I use a Tupperware type bowl for the sand rather than the ceramic....less likely to damage something if I drop it and won't break.
The Wrasse Lover's Thread!
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powers2001
started reefing 1999
I would rather have something reef-like with crevasses. Do you know who carries them? Maybe I could build one out of rubble rock.
You could make it out of anything, but usually with a quarantine tank it's best to use non porous surfaces. Any rocks will absorb copper, so if you run copper, consider that will make testing for copper more complex. Also it's not necessary to anthropomorphize fish, it's already a very unusual environment. Many people have had success with inert, ugly containers for a short period.
powers2001
started reefing 1999
Container for the QT and reef-like for the display.
But... there is already a 3/4"-1" layer of fine sand on top of a wall-to-wall sheet of egg-crate in the display. I could siphon out a smidgeon of sand to expose the egg-crate during a water change. That way the wrasse will see the plastic grid and go for the sand pile instead. Thoughts?
Ah. I think they will figure it out , but I imagine they're used to sometimes hitting hard surfaces when digging and will just find the right spot.
What about a reptile water dish? At least for a starter, you could glue rocks to it, or sand.
What about a reptile water dish? At least for a starter, you could glue rocks to it, or sand.
powers2001
started reefing 1999
^Good idea. B-)
Hopefully the rough looking surface of the egg-crate will remind the fish of rock.
Hopefully the rough looking surface of the egg-crate will remind the fish of rock.
SIJoe
Active Member
Id like to know the true size of a few wrasses. Not that i can fit them in my 30g but im curious. You see so many different max sizes from online vendors. Lets here it from the true owners of these fish. So whats the real max size of:
Rhomboid wrasse
Pintail wrasse
Crescent tail wrasse
Rhomboid wrasse
Pintail wrasse
Crescent tail wrasse
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Did you get that from Azure aquatics? I saw one last week, but someone picked it up today before I could get back. It's a beautiful fish!Just picked up a Katherine wrasse for $65! Trapped and put my solar wrasse in the sump until I can find it a new home.
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
This species gets to close to a foot unlengtg. It is peacedyl to tankmates that it can't eat, but will hunt small fiah ans inveets. Individuals can xhange their colors quickly based on environment.
4.5" for the rhomboid, 5" fo the pintail and crescent tail.
SIJoe
Active Member
are there any fairy wrasse that stay small? Around 3"-3.5"?. seems to me they all get to around 5-6"
C. lubbocki and C. flavidorsalis are both among the smaller fairy wrasses.
Jstn
Well-Known Member
My PO4 is around 0.05 running GFO and chaeto, its hard to figure out why my nutrients stay high and the only conclusion I can come to is my bio load is too high. My pintails have both been males for 2 years and show no aggression at all, other than the small pintail chasing my flame everyone in a while. Same for my rhomboids, they are best best; but it would make sense to pare down these pairs. I really hate to get rid of fish as I value them all but my nutrients has me concerned.
Silver14SS
Valuable Member
Awesome thread, I was convinced I wanted a pair or trio of one species until I read a few pages.
I have a Reefer 250 (36x20x21), how many different wrasse would be appropriate? Suggestions on species?
Tank has a pair of clowns, bangai cardinal fish, firefish, and a couple small gobies already.
Thanks!
I have a Reefer 250 (36x20x21), how many different wrasse would be appropriate? Suggestions on species?
Tank has a pair of clowns, bangai cardinal fish, firefish, and a couple small gobies already.
Thanks!
mfinn
likes zoanthids
I got a Macropharyngodon ornatus a week ago and put it in my quarantine tank.
It hasn't been a real aggressive eater until yesterday. (Even though it was suppose to be preconditioned.)
It's still on someone else's time zone. Doesn't get up until 2:30 in the afternoon. I have the timer set to turn them off at 8pm, but the light from the window comes in so total darkness doesn't happen until 9-9:30
So I decided to do a preventative prazipro treatment this afternoon about 4. It had eaten some tigger pods ( the last of them) and a small drop of ROE.
I dosed the tank for actual gallons.
About a half hour later I looked in the tank and he was in the sand box already.
Almost makes me want to do a quick water change tonight.
I've treated other leopards and none reacted to prazipro.
It hasn't been a real aggressive eater until yesterday. (Even though it was suppose to be preconditioned.)
It's still on someone else's time zone. Doesn't get up until 2:30 in the afternoon. I have the timer set to turn them off at 8pm, but the light from the window comes in so total darkness doesn't happen until 9-9:30
So I decided to do a preventative prazipro treatment this afternoon about 4. It had eaten some tigger pods ( the last of them) and a small drop of ROE.
I dosed the tank for actual gallons.
About a half hour later I looked in the tank and he was in the sand box already.
Almost makes me want to do a quick water change tonight.
I've treated other leopards and none reacted to prazipro.
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
Prazipro works in about an hour, so a wc should be fine.
Prazi can affect appetite, so having the fish eat vigorously for a few days before dosing can be a good idea.
Prazi can affect appetite, so having the fish eat vigorously for a few days before dosing can be a good idea.
+1
Also, fwiw my leopard goes to bed around 4-5pm every day. It does take them some time to adjust to our light schedules, and it's not unusual for a new leopard to dive during the day or at odd times, or even hide completely for several days at a time.
mfinn
likes zoanthids
Yeah, last couple wrasses I got it took quite a while to get them use to this time zone.
I was just a little concerned this wrasse hit the sand bed less than a hour after the tank was medicated.
None of the others seemed hardly to notice.
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