Show us your Cirrhilabrus isosceles, Pintail Fairy Wrasse

[Salty1962]

Let us see your Cirrhilabrus isosceles (formly C. cf. lanceolatus), Pintail Fairy Wrasse. Curious about everyone's experience and husbandry practices for them. Who just keeps a single fish and who is trying to keep any harems? What other livestock are you keeping with them?
Thx

 

[Maritimer]

Fairy wrasses are very likely to turn male in aquariums, and when they do, they're very likely to fight.

This particular species recently got an official name of its own - Cirrhilabrus isosceles.

I've only ever had one - a female. She rapidly became a favorite fish - and then jumped through a hole in the eggcrate top, and was unable to find her way back to the water.

~Bruce

 

[leahfiish]

Watching this thread, although I may regret doing so as I just decided on a brunneus.

 

[Salty1962]

Fairy wrasses are very likely to turn male in aquariums, and when they do, they're very likely to fight.

This particular species recently got an official name of its own - Cirrhilabrus isosceles.

I've only ever had one - a female. She rapidly became a favorite fish - and then jumped through a hole in the eggcrate top, and was unable to find her way back to the water.

~Bruce

Old habit calling it a cf. lanceolatus. I've read most of the articles I can get my hands on about the new classification. Science has enabled us to get down so deep with classifications, even when it corrects itself.

 

[Keenan]

Have owned mine for only a month. I feed LRS Reef Frenzy and he eats it up.

 

[Salty1962]

Have owned mine for only a month. I feed LRS Reef Frenzy and he eats it up.

Awesome!

 

[Ian03]

 

[Ian03]

Mine is kept with many other wrasse and possibly a tiny female isosceles but I'm not 100% on that, And it wasn't my intention to have a pair so if it turns out to be one I'll remove it

 

[evolved]

I couldn't help myself and fixed your title/1st post.

 

[jake_francis]

 

[Brad Syphus]

Mine was a young juvenile when I bought her a year ago. Just starting to change now.

 

[Brad Syphus]

This was 1 year ago

 

[bluedevils6653]

awesome pics!

 

[Salty1962]

I couldn't help myself and fixed your title/1st post.

Thx Hunter, I meant to do that and forgot

 

[Salty1962]

FYI, this is a Cirrhilabrus jordani

 

[Salty1962]

Mine was a young juvenile when I bought her a year ago. Just starting to change now.

I love your Scribbles.

 

[Brogratz]

I will try to get a pick of pinky tonight, he's a terminal male but flashes less now that my leopard wrasse passed . But I am getting a 175 gallon tank and he is going to be getting moved in with wrasse again once the tank is ready . This is my favorite wrasse bar none, esp when he flashes.

 

[Salty1962]

My new addition in acclimation.

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

Not gonna lie, mine is kind of a jerk. But he looks nice so he gets away with it.

 

[Salty1962]

Not gonna lie, mine is kind of a jerk. But he looks nice so he gets away with it.

He's awesome. Who are his tank mates?