The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Slocke]

What is this guy from Petco? A baby Halichoeres marginatus or Halichoeres annularis? What is the different between the two?

Marginatus
Annularis is the old name I believe

 

[OrionN]

Anyone with experience with this wrasse? Max size of 18 cm. Huge for a Halichoeres.

 

[OrionN]

@OrchidMiss
I saw that you have a Dusty Wrasse. How is he/she doing? do you recommend him for a community tank? Do you have any recent picture of her/him? TIA

 

[Slocke]

Mine is fairly peaceful, not as bad as the Timor or melanurus

 

[ScottD]

Mine is fairly peaceful, not as bad as the Timor or melanurus

Wow that is gorgeous looking fish. And nice job with the photos of it. I might have to add that to the future fish list.

 

[Slocke]

Wow that is gorgeous looking fish. And nice job with the photos of it. I might have to add that to the future fish list.

Honestly the photos don’t do him justice
He’s magnificent

 

[OrchidMiss]

@OrchidMiss
I saw that you have a Dusty Wrasse. How is he/she doing? do you recommend him for a community tank? Do you have any recent picture of her/him? TIA

I love mine. I'll spam you with a few I just snapped. Excuse my horribly scratched glass, I got the tank that way. One day I'll have clear glass for the Bad Guys.

My dusky wrasse is a fun personality to watch, constantly hunting pods. He will flip small shells, nothing compared to my red coris, thankfully!
He can get a little pushy with my Timor, who is the smallest wrasse the tank, but he's very peaceful for the most part. I highly recommend this fish. Much prettier than the pics I snapped just now.

 

[OrionN]

Apparently he did not eat your cleaner shrimp. (Yet anyway). :)

 

[Slocke]

Apparently he did not eat your cleaner shrimp. (Yet anyway). :)

My fire shrimp is also alive

 

[OrchidMiss]

Apparently he did not eat your cleaner shrimp. (Yet anyway). :)

I haven't had him bother him!
I watched Jello (7.5" Niger) go over and get cleaned. No one messes with Knick Knack.

 

[Tcook]

I haven't had him bother him!
I watched Jello (7.5" Niger) go over and get cleaned. No one messes with Knick Knack.

Not with that hat.

Fail/ I was thinking of the guy with the guillotine bolinger

 

[Grant_J]

I love mine. I'll spam you with a few I just snapped. Excuse my horribly scratched glass, I got the tank that way. One day I'll have clear glass for the Bad Guys.

My dusky wrasse is a fun personality to watch, constantly hunting pods. He will flip small shells, nothing compared to my red coris, thankfully!
He can get a little pushy with my Timor, who is the smallest wrasse the tank, but he's very peaceful for the most part. I highly recommend this fish. Much prettier than the pics I snapped just now.

Beautiful!

 

[OrionN]

Mine is fairly peaceful, not as bad as the Timor or melanurus

I want, I want!!!!!!
How big is he?

 

[Slocke]

I want, I want!!!!!!
How big is he?

About 4”
Mine and @OrchidMiss are about identical but mine has the yellow pectorals.
I want you to have one. I need to see your photos of one. I struggle because it’s scales reflect flash and mess up the photo.

 

[OrchidMiss]

He's notorious for grabbing a pod out of the sand and spitting the sand out on his way across the tank.

You can see his size compared to my Timor, who I've had longer.

 

[OrionN]

I will get her this coming week, unless some other reefer gets her first. This is unlikely due to the price and how unattractive she is right now.

 

[i cant think]

Apparently he did not eat your cleaner shrimp. (Yet anyway). :)

I’ve had a few larger Halichoeres mixed with Cleaner Shrimp, Fire Shrimp, and Boxer Shrimp with minimal issues.
Even my Jade was with 3 Cleaners quite happily (I need to get a photo of him, he’s truly started to colour nicely and grow since he got placed into an 8’ coral tray).
Oh, and currently my 5-6 inch Hologymnosus is with a Fire Shrimp.

 

[i cant think]

Has anyone else ever just gone looking for another (non-wrasse) fish and found that you just end up down a rabbithole of wrasses? Well, today I was looking at Pseudanthiad flavoguttatus and finally discovered the female kaleidos pencil’s colouration. Safe to say I’ve got another wrasse to watch out for.

 

[i cant think]

And a photo of my male seeing as he’s still up (which is unusual considering it’s 9:40pm) :)

 

[mook1178]

I will try and get a good video or pic tomorrow when the white lights are on while I am working from home.

I just got an Orange Back Fairy Wrasse. My Nebulous chases him just a bit. I think I need some more rock work in the tank. I added the Orange Back the same time I add 6 chromis and a royal gramma. I added so many hoping the Nebulous would be distracted by so many other new fish.

any other thoughts on how to minimize the harassment? I have not see any signs that the Orange back is stressed. It has only been 3 days though