The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

Sink_or_Swim · Apr 6, 2023

Tcook said:
Anthias will occupy upper to mid column

I actually tried a trio of Evansi, but they were too passive/shy and skittish and my yellow tang stressed them to death.

homer1475 · Apr 6, 2023

c_healy said:
I’ve had really good luck getting picky wrasses to eat frozen fish eggs. The kind in the blister packs sold at petco. You could also try fresh clams.

Used to love Nutramar Ova, but that is nearly impossible to find. Not sure if it's been discontinued, or just seems to be out of stock everywhere.

Still have a small flat pack in my freezer, I save it for finicky eaters, but seeing as the tamarin is eating pellets, I'm not worried about it quite yet. Certainly has not lost any weight, and actually seems to be getting "thicker".

While I do not go to petco too often(I do buy my PE calanus there as they always have it in stock), I don't think I have ever seen frozen fish eggs in mine.

Do you happen to have a brand name? I'm all for trying new foods, and if it's as good as Nutramar Ova, I'm all in.

OrchidMiss · Apr 6, 2023

#WrasseWednesday
That I never pushed "post thread" yesterday. So I'm late

c_healy · Apr 6, 2023

homer1475 said:
Used to love Nutramar Ova, but that is nearly impossible to find. Not sure if it's been discontinued, or just seems to be out of stock everywhere.

Still have a small flat pack in my freezer, I save it for finicky eaters, but seeing as the tamarin is eating pellets, I'm not worried about it quite yet. Certainly has not lost any weight, and actually seems to be getting "thicker".

While I do not go to petco too often(I do buy my PE calanus there as they always have it in stock), I don't think I have ever seen frozen fish eggs in mine.

Do you happen to have a brand name? I'm all for trying new foods, and if it's as good as Nutramar Ova, I'm all in.

I’ll check what they are when I get home today.

c_healy · Apr 6, 2023

homer1475 said:
Used to love Nutramar Ova, but that is nearly impossible to find. Not sure if it's been discontinued, or just seems to be out of stock everywhere.

Still have a small flat pack in my freezer, I save it for finicky eaters, but seeing as the tamarin is eating pellets, I'm not worried about it quite yet. Certainly has not lost any weight, and actually seems to be getting "thicker".

While I do not go to petco too often(I do buy my PE calanus there as they always have it in stock), I don't think I have ever seen frozen fish eggs in mine.

Do you happen to have a brand name? I'm all for trying new foods, and if it's as good as Nutramar Ova, I'm all in.

San Francisco Bay brand fish eggs

homer1475 · Apr 6, 2023

c_healy said:
San Francisco Bay brand fish eggs

I'll have to look next time I'm in there. Don't think I have ever seen them, but will keep an eye out now. Thanks!

jkcoral · Apr 6, 2023

I’ve had great luck with the Reef Nutrition ROE. Everything in the tank eats them, and it’s worked well with finicky wrasses.

I got a new pink streaked that needs a little TLC, and the eggs got her eating in less than 24 hours.

i cant think · Apr 6, 2023

Well, I’ve been a bit MIA recently as I’ve been up north with family. However, today I got sent this!
Look how much colour he’s gaining and how brave he is now

i cant think · Apr 6, 2023

jkcoral said:
I’ve had great luck with the Reef Nutrition ROE. Everything in the tank eats them, and it’s worked well with finicky wrasses.

I got a new pink streaked that needs a little TLC, and the eggs got her eating in less than 24 hours.

How is your male getting along with your new female?

homer1475 · Apr 6, 2023

Something I just noticed as kind of ironic, seeing as I'm talking about Nutramar foods now when I click on this thread, there is a Nutramar add on the side.

jkcoral · Apr 6, 2023

i cant think said:
How is your male getting along with your new female?

They’ve been getting along great! It’s really cool seeing the two interact with one another. I must admit, I don’t entirely know that my larger one is male and the little one is female. I figured there’d be a decent chance of success given the size difference with the new addition.

I really enjoy seeing them hang out together. Funny enough, the only living thing my clownfish aren’t violent towards is my original pink streaked, and they also allow the little one to hang out in their “lair” too.

OrchidMiss · Apr 6, 2023

Apparently my LFS knew yesterday was wrasse Wednesday. I popped in on my way home and I still really want the Naoko

i cant think · Apr 6, 2023

jkcoral said:
They’ve been getting along great! It’s really cool seeing the two interact with one another. I must admit, I don’t entirely know that my larger one is male and the little one is female. I figured there’d be a decent chance of success given the size difference with the new addition.

I really enjoy seeing them hang out together. Funny enough, the only living thing my clownfish aren’t violent towards is my original pink streaked, and they also allow the little one to hang out in their “lair” too.

Your larger specimen is a male with the smaller being female. The larger specimen seems to have a deep blue/grey patch just under the eye. It also has a beautiful bold yellow striping.

jkcoral · Apr 6, 2023

i cant think said:
Your larger specimen is a male with the smaller being female. The larger specimen seems to have a deep blue/grey patch just under the eye. It also has a beautiful bold yellow striping.

I appreciate the info! I had been thinking the same thing, at least about the color on my larger pink. He always had really bold colors, even before adding the second last week.

Really wanted to get him a girlfriend, and this makes me happy that I might’ve gotten it right.

SaltyT · Apr 6, 2023

Lps_lover12 said:
How long should I wait to be worried about my halichoeres biocellatus not eating? It will be a week tomorrow since I got him and still hasn’t ate anything yet. I’ll be adding a bottle of copepods next week and hopefully he will eat those, it’s out and swimming just not eating. I know sometimes they take quite a while to get comfortable enough to eat when being shipped

In my experience this is not normal. If it hasn't eaten at all in 6 days it's not because of shipping stress, it likely has internal parasites or is being harassed by a tankmate. Can you post a pic of your biocellatus?