wrasse help

My wrasse came out today and its mouth looks white with a white spot around it. There is also some elongated white spot on its fin and its back fin seems like it’s being eaten away. He was perfectly fine yesterday and did till eat today. I ordered prazipro thinking maybe it’s flukes?

So I am in need of help. About 3 weeks ago I lost a fairy wrasse in qt to what I thought was a bacterial infection so I started treating the rest of the fish in the quarantine tank. One of those being this leopard wrasse. Now almost three weeks later of medicating the tank I am almost certain I...

Share some tricks about what you did in order to get your leopard wrasse to eat. I my self having some issues with getting my leopard wrasse to nibble on seaweed, lettuce, meat pellets, mysis shrimp, blood worms, brine shrimp. I haven’t dipped anything in garlic but the meat pellets are pre...

my return pump is usually set to turn off over night but I forgot to rest the time after shutting everything down to clean and reorganize my tank before adding new coral and fish. Any who, the return pump stayed on over night and over heated the tank to about 85F. My leopard wrasse seems super...

Hi, this is my first time asking, sorry if I miss things out. I have a 6 line wrasse that has suddenly stopped eating and is becoming patchy. This has now been happening for 2 days. I’m not really sure how to upload a picture here so I’ve put it on Pinterest https://pin.it/3wGdjPo Pic Thank...

Hello I have a established Halichoeres melanurus. tank is a 70G display w/ 20G sump. I was wondering if I put a wrasse in an acclimation box i could possibly one or two more wrasses? Is that pushing it for this size system? I was wondering if i could add a Halichoeres chrysus or Paracheilinus...

I am considering getting a leopard wrasse. I was wondering what the difficulty of keeping them was. I don't have a quarantine tank so I was planning on getting it from drreef or another place if anyone has recommendations. I have a 50 gallon long tank that has been set up for 6+months. I only...

I ordered 3 wrasses (Carpenter's flasher wrasse, Tricolor fairy wrasse and Yellow coris wrasse) from Blue Zoo Aquatics that were supposed to be delivered Tuesday but due to a UPS delay they were stuck in transit until yesterday morning (probably about 36hrs). All three are in a 10gallon QT tank...

My wrasse has been acting like he has had flukes for the last two weeks. I have been feeding mysis with seachem focus+metroplex. He has been eating everyday even on his worst seeming days so I didn't ever worry. I don't have an air stone so I was going to get one today incase this was an oxygen...

Hello! I currently have a reef tank with mostly soft corals (zoas, toadstools, mushrooms) and plan to add more. If possible, I want to add Wrasses to the system and would like feedback on the few I am considering below. Would those mentioned get along with each other and my current stock? I...

Hello everyone so I just bought from LiveAquaria everything arrived healthy but I had ordered an adult medium sized Red Coris Wrasse and what I got was a juvenile which is absolutely fine not a big deal but the more I look at it the more I think it looks like a juvenile Queen Coris wrasse or a...

Hey, so I've got a new Glorious Wrasse in the tank yesterday, around 6.5-7" he was stressed at first and got bullied by a medium sized Foxface into a cave the wrasse then got out of that and started swimming normal, now I have one other wrasse in the tank that it usuually goes for(nothing too...

Im looking to add some leopard wrasses. Can i put multiple kinds in one system? will they be ok in a group if added simultaneously?

So just bought a tricolor fairy wrasse 3 days ago, beautiful fish, but stays in the rocks most of the time but comes out to eat. I notice it thrashing against the sand and has this white thing on his mouth. Pics below

Hey everyone, new here. i set up a 40-gallon Aquatop it is currently Cycling my Chocolate clown is in QT. I'm researching Wrasse's to put into my reef tank later down the road. I'm looking at the disappearing wrasse from Marine Collectors. (There description of the fish) Disappearing Wrasse...

Hey everyone! I had a question here about my recently purchased Orange Lined Fairy Wrasse. He is currently in my quarantine tank and is behaving in what seems to be a normal manner. Eating all of his food, seems to be grazing on Copopods all day, happy and energetic seeming, etc. He has this...

I added a Yellow coris wrasse to my tank yesterday and I put it in the tank and my melanarus wrasse was acting slightly aggressive towards it. I had to leave and once I came back the fish was gone. It has not come out from under the sand and I am wondering how long it can stay under the sand...

I just got home from the grocery store and my Mccosker's wrasse is lying down on the sand bed in the back corner. What is happening? He's been eating and active since I bought him from the LFS except for today. It looks like he's breathing heavily with sudden big breaths. All other fish are...

Hi All, Just wondering if anyone can shed some light into what was happening to my juv checkerboard wrasse.. all my fish have been in qt since the 24.3.22 however I had to move my wrasse to a new tank about the 5.4.22 because at first I thought it was a serious swim bladder issue or even some...

Help! I have tried to add a pintail fairy wrasse twice as well as a red headed fairy wrasse to my aquarium and all three had very similar reactions after acclimation. I floated the bag for 10 minutes and then drip acclimated the fish for 30. I doubled the water volume in that time and the fish...

TL;DR loss of fish brings issue of peaceful additions near aggressive six-lined wrasse, how do I deal with the aggressor? Is it better to rid myself of it? Hello all, I recently have run into an issue where I am attempting to add a late addition to my tank after the loss of two flame angels (not...

Hello, I have a Melenarus wrasse that unfortunately broke it's jaw (or something) about 7/8 months ago. He can't close his mouth at all, and has basically lived just accepting he doesn't really have a job to do, but he has always been an active swimmer. He breathes hard. Constantly. I imagine...

1 week ago I got a pencil wrasse, so far, so good, except it is always asleep in the sand bed before dinner. I have my pumps set up to slow down at 7pm and literally everyday at 6-6:30 it is in the sand bed. light cycle starts at 11am, lights aren’t on fully till 1pm, lights start to cycle off...

Hi all, I've got a 65 gallon tank that is 36"x24"x18" (LxWxH) and I'm looking to add a couple wrasses. I'd like to get an African exquisite fairy wrasse, but on liveaquaria they say you need a 90 gallon. In contrast to this, I've seen a minimum of 50 gallons being recommended. Can anyone let me...

Looking into purchasing a Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse but want to know if it is better to buy an initial phase or a terminal phase male? I know the initial phase will eventually reach the terminal phase but some threads suggest that he will not develop as vibrant coloration if transitioning as a...