The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Cyndi & Jim]

And the yellow Coris with the 6line in the background

 

[Lionfish Lair]

My girl. We had her for 8 years.



My photo, friends fish.

 

[steiger33]

My girl. We had her for 8 years.



My photo, friends fish.

What is the bottom one? The top one is a potters wrasse correct?

 

[Lionfish Lair]

The top is a Leopard and the bottom is a Mystery Wrasse.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

? will a psych head male and two female get along with fairies

 

[Greenstreet.1]

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[steiger33]

Thank you. Both are beautiful

 

[Triggreef]

What is the bottom one? The top one is a potters wrasse correct?

Meleagris leopard

 

[eatbreakfast]

? will a psych head male and two female get along with fairies

They will be fine with other wrasses, though male psych heads have proven difficult to maintain long term.

 

[eatbreakfast]

That looks more like C. cf. cyanopleura than C. lyukyuensis. Is his head really red/ruby colored?

Yeah, definitely a male C. cf. cyanopleura.

Male Carpenter

Not a carpenter's, rather a flavianalis.

 

[Slm222]

That looks more like C. cf. cyanopleura than C. lyukyuensis. Is his head really red/ruby colored?

Sorry, you all are correct. Thank you for pointing that out. Yes his head is very ruby red color.

They had a yellow flanked there and I got the names mixed up going back and forth

 

[Greenstreet.1]

They will be fine with other wrasses, though male psych heads have proven difficult to maintain long term.

Are you saying its best not to get the male ?

 

[evolved]

Agree, they'll be fine but the psych head is rather difficult.

 

[evolved]

Can someone confirm that it is a carpenter's wrasse?

Correct.

Hopefully it stays that way

It should!

Got this guy
(Cirrhilabrus lyukyuensis)

That looks more like C. cf. cyanopleura than C. lyukyuensis.

Yes, that's correct.

Male Carpenter

Rather, Paracheilinus flavianalis

 

[Duke4Life]

@evolved @eatbreakfast mind explaining about the difficulty of psych heads?

 

[evolved]

I don't have much of an explanation really, but the experience has shown they do not adapt well to captivity. They are difficult to accept prepared foods, and even in the exceptions where that hurdle has been overcome, they still tend to slowly wither away in captivity.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Males have a tendency to waste away after a couple/few months. Around that time frame that they get skinny, they pace back and forth against one of the sides of the aquarium, as if trying to swim farther. Even though some will eat vigorously, they still rely on a lot of pods, and a fish their size can deplete the pods quickly.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Now you have me thinking not to get them

 

[Duke4Life]

Thanks for the explanation ya'll!

 

[Squared]

...I am very disappointed. I don't know what happened, guess he was just not meant to make it. He was sharing the QT with a hamlet and puffer around the same size, no aggression, but I wonder if they added to stress. And dang, he went from interested in food and normal breathing to hyperventilating then dead in just a few hours. I don't think I'll be getting another any time soon.