Wrasse for a 32g tank

[icereef]

I want to get some type of wrasse for my 32g tank. Other inhabitants will be a pink spotted goby, clown pair, corals, cleaner shrimp and other standard members of clean up crews.

I'm looking for a fish with beautiful coloration and fun behaviour that won't disturb the peace in my tank. Any ideas?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Pygmy wrasse would be a great addition. There are a few fairy wrasse as well as flashers that would be happy in a 32g and are peaceful and colorful.

 

[nereefpat]

Best choice would be a pink streak or one of the possum wrasses. They are infinitely peaceful.

 

[i cant think]

Don’t go for anything outside of PseudocheilinOPS and Wetmorella.
Fairy wrasses need a minimum of a 2.5’ (3’ is better for larger species) and flashers NEED a 4’ tank to truly fly around the tank.

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

I can tell you from personal experience i went against better judgement and bought a social fairy for my wb peninsula mini (25). Poor fish seemed stressed to me. Lapping the tank. Up and down the back wall. Had it for a few weeks until a quality home came open for it. Snatched it out (was actually easier than i thought it would be) and off he went to a friend's 120. Still there doing well. Settled in nicely.

 

[kingoftheHiLLpeople]

Love the wetmorella wrasses! Check them out. Would consider adding the wrasse early so it gets comfy and used to eating before more boisterous fish like the clowns.

 

[icereef]

Love the wetmorella wrasses! Check them out. Would consider adding the wrasse early so it gets comfy and used to eating before more boisterous fish like the clowns.

I like this one! Weird looking enough so that my kids might get interested

 

[i cant think]

I like this one! Weird looking enough so that my kids might get interested

One thing is you’ll most likely find them in spring (I believe they begin to appear more often during March/April and into early May then vanish and start to reappear around September/October time). The same goes to Pseudocheilinops ataenia but all of the species mentioned (including all 3 Wetmorella) don’t do well with aggressors in the tank.

 

[icereef]

Thanks! Are they generally wild cought or tank bred?

 

[Tamberav]

Thanks! Are they generally wild cought or tank bred?

Wild. Wrasse are not really tank bred.

 

[i cant think]

Thanks! Are they generally wild cought or tank bred?

All wrasses are wild caught - In captivity nobody has a tank big enough to replicate the natural wild schools that wrasses will form (Usually consisting of Submales, one dominant male and several females) and even if someone did, it would be 1 extremely hard to get hold of 10-15 females of the same exact species and 2 it would cost a ton to get the females and one “super male”.
Females of Cirrhilabrus tend to look identical to other females of their complex and then certain wrasses show no sexual dimorphism or it is extremely hard to tell their sex. Some of those involve;
Pseudocheilinops ataenia
All Wetmorella species
Pseudocheilinus species

 

[icereef]

All wrasses are wild caught - In captivity nobody has a tank big enough to replicate the natural wild schools that wrasses will form (Usually consisting of Submales, one dominant male and several females) and even if someone did, it would be 1 extremely hard to get hold of 10-15 females of the same exact species and 2 it would cost a ton to get the females and one “super male”.
Females of Cirrhilabrus tend to look identical to other females of their complex and then certain wrasses show no sexual dimorphism or it is extremely hard to tell their sex. Some of those involve;
Pseudocheilinops ataenia
All Wetmorella species
Pseudocheilinus species

That's very interesting, thank you.
I might have to rethink getting a wrasse then because my aim was to try to adhere to tank bred fish. I'll think this over.

 

[bradreef]

look into the ORA Yellow assessor. captive bred, smaller, peaceful, might fit your needs.