Exquisite Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus exquisitus)

btkrausen · Dec 30, 2011

Just curious on what your experiences were with this fish. How are they in terms of aggressiveness towards other wrasses and comparatively to the other wrasses?

soccerbag · Dec 30, 2011

Curious as well. They are beautiful!

btkrausen · Dec 30, 2011

Yes sir, the colors are crazy on these and LA has some collected from Maldives which are more colorful than the ones from Fiji. I have a pending order on LA and was thinking about adding one on but I might be patient.

Aquaph8 · Dec 30, 2011

All I know about them is they're prone to losing their color absent of females.

soccerbag · Dec 30, 2011

Missed that on the site earlier but that may because you have it in your cart....lol.

btkrausen · Dec 30, 2011

soccerbag said:
Missed that on the site earlier but that may because you have it in your cart....lol.

Haha, no, they are listed under the Reef Safe wrasses

minhvu · Dec 30, 2011

I've thought about getting one in the past but everywhere I've read, they're pretty aggressive

soccerbag · Dec 30, 2011

btkrausen said:
Haha, no, they are listed under the Reef Safe wrasses

Right in front of my face, I'll miss it everytime...lol.

The Japanese Cirrhilabrus Temmincki Wrasse looks incredible too (with the price tag to boot).

btkrausen · Dec 30, 2011

minhvu said:
I've thought about getting one in the past but everywhere I've read, they're pretty aggressive

Thanks, that's what I was worried about.

btkrausen · Dec 30, 2011

soccerbag said:
Right in front of my face, I'll miss it everytime...lol.

The Japanese Cirrhilabrus Temmincki Wrasse looks incredible too (with the price tag to boot).

Yeah I considered picking that up but I think I'm going to wait for the ones I really want instead of picking up randomness. Haah

brannock_16 · Dec 30, 2011

I had an African Exquisite wrasse for a bit. I bought a small male (approximately 2.5 inches). He ate frozen food immediately and was always out and about in the tank. The only aggression that he showed was to a very similarly sized Solon Fairy Wrasse. Other than that little aggression he got along fantastically with my other three wrasses. Unfortunately I lost him due to a tank crash a few weeks ago.