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In case people are confused. This is a yellowcoris.
I see a yellow pigIn case people are confused. This is a yellow coris.
Or did they all lie lolIn case people are confused. This is a yellow coris.
No thank you! Jade wrasse is not for me, never again! It took me a month to figure out how to catch him - as he dives into sand on first sign of trouble..I’ve found it depends greatly on what your tank size is, mines 4’ and that beast is still submissive to the Radiant in the same tank. I’ve also been able to add more wrasses to the tank without all out war so far. Now to hope he doesn’t turn against my word if I have to move the leopard over to add my choati.
Both of my halichoeres (H. Claudia and H. Melanarus) eat nori on the regular. They just swim up to the feeder and nip.The melanarus and christmas wrasses have both developed a fondness for seaweed, which isn't something they started out eating on a regular basis.
Technically this is a Halichoeres ChrysusIn case people are confused. This is a yellow coris.
Both my H. Melanurus and H. Leucoxanthus eat nori from the clips.Both of my halichoeres (H. Claudia and H. Melanarus) eat nori on the regular. They just swim up to the feeder and nip.
The new addition to the party is the velvet damsel (it returned to tank life after 6 or so weeks of sump life). its quickly becoming the 'Mikey' in the tank, it eats everything including nori off the feeder.
H. Claudia eats nori!
Ooh that’s very interesting! Thank you for looking into it. Also you’re right. If the green is sometimes known as the jade wrasse the golden wrasse definitely fits the yellow.Found an interesting explanation for the origin of the genus name Halichoeres on aquainfo.org:
Halichoeres prosopeion was first described by Bleeker in 1853. The genus name can be broken down into two ancient Greek words. Halios means ‘sea’ and choiros means ‘pig’. Freely translated Sea pig. A reference to the elongated conical teeth that point outward and forward at the corner of the mouth. These teeth protrude beyond the lips of the fish. These canines reminded Rüppel of the teeth of a bore (male pig).
Looks like Chrysus basically means gold. So . . . Golden Wrasse as the most sensible common name?
Coincidentally, this is the fish I asked my LFS to order for me this week. I shamefully asked them to order a Yellow Coris Wrasse. That was before I saw this thread.
Now we need a Sapphire Wrasse!Ooh that’s very interesting! Thank you for looking into it. Also you’re right. If the green is sometimes known as the jade wrasse the golden wrasse definitely fits the yellow.
@JoJosReef you see this?
Yo, mine is a little beasty already!Had a Red Coris Wrasse in my first reef tank when I was just starting out and didn’t know better. Everyday single day he would rearrange coral frags on the sandbed. Luckily I didn’t have any inverts. I look back and think to myself, how did I manage to put up with him for so long.
Just did. Fits, although I still think pig wrasse seems appropriate to distinguish it as a Halichoeres. Could golden wrasse become confused with C. rhomboidalis? In that case, golden fairy wrasse, no? So for H. chrysus, golden pig wrasse seems about right.Ooh that’s very interesting! Thank you for looking into it. Also you’re right. If the green is sometimes known as the jade wrasse the golden wrasse definitely fits the yellow.
@JoJosReef you see this?
That's a foot long fish!What's even worse is when people call them "banana wrasses".
This IS a banana wrasse. It's a horrible fish in almost every way for anyone but FOWLR keepers who have about 6" of sand. 2/10.
This IS NOT a banana wrasse. It's a great fish, can't get enough of them. 10/10.
I pity the poor newbie who gets told to get a banana wrasse and ends up with the first one.
What's even worse is when people call them "banana wrasses".
This IS a banana wrasse. It's a horrible fish in almost every way for anyone but FOWLR keepers who have about 6" of sand. 2/10.
This IS NOT a banana wrasse. It's a great fish, can't get enough of them. 10/10.
I pity the poor newbie who gets told to get a banana wrasse and ends up with the first one.
That's a foot long fish!
I'm excited to watch h my hardwicke grow. He's slow.Yep. Thalassoma are smaller but more aggressive then Coris wrasse.
Saying that I'm about to get one. Just need to decide between the lucasanum, lunare, and lutescens...