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Hologymnosus rhodonotus, a rype of cigar wrasse. Very hardy, larger species, will definitely eat cuc.Not the greatest shot. Any ideas?
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Not OP, but I was wondering if these are, in fact, later stages of this fish?
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Yes they are. Only juveniles possess the stripes and lose them with maturity. The bottom pic is of a terminal stage male.
Not OP, but I was wondering if these are, in fact, later stages of this fish?
This is a female fairy wrasse from the cyanopleura complex, most likely C. cyanopleura, but possibly be a few others, care is the same regardless. Fairy wrasses are peaceful reef safe wrasses that do not bury at night, but rather, produce a mucus cocoon and sleep nestled in the rockwork. They are a planktivore that prefers to eat from the water column. All wrasses are jumpers so a tight fitting lid is a must. Female fairy wrasses usually transition into males in captivity.I guess this is a wrasseo_O? Please help ;)
Please also provide care details, thanks!
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Wow, H. rhodonotus is a stunner in all phases! A larger fish than I'll likely ever have room for, but out of curiosity, how would a fish like that get along with wrasses such as harlequin tusk, bird wrasse, Cuban hogfish, and larger halichoeres? I know thalassoma wrasses are bullies to keep away from other wrasses, but I've never seen/heard of anyone keeping adult cigar wrasses, so no clue there.
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You are an invaluable source of information to all of us here! Thank you.
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They are on the 'same speed' as far as aggression with the above listed species, you can even add true Coris wrasses ro that list as well.
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Guess I'll keep dreaming of that 500g tank! :) Maybe someday...
I have one of these in my FOWLR. Very unique, beautiful fish, holds its own and gets along great in a busy tank. Mine is still small (3.5 in) but I do think their stripes fade as they get larger and eventually they look VERY different (they can get to 16 inches) but I suspect that takes years.
BTW, mine is in a 260 FOWLR with several other wrasses:
6" Harlequin tusk
4.5" Thallasoma quinquevittatum
4" H. melanarus
4.5" red velvet fairy
3.5" exquisite fairy
3.5" Coris gaimard
3" H. nebulous
3" H. vrolicki
2" mystery wrasse
I feed generously twice a day and have no problems with aggression between any of my wrasses, or other fish. Incidentally, the cigar was the last one I added.
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Wow would love to see a vid of this tank.
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Ok, here's some video from this afternoon. Sorry it's not as sharp as the first one. Took this with my phone. The other one was filmed professionally by the guys at Aquarium Design Group who installed my tank. There's a close up of the cigar wrasse at about the 1:30 mark.
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Very nice Ben thank you for sharing.
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Good or bad
Halichoeres marginatus, male. It gets a little larger than a melanurus. A little more attitude and more likely to eat cuc, but males are quite desirable.
Good or bad
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Can he mix with other aggressive wrasses ?
Well could not leave it not when it's a wrasse and only 20$ hope he gets along with my eight line and coris in the main DT
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