Tell me your experience with a yellow tail tamarian wrasse

Cment · Dec 27, 2015

Waiting on my LFS to get one in and wanted to hear your experience with them. I know the care requirements and have all that under control. I also have successfully kept many leopard wrasses in the past and currently have 2 in my tank. This will be my first attempt with a tamarian wrasse, are they much different than keeping leopards?

Cment · Dec 27, 2015

Let's bring in the heavy hitters.... @4FordFamily @evolved @eatbreakfast

eatbreakfast · Dec 27, 2015

Not much different, they do get larger. If you can source one from Madagascar, I have found these to be hardier.

Rybren · Dec 27, 2015

I picked one up a few weeks ago from the LFS. It was still in the bag from the distributor (had been bagged earlier that same day).

It went into a fully cycled (5 months running) 30G QT with a 3" sand bed and lots of LR in the QT and 30G sump. The fish went straight into the sand. It was up and about for a bit the next day and I fed it some newly hatched brine shrimp and live blackworms but it wasn't interested. Found it dead the next morning.

4FordFamily · Dec 27, 2015

I do not have any experience to speak from with tamarin wrasse. Some day!

Cment · Dec 27, 2015

eatbreakfast said:
Not much different, they do get larger. If you can source one from Madagascar, I have found these to be hardier.

Good to know....is there a way to tell by looking at the fish it's from Madagascar? Distinct markings, shape, color etc...?

MIKE NY · Dec 28, 2015

I have a couple of Tamarins as mentioned they have similar requirements to Leopards except they grow larger. I currently have a Blue dot and a China. I recently lost my yellowtail. I grew it from a 3/4" juvi to over 6" before it jumped. Even though my tank is covered with netting and acrylic it was strong enough when it jumped to knock off the acrylic I use around a return line.