Top 5 Most Favorite Fairy wrasse...

MarvinsReef · May 20, 2008

there's so many different fairy wrasses out there.. these fishes are by far my favorite.. I was just curious how many out there are on the same boat as I am.. and which ones are your top 5 most favorite fairy wrasses..

Thanks...

here are mine...

1. Lineatus
2. Golden Rhomboid
3. HI Flame
4. Hooded
5. Laboutei

Kigs! · May 20, 2008

Here's my list.

1. Lanceolatus
2. Jordani
3. Rhomboid
4. Lineatus
5. Laboutei

FateX8 · May 20, 2008

1. C. bathyphilius
2. White C. Rubrimarginatus
3. C. laboutei
4. C. exquisite
5. C. rubriventralis

MarvinsReef · May 20, 2008

I think it'll be fun if we can include pics if you have them..

I'll dig up some pics later on....

detguy123 · May 20, 2008

there was no way i could let this thread go any longer without me posting my favs...i will post the five favorites that i have kept and the 5 favorites that i want to keep

1. Conde's C.condei..i like this one the most because of the way it displays..it has two ways of doing this and is the only fairy that i know of that displays this way

2. Lineatus..C. Lineatus..need i say more..the supermales are just too sweet
mine is not a supermale but even males and feamles of this one look very nice

3. Red Velvet or Rosy Scales C. Rubrisquamis..i love the color change on this fish so sweet

4. Labout's C. Laboutei...has every color on this fish and was the fairy that got me hooked and wanting to keep fairys

5. Red-eyed C. Solorensis..i have always loved the color combo on these but they fade so bad without females and every time is see one at the store i want one again

now for my want list in no order
1. Katos C. Kato
2. A true C. Lanceolatus
3. Crescent -tail C. Lunatus
4. Super male Golden C. Rhomboidalis
5. Blood-stain C. Sanguineus

MarvinsReef · May 20, 2008

detguy123 said:
now for my want list in no order
1. Katos C. Kato
2. A true C. Lanceolatus
3. Crescent -tail C. Lunatus
4. Super male Golden C. Rhomboidalis
5. Blood-stain C. Sanguineus

got any pics Nick? I know what the Rhomboid looks like but I don't know what the rest look like..

detguy123 · May 20, 2008

i have only seen pics of H. Tanaka's stuff on some of those so i am sorry i don't have any pics..also i think some of those might be in Rudie H Kuiter's wrasse book..they would be in the fairy and rainbow one..as far as i know the Katos and blood stain have not been sold here..i have seen the Lanceolatus and Crecent tail in person and they are very nice..i could of bought the lanceolatus but my tank was so full and i did not want to try to keep that one and move one out and maybe disrupt a happy home but i am kicking myself now for not doing that..plus it was only going to be $100..that is very cheap for one..seen them going for around $450 before

reefermadness · May 21, 2008

The Hawaii Flame and Scotts are on the top of my list...

MarvinsReef · May 27, 2008

bumpity bump!!!

revhtree · Dec 29, 2016

We need to get this one going again!

Deinonych · Dec 29, 2016

My favorites:

C. lineatus
C. rhomboidalis
C. isosceles
C. rubrimarginatus
C. exquisitus (particularly the Vanuatu phenotype)

saltyhog · Dec 29, 2016

Deinonych said:
My favorites:

C. lineatus
C. rhomboidalis
C. isosceles
C. rubrimarginatus
C. exquisitus (particularly the Vanuatu phenotype)

I like your style!

Substitute C. jordani for rubrimarginatus and our list is identical.

Only 5 is really hard, lots of others that are hard to leave off of my list C. laboutei, C. punctatus, C. rubrimarginatus are either in my tank or will be. C. johnsoni and C. earlei would definitely be on the "A" list were it not for their cost.

And there are the ones that are very beautiful but don't make the list because they don't play nice with other fairy wrasse. C. scottorum, C. rubrisquamus, C. roseafascia and C. melanomarginatus.

Deinonych · Dec 29, 2016

^^^ Agreed, hard to limit to just 5.

I'd add C. brunneus to your list as well. C. punctatus is highly underrated IMO, especially the Fijian phenotype. We saw several beautiful TP males diving in Fiji earlier this year!

BrettMallette · Dec 29, 2016

C. Rhomboidalis
C. Solorensis
C. Rubriventralis
C. Roseafascia
C. Adornatus

Have 3 of my top 5. Agree with above would love a Roseafascia but already kinda pushing the agression threshold with the fish i have.

Daniel@R2R · Dec 30, 2016

Wow! Tough call...I'll need to think on this one...

Johnsoni and Earlei are definitely in the list...

Va_Reef · Dec 30, 2016

In no particular order, fish that I could own (I'm not counting the ones that are collected once every few years or cost over a grand):

C. Lunatus
C. Naoko
C. cf Lancelotus
C. Brunneus
C. Rhomboidalis