My wrasse is starting to wither away. I got the fish somewhere between 6-7 years ago, I believe. I'm bad about keeping tank journals. Bummer. It's been a great fish.
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There is such a thing as old age and often fish will reduce the amount they eat, they are less active and skin starts to lose color and normal textureMy wrasse is starting to wither away. I got the fish somewhere between 6-7 years ago, I believe. I'm bad about keeping tank journals. Bummer. It's been a great fish.
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Old age is a hard thing to watch in some fish. 6-7 years in a Wrasse is good though! The most I’ve managed out of a wrasse so far is 4.5 years with my Jade (5 in March/April).My wrasse is starting to wither away. I got the fish somewhere between 6-7 years ago, I believe. I'm bad about keeping tank journals. Bummer. It's been a great fish.
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One of my favorites too, for sure. He's had a good run. I'll never have a tank without one of the smaller Halichoeres. I've got a chrysus (yellow not-so-Coris) in QT as an eventual replacement.I just got one of these last week, already one of my favorites. I’d say you got the most out of yours at 6-7 years based on the life expectancies I’ve seen.
This one's still cruising around, just a lot slower and loses wait despite still eating well. This one reached a little over 4", by my estimation. These are really good looking fish, after they spend about a year as a bit of an ugly duckling.When I lost mine, it looked like that and then laid on the bottom for a few days before passing. Mine was like maybe 5 years in captivity - who knows how old they were when we got them. It was a good 4.5 to 5 inches and almost an inch thick.
I plan on 3-5 years for most wrasses. Happy to get more.
Yep, I'm confident that it's just old age. Happens to all of us eventually.There is such a thing as old age and often fish will reduce the amount they eat, they are less active and skin starts to lose color and normal texture
Yep! He had a good run. I think he would have been eaten by a grouper by now in the wild.Old age is a hard thing to watch in some fish. 6-7 years in a Wrasse is good though! The most I’ve managed out of a wrasse so far is 4.5 years with my Jade (5 in March/April).
Nice. Great fish. If you have sand, one in this group is a 'must have', IMO.Sorry to hear that sucks. I have the same wrasse going on 4 years old.
YepOh such a beautiful fish . I also have one and love them . 6 to 7 is a good age
I believe that's right, but I could be misremembering. I have a timeline in my head. I did some major reworking to my 125 gallon the winter after my older son was born, so that would have been early 2017 at the earliest...but possibly later 2017. I changed my Dual Dursos to Dual Herbies and got rid of my tangs, (actual) Coris wrasse, and angel to get smaller stuff. A Melanurus, long nose hawk, 2 yellowtail damsels, and orchid dotty were my first group that I added after that. I actually lost the damel about 6 months ago too.If that fish was 6-7 years old in your tank, it had a great life.
I think I'll always keep at least 1 Halichoeres wrasse. They are just such great fish. I have a yellow (common H. chrysus) in a QT/Growout. Been there a few months. If my not-so-local fish store happened to have a melanurus, or biocellatus, claudia, etc, I would be really tempted.You going to get another one? All of my wrasses aged out and I have not replaced any of them yet... need to.