How many of you have at least one Wrasse in your reef tank?

[Acrocrazy725]

My last tank upgrade was from a 100gallon to 250. I had a sandless tank and changed back to sand just to be able to keep wrasses. I actually had a leopard in my 100 in a dish of sand that he would sleep in. I love wrasses. Not only are they beautiful fish but most of mine do a job.
so currently I have
1 cleaner (keeps fish clean)
1 male 1 female blue leopard ( picking at rocks and sand all day )
1 yellow coris ( currently has taken up glass surfing ) lol
1 male bird ……my current favorite …what a cool fish. He is constantly buzzing around tank. This fish has always fascinated me, but I had to wait to have a big enough tank to do it. He hasn’t touched any snails or crabs yet. I do feed really heavy.
Plus, he was last fish added to tank so I believe that has curbed his aggression.

I have had my challenges with Radient wrasses, I wish I had one already in my tank established because I don’t think I could try it now they are so timid. I am fully stocked.

 

[i cant think]

No need for a white light. That's a male Thalassoma lunare.

I can agree with you there, I hate trying to ID wrasses late at night

 

[Cristy17]

That’s a Thalassoma species but to be 100% sure which, a white light photo will be best.

Yes, I believe you are correct. The internet said it is also called a Moon wrasse, Lyretail wrasse, or Crescent wrasse..He/she was only 2 inches when I purchased..he has grown this fast in about 18 months.

 

[Tiki_Reef]

I have 2 Cryptic Wrasses one in my 10 gal and one in my 15 gal, fun fish tons of personality.

 

[Suesea]

Scared to put one in when most people I see call them wrasseholes.

Yes, I have a mystery wrassehole. Had 5 yrs worth of 3 different types of snails to many to count, now their numbers are dwindling because the wrassehole eats them.

 

[lonepalm99]

I currently have 3 in a 180 gallon, 1 in a 75 gallon (was 2 but thinking my red corris did not like the carpenter) and a small yellow coris in an 25 gallon.

 

[mfinn]

I currently have 3 leopard wrasses. All are meleagris sp.

 

[OrionN]

I got lots of wrasse.

 

[Cristy17]

My last tank upgrade was from a 100gallon to 250. I had a sandless tank and changed back to sand just to be able to keep wrasses. I actually had a leopard in my 100 in a dish of sand that he would sleep in. I love wrasses. Not only are they beautiful fish but most of mine do a job.
so currently I have
1 cleaner (keeps fish clean)
1 male 1 female blue leopard ( picking at rocks and sand all day )
1 yellow coris ( currently has taken up glass surfing ) lol
1 male bird ……my current favorite …what a cool fish. He is constantly buzzing around tank. This fish has always fascinated me, but I had to wait to have a big enough tank to do it. He hasn’t touched any snails or crabs yet. I do feed really heavy.
Plus, he was last fish added to tank so I believe that has curbed his aggression.

I have had my challenges with Radient wrasses, I wish I had one already in my tank established because I don’t think I could try it now they are so timid. I am fully stocked.

I recently added a yellow coris wrasse to a bare bottom tank and he was so stressed out! I added a small plastic bowl with sand and he immediately buried himself. Now he is swimming around happy and goes in the sand in the evening.

 

[PeeperKeeper]

Few of ones I had or have. Lost a bunch to velvet and ich. Love wrasse and have huge weakness for leopards

That first one flaring his fins is GORGEOUS! What type of wrasse is he? In fact, could you name all the types in your photos? I know many of them, but not all (and I’ve been in the hobby for 20+ years and consider wrasses among my favorites). I think it would be especially helpful for newbies exploring options in a thread like this if everyone would name at least common (and Jake would like scientific) names when they post photos so they can learn without having to do a bunch of googling.

 

[Crabby48]

First picture is Madagascar flasher and flame wrasse
Third picture is Viviens
Forth is pallidus
7 picture is radiant
8 Melagris
10 choati
11 potters
12 rhomboid

 

[Arthur_Dent]

New wrasse, who dis?