Cirrihilabrus Roseafascia

seth&angelle · Dec 10, 2014

So I own a small LFS in South South Louisiana, and I came across a Cirrhilabrus Roseafascia. I've seen this fish in old articles online, but have never seen one available. I absolutely love the fish from photos I've seen on the Internet. Well, I asked to buy 3 and only one was available. So I bought it for my own personal wrasse collection. I will not be selling this fish! Anyways, who's got one? Is this a really rare fish. Like I said, I've never seen one available.

robby2782 · Dec 10, 2014

That is amazing. Never seen one before.

Humblefish · Dec 10, 2014

This fish looks strangely familiar. :bigsmile:

Marshall O · Dec 10, 2014

Not that rare I would say. Diver's Den sells them quite often. A couple of my LFS get them in pretty regularly as well. Get large for Fairy Wrasses, but definitely a beautiful species!

seth&angelle · Dec 10, 2014

Are you familiar with their temperament? From what I've been reading they sound pretty aggressive.

eatbreakfast · Dec 10, 2014

seth&angelle said:
Are you familiar with their temperament? From what I've been reading they sound pretty aggressive.

The ones I have kept were not overly aggressive, but they do get large as fairy wrasses go and definitely win any "squabbles" between wrasses.

seth&angelle · Dec 10, 2014

My current collection consists of a rhomboid, eightline flasher, hooded, and yellow coris. Wrasses I plan on adding in near future are a flame, johnsoni, linieatus, and possibly a splendid. This is in a 300 gallon DD

evolved · Dec 11, 2014

Marshall O said:
Not that rare I would say. Diver's Den sells them quite often. A couple of my LFS get them in pretty regularly as well. Get large for Fairy Wrasses, but definitely a beautiful species!

+1

eatbreakfast said:
The ones I have kept were not overly aggressive, but they do get large as fairy wrasses go and definitely win any "squabbles" between wrasses.

Agree, and certainly not as aggressive as scottorum.

seth&angelle said:
My current collection consists of a rhomboid, eightline flasher, hooded, and yellow coris. Wrasses I plan on adding in near future are a flame, johnsoni, linieatus, and possibly a splendid. This is in a 300 gallon DD

Should be fine; use an acclimation box.