The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

HairyGary · Oct 30, 2018

scuzy said:
I haven't had much luck with copper and my 3 lineatus. I am only doing ttm and formalin dip. After ttm I just observe for 3 weeks to make sure no velvet.

I did TTM with my wrasses but even then there is always a small chance it gets in to your DT. I plan to use copper power and hanna checker for new batch coming in.

linus.chan · Oct 30, 2018

No one is comfortable with trying CP?

linus.chan · Oct 30, 2018

scuzy said:
I haven't had much luck with copper and my 3 lineatus. I am only doing ttm and formalin dip. After ttm I just observe for 3 weeks to make sure no velvet.

When you say "haven't had much luck" do you mean they don't tolerate the copper well? or that you end up with ich/velvet.

scuzy · Oct 30, 2018

Yup they would do great with the copper up until 1.3ppm and in the 7th day I up to 1.5ppm on Hanna checker they start to go hunger strike hiding then eventually die.

For me I'm not really worry about ich as it's already made it into my tank a year ago from a frag. None of my fish shows any signs except occasional dot or two. Reason I do ttm is try to minimalist introducing new ich so the old ich can die out. I'm more worry about velvet wiping my tank.

UV and ozone really helps me in keeping ick under control and not running rampant.

HairyGary · Oct 30, 2018

scuzy said:
Yup they would do great with the copper up until 1.3ppm and in the 7th day I up to 1.5ppm on Hanna checker they start to go hunger strike hiding then eventually die.

For me I'm not really worry about ich as it's already made it into my tank a year ago from a frag. None of my fish shows any signs except occasional dot or two. Reason I do ttm is try to minimalist introducing new ich so the old ich can die out. I'm more worry about velvet wiping my tank.

UV and ozone really helps me in keeping ick under control and not running rampant.

BTW - from your video post previously, what are you adding. I saw Lineatus, Blackfin and Hooded in one tank. The other wrasses looked like flames??

linus.chan · Oct 30, 2018

I know that ich can stick around in QT for a long time (and in DT) but what about velvet? can velvet lay dormant and not show signs on a fish for 3-4 weeks? Or by then will it be clear if a fish has velvet?

I guess i ask, because i can try and just keep the fish in QT for 5-6 weeks and then only treat with copper/CP if there are signs of infection, or is that not effective?

I have a kole eye tang in QT, which i will be giving CP to in a different QT soon.

scuzy · Oct 30, 2018

HairyGary said:
BTW - from your video post previously, what are you adding. I saw Lineatus, Blackfin and Hooded in one tank. The other wrasses looked like flames??

Eight line flasher, magma wrasses, diamondtail flashers, Aussie hooded flames, regular flames, lineatus, gold rhomboid, and Rose belly fairy. They all made it past 2x formalin bath, 2x general cure , ttm. Now in observation for 2-3 weeks before display. Here the video of them in observation.

saltyhog · Oct 30, 2018

linus.chan said:
No one is comfortable with trying CP?

I QT'd my female flame wrasse in CP for 30 days with no issues. She is now a he and residing in my DT.

HairyGary · Oct 30, 2018

scuzy said:
Eight line flasher, magma wrasses, diamondtail flashers, Aussie hooded flames, regular flames, lineatus, gold rhomboid, and Rose belly fairy. They all made it past 2x formalin bath, 2x general cure , ttm. Now in observation for 2-3 weeks before display. Here the video of them in observation.

Nice list. How big is the tank??

scuzy · Oct 30, 2018

The display? 210.

HairyGary · Oct 30, 2018

scuzy said:
The display? 210.

Yep. Big wrasse population

redpine42 · Oct 31, 2018

Got my first wrasse and would like to add some more. I have a 140 gallon tank. The mix I'd like is
Ruby head fairy wrasse
Scott's fairy wrasse
Exquisite fairy wrasse
Red Head Solon fairy wrasse.

Any problems with these in the same tank?

Thanks!

eatbreakfast · Oct 31, 2018

redpine42 said:
Got my first wrasse and would like to add some more. I have a 140 gallon tank. The mix I'd like is
Ruby head fairy wrasse
Scott's fairy wrasse
Exquisite fairy wrasse
Red Head Solon fairy wrasse.

Any problems with these in the same tank?

Thanks!

Scotts fairy wrasses are aggressive to other fairy wrasses and their colors fade in captivity.

redpine42 · Oct 31, 2018

eatbreakfast said:
Scotts fairy wrasses are aggressive to other fairy wrasses and their colors fade in captivity.

Thanks! I have the Ruby head fairy wrasse already. It's adapted to the tank real nice and is a very peaceful fish.

HairyGary · Oct 31, 2018

redpine42 said:
Thanks! I have the Ruby head fairy wrasse already. It's adapted to the tank real nice and is a very peaceful fish.

Agree with @eatbreakfast but also the Scotts and the Exquisite in same sub family and the Rubyhead and the Solon are in the same as well. If you have the Ruby, you could add the Exquisite but use acclimation box. There are many others that would fit the bill.

If you have not already, i would suggest reading @evolved 's stickies regarding compatibility. Great info.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses-in-aquaria.259894/

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/c...feriority-need-not-apply-1st-revision.322326/

Don Lidtke · Oct 31, 2018

leahfiish said:
If you decide to go with Copper, get a hanna checker to test it!

BRS has the COPPER HIGH RANGE COLORIMETER HI702 HANNA CHECKER in stock. This is the one I am using.

linus.chan · Oct 31, 2018

saltyhog said:
I QT'd my female flame wrasse in CP for 30 days with no issues. She is now a he and residing in my DT.

did you ramp up the CP concentration or just started it right away? (and what concentration did you use?)

saltyhog · Oct 31, 2018

I was pretty aggressive with that particular QT protocol, somewhat as an experiment to see how the wrasse would handle it. She was QT'd with a 4" Gold Rim Tang at 60mg/gallon. She ate well the entire 30 days of QT as did the tang. 40mg/gallon is what Humblefish recommends for preventative treatment.