Funlad3
Active Member
With Elegant Coris Wrasses off of the proposed white-list, even if Hawaii reopens, I can't imagine that there are too many of these floating around. I wanted to share my experience with this fish.
I caught mine with legally compliant small-mesh hand nets in 10 feet of water in December as the smallest of a trio (presumed female) at the edge of the reef in Maui, and after a month of holding + medicated QT, it's settled into my tank very well. At first it would only eat TDO pellets, but once it started eating nori and frozen deli shrimp from the algae clip, it's fully transitioned to eating any frozen food. It ignores all of my tangs, dwarf puffer, butterflies, and hawkfish, and the only species that it swims after are my bicolor anthias. I kept it without sand for that first month, but it definitely acts more settled and exhibits more natural foraging behavior now that it has a sand box.
Overall, it's a very peaceful fish that adapts well to tank life. Are there any others out there still?
I caught mine with legally compliant small-mesh hand nets in 10 feet of water in December as the smallest of a trio (presumed female) at the edge of the reef in Maui, and after a month of holding + medicated QT, it's settled into my tank very well. At first it would only eat TDO pellets, but once it started eating nori and frozen deli shrimp from the algae clip, it's fully transitioned to eating any frozen food. It ignores all of my tangs, dwarf puffer, butterflies, and hawkfish, and the only species that it swims after are my bicolor anthias. I kept it without sand for that first month, but it definitely acts more settled and exhibits more natural foraging behavior now that it has a sand box.
Overall, it's a very peaceful fish that adapts well to tank life. Are there any others out there still?
