Coris Wrasses are an interesting group. Nearly all are beautiful, active and hardy fish with interesting behavior and a penchant for eating. Given enough space (some get quite large), nearly all of them will adapt well to captive conditions. If you've spent any time in your Local Fish Store (LFS) or online shopping for fish, you have certainly come across a few species of Coris. One you may not have come across is the Pink Lined Rainbow Coris Wrasse; let us rectify that unfortunate situation today.
Regardless of their penchant for consuming all the natural prey items you've so thoughtfully provided, you're going to need to supplement the Pink Lined Coris' diet above and beyond the hermits, snails and shrimp. They do great on Gamma Krill, Mussel, Chopped Prawn, Mysis and Bloodworms. We feed them a mix of these foods here. They almost universally accept high quality pellets like Nutramar Complete very quickly. Here we feed them twice a day, and this is a totally acceptable schedule for the home aquarist as well; more feedings would be fine but reduce the amount of food per feeding. If you have the dreaded vermetid snails and don't want them anymore (as most don't), you could be looking at your savior fish right here. They will also consume smaller bristleworms from your sand bed and a variety of nuisance inverts from the aquarium. Click here to learn more
Regardless of their penchant for consuming all the natural prey items you've so thoughtfully provided, you're going to need to supplement the Pink Lined Coris' diet above and beyond the hermits, snails and shrimp. They do great on Gamma Krill, Mussel, Chopped Prawn, Mysis and Bloodworms. We feed them a mix of these foods here. They almost universally accept high quality pellets like Nutramar Complete very quickly. Here we feed them twice a day, and this is a totally acceptable schedule for the home aquarist as well; more feedings would be fine but reduce the amount of food per feeding. If you have the dreaded vermetid snails and don't want them anymore (as most don't), you could be looking at your savior fish right here. They will also consume smaller bristleworms from your sand bed and a variety of nuisance inverts from the aquarium. Click here to learn more
