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My LFS recommended against me getting a green coris wrasse and a yellow coris wrasse. Any agreement or other opinions?
I'm wanting a few wrasses for their color and movement. I have a 57 gal 36x18x20 tank.. I like yellow and green coris wrasse, yellow fin fairy wrasse, malanurus wrasse, and six line wrasse. really looking for maybe 3 eventually.
Opinions on a good colorful wrasse stocklist??
I have two fancy clowns and plan on getting an angel or smaller tang as well.
He's partially right! I'd avoid the green wrasse altogether. They can have a pretty nasty attitude and are not nearly as pretty as adults as they are as juvies. I have a good friend who's just spent 6 weeks trying to catch hers due to it killing any other fish added to the tank. The yellow Halichoeres wrasse is just the opposite. While beautiful as a juvie it's stunning as an adult with the "sunset" stripes on it's face. It is also very laid back. Mine was not a problem with any of my other wrasses even as a 6" adult.
As far as a stock list, the size of your tank limits you a little. I would think any flasher wrasse would be fine (with the possible exception of the Eight Line). Any of the possum wrasses would be good and the smaller fairy wrasses(Lubbock's, yellow fin and their relatives) would be good.
Six lines are not compatible with any other wrasses (I know...there are always exceptions). If you have a six line it should be your only wrasse. It might not play nice with other fish, but this is less likely. That whole genus is best left alone IMO.
We've had a couple of flame wrasse here in Australia but the cool factor of having a yet to be described species won me over! lol and he's a little tiny fish too and I love those! You have to be lucky here to get what you dream about, I've been dreaming about pintails for a long time so when I got a message from my lfs saying he was getting some I was instantly sold, regardless of price lol. It's probably the only time I'll opt for a male fish too, there was a female as well but the male is stunning so I had to get him instead haha. I would say I'm one of the firsts in the country to own a magma, pintail and rhomboid and certainly the only person in the country with all three hahaThose are a good catch! My lfs had a magma wrasse on sale for 150, but I was worried he'd clash with my flame. Honestly I think the isoceles is my favorite looking wrasse, but I've never seen one in person.
I've found my exquisitus to have gained some color, he's a fat little hyper torpedo. But he doesn't look anything like the pictures, very little green and a white spot on his nose. Not great shots, but he's down on the right corner. He's pretty small compared to the lineatus and solorensis, doesn't bother anyone. I feed mainly black worms and mysis.
Do dottybacks typical get along with wrasses? Purple and orchid dottyback with yellow coris wrasse, yellow fin fairy, melanurus, maybe some flasher wrasse?
As i posted above, I don't have any wrasse yet, still getting a stock list together
Some solorensis are well behaved, some are jerks. Using a social acclimation box and adding a few wrasses simultaneously can diffuse aggression.I was thinking about bumping the rhomboidalis, actually, as my wife isn't a big fan. Maybe I will plan on replacing the rhomboidalis with something in the Johnsoni complex.
I'm just worried about the solorensis mailing the lineatus, as he has been the only fairy in the tank for a while and he would be the only fairy added. Is this fear unfounded as they are distantly related?
Most dottybacks can be problematic with wrasses, but some that are well behaved include orchid, elongatus, and coccinacauda.Do dottybacks typical get along with wrasses? Purple and orchid dottyback with yellow coris wrasse, yellow fin fairy, melanurus, maybe some flasher wrasse?
As i posted above, I don't have any wrasse yet, still getting a stock list together
Juvenile/female.Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could tell me what sex my new Iridis wrasse is please?
Thanks.