Diving in the Caribbean recently has really opened my eyes to the variety of fish in the ocean! I saw this massive (like- hundreds) school of Creole Wrasse (blue, not pink) and it got me wondering why these don’t seem to be widespread or available to aquarium hobbyists. Here’s the couple meager pics I was able to take of a male and female that broke off of ten school to mate.
And here are some pics off google that correctly show the schooling ability of these fish
So why are we not using these fish?? I didn’t see any individuals more than around 7” (not to say that they can’t grow larger) and I didn’t see any of them damaging coral but many wrasses are not reef safe even though they’re found on reefs so I’m not sure if these would be a FOWLR fish or something suitable for everybody. I think they’re very pretty, just as pretty as any chromis, especially the males which have the nice yellow belly. Maybe these are the solution to the desire for schooling fish in larger tanks!
And here are some pics off google that correctly show the schooling ability of these fish
So why are we not using these fish?? I didn’t see any individuals more than around 7” (not to say that they can’t grow larger) and I didn’t see any of them damaging coral but many wrasses are not reef safe even though they’re found on reefs so I’m not sure if these would be a FOWLR fish or something suitable for everybody. I think they’re very pretty, just as pretty as any chromis, especially the males which have the nice yellow belly. Maybe these are the solution to the desire for schooling fish in larger tanks!