies, so aggression can be worse among closely related species.

If the aggression is only chasing a few times a day and isn't relentless, then I wouldn't be overly concerned.

A china wrasse will mix fine with those species.

Thanks a bunch!!!! [emoji3]

myzislow · Apr 14, 2018

evolved said:
Sensitive to a whole lot of things. And then if you get past the barriers, it becomes a big fish.
As much as I would admire one, I don't want one.

This pretty much got addressed pages back, but I've always found those two to be okay together. I have done it in the past and doing it again now.
The complex is pretty mild for the most part. When mixing various combinations of the complex I have only seen lunatus and brunneus want to kill each other.

HairyGary said:
A Brunneus would be bossed around too. Pretty timid. Mine was the biggest in the tank and a small exquisite ruled the roost.

Hey @evolved Any issues with your isosceles and your johnsoni?

Goes to show how each individual fish is different. My brunneus is by far the most boisterous when compared to the c. lunatus and c. isoceles. No major aggression, but it's obvious he rules the tank. They are in with 5 other fairy wrasse so that probably helps.

cancun · Apr 14, 2018

myzislow said:
Goes to show how each individual fish is different. My brunneus is by far the most boisterous when compared to the c. lunatus and c. isoceles. No major aggression, but it's obvious he rules the tank. They are in with 5 other fairy wrasse so that probably helps.

I totally agree.....I had a small Juvi checkerboard wrasse....he was fine when I first put him in the tank...then 2 months later he turned out to be a total jerk...he chassed my 4 leopards around relentlessly....who had been in my tank for a year before I got the Checkerboard Wrasse....so I caught him and took him back to my LFS. I didn't see much info online where people had issues....but that goes to show they all have their own personalites.