The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Slocke]

Yup, ironically it’s the two that are rare…

Brunneus is the closest to an ugly fairy

 

[Petcrazyson]

Brunneus is the closest to an ugly fairy

IMO he’s not that bad...

I’d take him over a squirei

 

[i cant think]

Brunneus is the closest to an ugly fairy

I mean… I’m in love with C. hygroxerus so I definitely have a taste for ‘dull’ fairies

 

[Petcrazyson]

I mean… I’m in love with C. hygroxerus so I definitely have a taste for ‘dull’ fairies

Of course you’d be the one who prefers the Monsoon over the Johnson…….

 

[i cant think]

The temminckii, cyanopleura, lubbocki, and scottorum complexes don't do much for me... which is about half of the genus Lol

I don’t have a photo that gives my old Melano a good look that isn’t from behind.

But my favourite fairy has a similar shade of red so… also the red has died down (not a ton but just enough to notice it) now his black is there again which is a shame.

 

[i cant think]

Of course you’d be the one who prefers the Monsoon over the Johnson…….

I’d also have a Melanomarginatus over a Johnsoni any day of the week

 

[Petcrazyson]

I really don’t like the balteatus…..or the luteovittatus….or anything resembling luteovittatus, I just don’t get the hype for cyanopleura or those ones like that

 

[i cant think]

IMO he’s not that bad...

I’d take him over a squirei

They’re even nicer when displaying!
The blue is what makes this species another favourite of mine.

 

[Petcrazyson]

I’d also have a Melanomarginatus over a Johnsoni any day of the week

Over the johnsoni no, but I do like the melano, I miss your old one

 

[i cant think]

I really don’t like the balteatus…..or the luteovittatus….or anything resembling luteovittatus, I just don’t get the hype for cyanopleura or those ones like that

Blatteus to me looks like a child has taken a red crayon and ruined a nice looking fish…
Lutteovittatus I like when it’s red, not when they’re blue.

 

[i cant think]

Over the johnsoni no, but I do like the melano, I miss your old one

I nearly grabbed another a few months ago… I regret not snatching it, hopefully I see either a Brunneus, Hygroxerus or Melanomarginatus I miss the splash of colour from dark coloured fish.

 

[Petcrazyson]

I’d also have a Melanomarginatus over a Johnsoni any day of the week

WWC has an AMAZING picture of a Scott’s….if only they looked like this

 

[i cant think]

WWC has an AMAZING picture of a Scott’s….if only they looked like this

That’s an Aussie which is my dream variant, Fiji and Cook Islands just don’t cut it out as they’re either too dull or too colourful.
Aussie Scott’s look just perfect as it’s not too colourful and it’s not too dull.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Blatteus to me looks like a child has taken a red crayon and ruined a nice looking fish…
Lutteovittatus I like when it’s red, not when they’re blue.

Cirrhilabrus sp……looks ….ehhhh

 

[Petcrazyson]

That’s an Aussie which is my dream variant, Fiji and Cook Islands just don’t cut it out as they’re either too dull or too colourful.
Aussie Scott’s look just perfect as it’s not too colourful and it’s not too dull.

I’ve always been skeptical with Scotts….especially when I see them in the LFS, that’s one wrasse you will see bugging others

 

[SaltyT]

Brunneus is the closest to an ugly fairy

I love brunneus they have a sinister look. I lost both of mine to jumping, but this is the closest I could find on the net of how mine looked once matured. The cobalt blue against the black is eye catching paired with the red eyes. This pic doesn't show it well, but the cobalt blue is also along their anal fin and the entire caudal fin is edged in it... very cool looking wrasse patrolling your reef

 

[i cant think]

I don’t know if it’s because I work in an LFS but honestly, most rare fish don’t please me all that much… My favourites are always the common boys. Obviously I have exceptions, I mean I’m on the hunt for a Choati and have like 5 other fish that are in the triple digits.
I mean just look at my Iridis and Xenojulis in this photo, I may not have spent the actual price for them but if I had to I wouldn’t hesitate. Their colours are just so unique.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Blatteus to me looks like a child has taken a red crayon and ruined a nice looking fish…
Lutteovittatus I like when it’s red, not when they’re blue.

Even though it’s on my wishlist, if I’m going to be completely honest, rhomboidalis, unless it’s a female, or a Super Super male…it’s kinda boring…I know I know don’t sue me lol, but that’s just how I view em. If you get a female rhomboid, they’re pretty dull, but its a nice dull, you like it for a while, then you want her to become male, she becomes male, and he looks practically identical to the female, and now you want it to look like a male in pictures, because you know your male can look like that, so then you wait, and wait, and wait, and then you give up and find another yellow wrasse and enjoy that one more, and later down the line, your male is super male, and he’s very nice looking, but it’s now a ”ok good he changed he’s pretty now I can walk away” and you do…knowing that he finally changed, and have another new pretty fish….just my way of thinking…. @SaltyT what do you think?

 

[SaltyT]

I don’t know if it’s because I work in an LFS but honestly, most rare fish don’t please me all that much… My favourites are always the common boys. Obviously I have exceptions, I mean I’m on the hunt for a Choati and have like 5 other fish that are in the triple digits.
I mean just look at my Iridis and Xenojulis in this photo, I may not have spent the actual price for them but if I had to I wouldn’t hesitate. Their colours are just so unique.

That's the best part of working at a LFS... getting your fish at cost and ordering whatever fish you want! I'm fortunate that even though I no longer work at a LFS, mine still gives me those perks Support your LFS if you can!

 

[i cant think]

That's the best part of working at a LFS... getting your fish at cost and ordering whatever fish you want! I'm fortunate that even though I no longer work at a LFS, mine still gives me those perks Support your LFS if you can!

Definitely, my LFS that I also work at is on the hunt for a Choati so my fingers are crossed.
My next fairy wrasse may just have to be a Shutmani as although it’s red they’re like 5 shades of red and don’t look like a plain fish.