The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

I don't know, and neither did my LFS when I asked them. They said their supplier doesn't specify the location it was collected from. I am super curious what it will look like as it continues to mature!
I’d say it’s an African but an easy way I use to tell if a new fish is a Variation over here is our supplier will usually get fish in from one area at a time, so I can tell what variant it’s from by looking at the other fish new to the store usually.
 
Okay I have a question for you all to answer. I did do a search and went through 8 pages and didn't find an answer. I have vermiculate divided leopard wrasse and a radiant wrasse being delivered from @tsmaquatics on Friday. I have Special Grade sand. Is that too coarse for them or do I need to add Fiji Pink sand?
 
Okay I have a question for you all to answer. I did do a search and went through 8 pages and didn't find an answer. I have vermiculate divided leopard wrasse and a radiant wrasse being delivered from @tsmaquatics on Friday. I have Special Grade sand. Is that too coarse for them or do I need to add Fiji Pink sand?
Special grade is just fine.
 
@SaltyT thank you! You saved me a trip to pickup Fuji Pink sand. I have bags of Special Grade that I bought a year ago unopened.
 
Ok wrasse gang, humor me. As part of my massive restock quest I have decided to acquire wrasses, many more currently than I ever owned @ one time.

I currently have:
Pencil Wrasse
Dragon Wrasse
Melanurus Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse
Blue Throat Wrasse
Lubbock's Wrasse
Coris Wrasse
Pintail Fairy Wrasse (2.0 and is mia, again...)
Whipfin fairy wrasse

I have a bolo to my fish importer for a flavor of leopard wrasse. I would LOVE a choats, ornate or potters.

Im wondering what am I missing, what should I hunt down outside the leopard in terms of the wrasse. I love the low bioload aspect and frankly easy care of wrasse that I have experienced imho. I'm also looking for tank movement, so all other species suggestions are welcome.

I also have:
Pair of orange skunk clowns
Bicolor foxface (juvenile)
Sailfin tang (very juvenile)
Scopas tang (4")
Gold Spot rabbit fish (6" PLEASE stop growing)
Falco Hawkfish
Longnose Hawkfish

Suggestions and criticism is welcome! Mainly I just want a few more fish, lol.
 
Of the three you have picked out, in my neck of the woods.....

Chaots are never seen, and are expensive as heck! Special order only. Definitely would not be my first leopard wrasse of choice. Potters I rarely see anymore, and are quite hardy IME, but love to jump(ask me how I know!). The spotted leopard class as I like to call them, Melagris, blue star, or ornate all seem to do well for me, and for me some of the easier "class" of leopards to keep. You could also consider M Negosensis, or M. Kuiteri(nice replacement for the M Choati)

You do know that dragon will get rather large, and are rock movers?

Seem to be missing a flasher of some sort? I am not well versed in what will go with what, so I defer to others that are more knowledgeable in that area.
 
Im aware of the dragon becoming a big boy. Im not too worried. He has a home until its about 6" and then its goes to the family 6ft 220g tank @ my dads place (aka where all too large fish go to live their days). if I'm not in my own 6ft tank @ that point. I have the room and the wallet to upgrade, but not the will, lol. My rock work is pretty solid, so I don't worry about him flipping stuff over... Yet!

I deal with a small pacific importer directly for the majority of my fish purchases, if his folks in the pacific can catch it, I can get it. So if the choats can be done, my wallet will cry if he calls my bluff and gets it here.

Flashers... Someone preach to me more about them, hopefully someone can chime up on suggestions.
 
Ok wrasse gang, humor me. As part of my massive restock quest I have decided to acquire wrasses, many more currently than I ever owned @ one time.

I currently have:
Pencil Wrasse
Dragon Wrasse
Melanurus Wrasse
Christmas Wrasse
Blue Throat Wrasse
Lubbock's Wrasse
Coris Wrasse
Pintail Fairy Wrasse (2.0 and is mia, again...)
Whipfin fairy wrasse

I have a bolo to my fish importer for a flavor of leopard wrasse. I would LOVE a choats, ornate or potters.

Im wondering what am I missing, what should I hunt down outside the leopard in terms of the wrasse. I love the low bioload aspect and frankly easy care of wrasse that I have experienced imho. I'm also looking for tank movement, so all other species suggestions are welcome.

I also have:
Pair of orange skunk clowns
Bicolor foxface (juvenile)
Sailfin tang (very juvenile)
Scopas tang (4")
Gold Spot rabbit fish (6" PLEASE stop growing)
Falco Hawkfish
Longnose Hawkfish

Suggestions and criticism is welcome! Mainly I just want a few more fish, lol.
Your wrasse additions are leaning towards aggressive. Whipfin is a devil in disguise. Even if you don't see it now, you will in time. Blue throats aren't much better. I would not attempt another pintail with those two. And please do not add a flasher wrasse to that whipfin.

If you're set on adding a leopard wrasse go with the ornate, choats will most likely go into the sand and you'll never see it again with your group.
 
Your wrasse additions are leaning towards aggressive. Whipfin is a devil in disguise. Even if you don't see it now, you will in time. Blue throats aren't much better. I would not attempt another pintail with those two. And please do not add a flasher wrasse to that whipfin.

If you're set on adding a leopard wrasse go with the ornate, choats will most likely go into the sand and you'll never see it again with your group.

After reading this post, I understand more about why my importer has been steering me away from flashers.

The aggressive part I was aware of already, thus the selection to this point. I've ran fairly aggressive fowlr tanks over the years, so I'm used to that aspect.

Good to know about the choats, I'll leave it be then, not in the mood to drop 150+ bucks on a fish that I will never see! I will do some more work on the ornate wrasse!
 
Your wrasse additions are leaning towards aggressive. Whipfin is a devil in disguise. Even if you don't see it now, you will in time. Blue throats aren't much better. I would not attempt another pintail with those two. And please do not add a flasher wrasse to that whipfin.

If you're set on adding a leopard wrasse go with the ornate, choats will most likely go into the sand and you'll never see it again with your group.
And this is why I defer to those that know more then me. I can only speak of the wrasses I have kept.
 
Also, you probably won’t see a Potters Leopard for a while as they’re a Hawaiian endemic, as for aggression it seems you are heading down a similar route I took in having peaceful with aggressive.

Id recommend a wrasse from the complex Rubriventralis as they show some excellent colours. My personal favourite is the Naokos as they’re aggressive but in most cases with the gang you have currently, he will remain close to the bottom.
I’d also add another Halichoeres or two personally. As for the leopards, I have also discovered Ornatissimus to be a rather more aggressive wrasse that will stand up for itself. So if you really want a wrasse I’d agree with the rest and go with the M. ornatissimus.
Why not throw a scottorum in too? (Kidding!) however, Melanomarginatus seems to be a more mellow species compared to what everyone says - Although yes they do lose much of their colour, I prefer the minor black patterning you see when right up close.
You will find your dragon will go up the chain in terms of aggression as she ages. The rest will most likely submit to the dragon being top of the chain, the coris could possibly put up a fight though depending on if it’s a true coris species (Aygula, Gaimard, Formosa ect…) and not a Halichoeres chloropterus or Halichoeres chrysus.
 
And my H. chrysus is the tank boss over every fish. Not aggressive, but lets everyone know hes the boss. I have a rather docile stock list though.

Even my older, larger, and ornery clown backs down to him. Only one that puts up a fight is the blue eyed kole, but he will eventually run and hide.
 
And my H. chrysus is the tank boss over every fish. Not aggressive, but lets everyone know hes the boss. I have a rather docile stock list though.

Even my older, larger, and ornery clown backs down to him. Only one that puts up a fight is the blue eyed kole, but he will eventually run and hide.
My Jade is making his way up the chain every time he grows. It does begin to worry me every now and then but I’m hoping if I introduce both the naoko fairy and the blue star leopard at the same time and the right sizes it shouldn’t be too bad. My Jade only chases every so often and has never fully attacked one of the other wrasses, the iridis holds a fight but the three fairies all swim out of the Jades way
 
Also, you probably won’t see a Potters Leopard for a while as they’re a Hawaiian endemic, as for aggression it seems you are heading down a similar route I took in having peaceful with aggressive.

Id recommend a wrasse from the complex Rubriventralis as they show some excellent colours. My personal favourite is the Naokos as they’re aggressive but in most cases with the gang you have currently, he will remain close to the bottom.
I’d also add another Halichoeres or two personally. As for the leopards, I have also discovered Ornatissimus to be a rather more aggressive wrasse that will stand up for itself. So if you really want a wrasse I’d agree with the rest and go with the M. ornatissimus.
Why not throw a scottorum in too? (Kidding!) however, Melanomarginatus seems to be a more mellow species compared to what everyone says - Although yes they do lose much of their colour, I prefer the minor black patterning you see when right up close.
You will find your dragon will go up the chain in terms of aggression as she ages. The rest will most likely submit to the dragon being top of the chain, the coris could possibly put up a fight though depending on if it’s a true coris species (Aygula, Gaimard, Formosa ect…) and not a Halichoeres chloropterus or Halichoeres chrysus.
I'm totally considering a halichoeres. I was concerned about the melanaurus I currently have. Will a second one be ok in a 120g.
 
And my H. chrysus is the tank boss over every fish. Not aggressive, but lets everyone know hes the boss. I have a rather docile stock list though.

Even my older, larger, and ornery clown backs down to him. Only one that puts up a fight is the blue eyed kole, but he will eventually run and hide.
Its funny you mention this, I'm already seeing the blue throat posturing with the melanurus & coris. Currently the melanurus is the long time resident. The coris & blue throat is part of my restock in the past few months.
 
I'm totally considering a halichoeres. I was concerned about the melanaurus I currently have. Will a second one be ok in a 120g.
I wouldn’t do a second melanurus however if introduced correctly you could add a second Halichoeres species
 
Flasher wrasse id please:
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