Help!

[1983evansd]

Can someone please tell me what fish this is please?

 

[Pete polyp]

Formosa wrasse

 

[Dtech07]

Looks to be in the Formosa Wraase

 

[Dtech07]

The Formosa Wrasse is also referred to as the Formosan Coris or Queen Coris. The juvenile and adult appearances vary greatly. As a juvenile, the body color is orange with white tiger stripes across the back. The stripes and fins are outlined in black. As an adult, the females have a dark blue-green body with black spots, accented by red on the fins, and a light-blue diagonal stripe across the orange face. The males have a light-blue body with vertical blue stripes and several green stripes on the face.

 

[1983evansd]

Thanks.

 

[Dtech07]

[emoji41]happy to

 

[1983evansd]

Do you know how much they cost by any chance?

 

[Dtech07]

Around $40

 

[1983evansd]

Brilliant [emoji106]

 

[eatbreakfast]

But generally not recommended for a reef tank if that is the type of tank you have. They do not eat corals but may flip sm corals, frags, and rocks searching for food, and usually are not trusted with motile inverts either.

 

[1983evansd]

Yeah I've found that out, I've brought a tank and this fish and a couple of others came with it... I want a reef tank so he will be up for sale I'm afraid, what do you mean by "motile"?

 

[Eric B]

I think motile means anything that molts like shrimp, etc.

 

[1983evansd]

Thanks Eric.

 

[Eric B]

No problem! Good luck with your setup!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Actually motile is anything that moves, vs sessile which are inverts that are stationary.