What size tank do they need? Asking for a friend
The Wrasse Lover's Thread!
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Yeah, I really wish the butterfly lover's thread got the same kind of attention
Briefly saw the blue flasher today, but it darted back into the rocks when it saw me.
The Carpenter's, dusky, and the cosmetus are out and about though!
The Carpenter's, dusky, and the cosmetus are out and about though!
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I am a big fan of both. got a black back BF on order analog with a few wrasses.
I had a cosmetus on order too but took it off the list for now. but have a dusty still on there. I see your pearl scale sneaking in.Briefly saw the blue flasher today, but it darted back into the rocks when it saw me.
The Carpenter's, dusky, and the cosmetus are out and about though!
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Briefly saw the blue flasher today, but it darted back into the rocks when it saw me.
The Carpenter's, dusky, and the cosmetus are out and about though!
Cosmetus are really pretty when they color up. Underrated wrasse, in my opinion.
And I hope you post pictures of your other new guy as it develops into a beast!
Absolutely! The tank he's in looks pretty rough currently, as I'm in the middle of a water change, and I have an egg crate divider down the center to protect him and the other fish I finally moved over (clown tang, bigeye soldierfish, and the redbreasted maori wrasse. 5" Sohal tang is on the existing fish side, 5.5" clown tang on newbie side. A few of the existing fish (mostly damsels, the slippery wrasse, the secretive wrasse, the dottyback, hawkfish, Harlequin bass, and zebra moray ended up with the new guys, but the bruisers (puffers, triggers, tangs, hardwickes wrasse, and maculosus angel) ended up separate, so no big complaints here.
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I'll also say the secretive wrasse (Pseudocheilinus evanidus) is super under-rated. Mine has never shown any aggression, I moved it into the big tank after reading horror stories about sixlines (which I've also never experienced over the years). Minds his own business, and occasionally cleans the big fish. They actually pose for him to clean them like they would for a cleaner wrasse, and he does so, but doesn't harass the puffers or triggers like a cleaner wrasse.
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Alice has great camouflage against the branching cyphastrea
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Okay I see this thread is crazy!
I’m setting up a 56 gallon seahorse tank
Thinking 2 clowns
Blue spotted jaw
Fire fish and wanted to add a wrasse
I’ve always had a 6line anyone have a suggestions for a utilitarian wrasse also seahorse/pipefish friendly?
I’m setting up a 56 gallon seahorse tank
Thinking 2 clowns
Blue spotted jaw
Fire fish and wanted to add a wrasse
I’ve always had a 6line anyone have a suggestions for a utilitarian wrasse also seahorse/pipefish friendly?
I would do a possum wrasse or pink streak wrasse. Most other genera of wrasses commonly kept in reefs (Macropharyngodon, Halichoeres, Pseudocheilinus, Pseudojuloides, the majority of Cirrhilabrus and Paracheilinus) are going to be too aggressive to go with ponies.
Depending on tank size, one of the smaller flasher wrasses like a blue, Carpenter's, McCosker's, or yellowfin would also be a nice addition, or even a Lubbock's fairy wrasse would work, though they wouldn't do anything for pests.
Holy crap! Both the fish and coral are great.Alice has great camouflage against the branching cyphastrea
Cirrhilabrus ryukyuensis, the yellowflank fairy wrasse. Awesome fish, definitely one of the larger fairy wrasses, and not horribly aggressive. Holds its own, but doesn't go out of the way to chase anyone. He's kind of a gentle giant, keeps all the others in line without having to nip or chase anyone.
Fairies and Flashers don't go after pests really at all. They are zooplankton feeders in the wild, and would much rather feed from the water column than eat from the rockwork or substrate.
You can get a pair of them! They are a lot of fun together. Make sure one is a female. Mine are very cute together.
That’s the easy part. Now you need to find them.
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