The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[TrottingReef]

That Dusky is really awakening something in me!

Dusky's are one of the most beautiful wrasse I have ever seen.

 

[OrchidMiss]

I just got a red coris who is just starting color transition to go with my Dusky. Glad to see they will look as good together as I thought! I saw the coris at my LFS was so vibrant and active swimming all out front. Got it home and into QT and it came right out exploring the tank and rockwork. Added frozen plankton (bigger than traditional mysis) and it shot right after the food and sucked it down. Can't wait to get her in the tank with the Dusky. My Dusky is 6" (looks bigger). Grew so fast.

Build Thread - Suzi's Bond Villain 180g Predator Reef

And here I am adding nitrate to my biggest tank.

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[TrottingReef]

 

[TylerHaworth]

How deep of a sand bed do I actually need for a fully grown 5" or so Halichoeres?

 

[JoJosReef]

New best buddies

 

[TylerHaworth]

Hope my new additions turn out to be friends like that... Nervous!

 

[JoJosReef]

I won't be around for wrasse wednesday, so here's my wrasse tax early

New video by Joseph Campo

photos.app.goo.gl

 

[TylerHaworth]

Oh I need to try (and probably fail) to get a Wrasse Wednesday shot of my Rhomboid... What iPhone settings are crucial for getting decent shots?

 

[Slocke]

I also have this photo which was taken with flash and he doesn’t look anything like this in real life obviously.

And this one which is also flash and then edited to 11 for fun

 

[OrchidMiss]

I also have this photo which was taken with flash and he doesn’t look anything like this in real life obviously.

And this one which is also flash and then edited to 11 for fun

Now I want to take new ones of Lemmy and Red

 

[JoJosReef]

Went to my QT guy's facilities today. He has a display set up with a THICK H. lapillus, a choati, an earl, a johnsoni, a rhomboid and the cutest 2" M. negrosensis you can imagine (definitely need one of those).

 

[Slocke]

So am I crazy or is ornate wrasse the common name for a wrasse in the hobby?


Post in thread 'Ornate wrasse with melanurus wrasse?'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ornate-wrasse-with-melanurus-wrasse.863040/post-13132841




Also I would love a Thalassoma pavo... just saying

 

[OrchidMiss]

Its definitely a common name I hear regularly

 

[Slocke]

Its definitely a common name I hear regularly

For what wrasse though?

 

[OrchidMiss]

For what wrasse though?

macropharyngodon ornatus

 

[Slocke]

macropharyngodon ornatus

That’s what I was kind of thinking but I always hear it referred to as the ornate leopard wrasse.


“Ornate” is a lazy name for an animal… Might as well call it the pretty leopard wrasse, the patterned leopard wrasse. Doesn’t help it isn’t more “ornate” then other leopard wrasse.

 

[Tcook]

That’s what I was kind of thinking but I always hear it referred to as the ornate leopard wrasse.


“Ornate” is a lazy name for an animal… Might as well call it the pretty leopard wrasse, the patterned leopard wrasse. Doesn’t help it isn’t more “ornate” then other leopard wrasse.

Mine is pretty ornate though

 

[Slocke]

Mine is pretty ornate though

Pics?

 

[Tcook]

This one is harder to photograph than the viv

 

[BasementBox]

Anyone have recommendations of wrasses that would go well with my gang? Sadly - my yellow Coris wrasse died, my leopard wrasse died, and my exsquisite committed suicide (all within two months. Sigh)

My tank is a 125g 6’ tons of rockwork and sand

The remainder wrasses are a 6 line, pintail, Melanarius. Looking for two to replace. Could be mated non mated. Just need advice. Maybe the loss of the yellow was a fluke.

Tank stocking:
Yellow tang
Tomini
Sailfin
Orange shoulder
Powder blue
Red flame hawkfish
6 line
Pintail
Melanarius
Diamond goby
Jester goby