Wrasse expert keepers help please?

[ThaBeast]

Where can I purchase an acclimation box for my new wrasse additions?

Sent from my Droid because I'm bored at work!

 

[nayrgaijin]

Pretty sure they had these at MACNA, pretty sweet!
Aquarium Acclimation Kit: Reef Gently AccliMate Pro

 

[ThaBeast]

Does anyone here have this product^? Looks like the inner container is open on the top, that'd not work well for a wrasse

 

[96gts]

This is what I am using. I have the medium 12x6x6, works very well for me.

4CORAL.COM

 

[Bigdaddy]

sorry to sound stupid but what is the purpose of this box is it to prevent aggression issues >?

 

[boehm742]

Prevent unwanted stress from other fish during the acclimation process. Also if the fish dies its in the box and not wedged between rocks in the bottom corner of the tank where you cant reach.

 

[SaraB]

I use a drilled plastic cage for gerbil/hamsters for my acclimation box. You just have to make sure there are no sharp parts from the drilled holes and have the room to sit it at the bottom of your tank. I also add a piece of liverock to keep it sunk in the tank. I've acclimated several fairy wrasses this way.

 

[ThaBeast]

This is what I am using. I have the medium 12x6x6, works very well for me.

4CORAL.COM

Thank You! That is exactly what I was looking for!

 

[kirkleigh84]

This is what I am using. I have the medium 12x6x6, works very well for me.

4CORAL.COM

x2 have the same one and it is great acclimating fish to the new enviroment.

 

[Brad Syphus]

I just finished acclimating my newest member. Nahacky's wrasse.

Here shows the curiouse others .

 

[Brad Syphus]

Here shows I just let him loose after 2 days in the acclimation box. Perfectly happy with the others.

 

[ThaBeast]

Very nice Brad! I love your wrasse collection, and tank in general

 

[ruppertb]

do you have to have a lid on a tank with wrasses, i would like to get one but do not want to have it be on the floor a week later.

 

[ThaBeast]

do you have to have a lid on a tank with wrasses, i would like to get one but do not want to have it be on the floor a week later.

Yes you need a tank cover...and as one of my juvi flames showed me, a cover on the overflow too. Many of us use 1/4" mesh in screen frames

 

[cee]

Here shows I just let him loose after 2 days in the acclimation box. Perfectly happy with the others.

Sweet Nahacky! I was this close to getting one on DD last week. How do you find its disposition? It's either this, a hooded, or a lanceolatus for me next.

Dave

 

[Brad Syphus]

I've had one before and they are timid. Not aggressive at all. It's hanging out with my hooded now. They have similar colors and must think they belong together.:wink:

Definately need a cover like HandMafia said. They bounce off of the bottom of mine ALL the time.

 

[ruppertb]

so how do i go about making a cover, one of my light fixtures sits on the edge of my tank, and i have hallides over the back half.

also can different species of wrasses get along, like a mystery wrasse and one of the many types of flasher wrasses?

 

[ThaBeast]

Mystery wrasses have a reputation of being pugnacious. Many flashers and fairies get along (See Brad's tank). I have flames and a rhomboid that do well together. Many of us use 1/4" netting stretched into diy screen frames from the local home store

 

[ruppertb]

so 1/4 inch netting, put into a window screen frame would work?

 

[Angels 2010]

Couldn't find it on their site, but Petsmart sells a "net breeder" for like 5 bucks that I used to acclimate my new Pink Margin. Worked great. Actually floats while attached to the side of the tank so the top sat right against my net lid so the wrasse couldn't jump. It is now in my tank with no aggression issues at all.