My crazy drop off style tank build!!!

[Michael Hughes]

Also noticed my pintail fairy wrasse was out and about much more with the lights turned off for the two new fish and me testing out the auto feeders and enjoying all the food I put in the tank!

The Dusky fairy wrasse is still shy on day 2 outside of the acclimation box and didn't want to come out for a picture.

What do you think of the pintail fairy wrasse so far? I keep going back and forth on adding one to my stocking list.

 

[mmorrison55]

My pintail was a replacement when my rosyscale wrasse died. So far he (or she, idk) has been a model tank mate. Mine is always out, so idk if hiding is the norm for them or the exception.

 

[afboundguy]

What do you think of the pintail fairy wrasse so far? I keep going back and forth on adding one to my stocking list.

It is a beautiful fish and according to my research they can take a few weeks to come out since they are normally a deeper water fish that isn't used to a brightly lit reef tank but he's been coming out more and more.

My pintail was a replacement when my rosyscale wrasse died. So far he (or she, idk) has been a model tank mate. Mine is always out, so idk if hiding is the norm for them or the exception.

This was a replacement for my ruby finned fairy wrasse that had UNWD. I really liked the ruby finned one and wish I could keep both but they're too closely related.

As I said above, they're usually shy at first because of the brightly lit tanks. I have noticed when I have had the lights off when adding some new fish, he is much more inclined to come out from the rockwork. He has setup his home on the left side of the tank that gets the least amount of light but I have faith he'll be out more and more.

Now I just need to have patience with my Dusky fairy wrasse who is hiding even more but he is much newer.

 

[afboundguy]

What do you think of the pintail fairy wrasse so far? I keep going back and forth on adding one to my stocking list.

It's been less than a week since my last post and the pintail is out a lot now. It gets along with the Dusky so far as well (they're very similar shapes/types) but man the pintail is just awesome looking!

 

[Michael Hughes]

I saw one in an LFS once, unfortunately it's a place I would never buy from. Dead fish and sick fish in almost every tank. It was beautiful though! I've also seen them in a public aquarium housed with a firefish, so they must be fairly peaceable.

 

[afboundguy]

I saw one in an LFS once, unfortunately it's a place I would never buy from. Dead fish and sick fish in almost every tank. It was beautiful though! I've also seen them in a public aquarium housed with a firefish, so they must be fairly peaceable.

They're supposed to be super docile and that sub-group of wrasses is supposed to be the only sub-group you can get away with buying two in the same group.

The other great thing is it's keeping its coloring! My Yellow Flanked and Dusky Fairy wrasses aren't as colorful as the all the online pictures lol