The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[OrionN]

What wrasse is this?

It is a Blue Throat Fairy wrasse or Cirrhilabrus cyanogularis.

 

[Bob Weigant]

Thoughts on rosy scale wrasses and aggression.
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I had one a few years back and it was pretty mellow

 

[addictedtoreefing]

How big is the tank that they are all in?

125

 

[OrionN]

I cannot resist baby fishes. Just had the opportunity to get these baby Australian Harlequin Tusks. They are tiny only between 1.25-1.5 inches. I got three. Two for my two good friends and one for me.
They were upside down in the bags but have since doing much better. Had them for 1 week. They are in my acclimation box. Too small even for my QT system.
already eating aggressively when I feed them with a pipette.

 

[i cant think]

I cannot resist baby fishes. Just had the opportunity to get these baby Australian Harlequin Tusks. They are tiny only between 1.25-1.5 inches. I got three. Two for my two good friends and one for me.
They were upside down in the bags but gave since doing much better. Had them for 1 week. They are in my acclimation box. Too small even for my QT system.
already eating aggressively when I feed them with a pipet.

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I don’t know what’s more adorable, these guys are juveniles or the regal angels as juveniles.
Hopefully they play well in your and your friends’ reefs!

 

[Pankney72]

I cannot resist baby fishes. Just had the opportunity to get these baby Australian Harlequin Tusks. They are tiny only between 1.25-1.5 inches. I got three. Two for my two good friends and one for me.
They were upside down in the bags but have since doing much better. Had them for 1 week. They are in my acclimation box. Too small even for my QT system.
already eating aggressively when I feed them with a pipette.

Where on earth did you find those? I’ve been looking for juvenile tusks in Denver for a few months and they’ve been cost prohibitive. Like my LFSs would be paying over $200 wholesale. I saw the price with my own eyes.

 

[OrionN]

Where on earth did you find those? I’ve been looking for juvenile tusks in Denver for a few months and they’ve been cost prohibitive. Like my LFSs would be paying over $200 wholesale. I saw the price with my own eyes

Someone reefing as long as I have know a few people. A friend of mine saw this at the wholesaler. He arranged to have them send to me after I pestered him to no end.
And you are right. Tiny Tusks like there are rare and do not come cheap. I am sure they required special care through tout the supply chain or else they will not make it.

 

[OrionN]

There are some reefers like me, the smaller the better rather than the other way around. I think there is a niche for LFS and wholesaler who cater to consumer like us.

 

[WifeOfRatkiller]

It’s likely that wrasse will have no chance in that tank size no matter what. Mystery’s are nasty but even more so to wrasses of a similar size and body shape (The tamarin of which is likely to be aggressed on and not survive due to the stress).

Thanks again for the quick advice! The Tamarin is going to get the ultimate @Ratkiller grow up plan: grow up in my 48 and graduate to the 165 if appropriate (or perhaps it'll be time for a larger WifeOfRatkiller tank...we shall see...peaceful tank inhabitants are so much less stressful than the aggressive crew in the 165).

Here's a crummy cell phone snap of the yellow tail cutie pie hanging with the 48 gang (got everyone but the Yasha gobies). That coarse sand in the back is getting replaced this weekend so that it matches the finer grade Fiji Pink in the front, middle, and left sections of the tank. The Tamarin immediately buried himself in the center, finer section after introduction. This is this morning with him out and about. Next up feeding time. Fingers crossed he eats like he did at the LFS.

 

[Tcook]

Thanks again for the quick advice! The Tamarin is going to get the ultimate @Ratkiller grow up plan: grow up in my 48 and graduate to the 165 if appropriate (or perhaps it'll be time for a larger WifeOfRatkiller tank...we shall see...peaceful tank inhabitants are so much less stressful than the aggressive crew in the 165).

Here's a crummy cell phone snap of the yellow tail cutie pie hanging with the 48 gang (got everyone but the Yasha gobies). That coarse sand in the back is getting replaced this weekend so that it matches the finer grade Fiji Pink in the front, middle, and left sections of the tank. The Tamarin immediately buried himself in the center, finer section after introduction. This is this morning with him out and about. Next up feeding time. Fingers crossed he eats like he did at the LFS.

Beautiful tank. I hope when you mean graduate, it doesn't mean putting the tamarin in with a full grown mystery. I think your other option of starting a new larger tank without the mystery is the better plan. Just my opinion having owned a mystery. Others may have had a different experience.

 

[WifeOfRatkiller]

Beautiful tank. I hope when you mean graduate, it doesn't mean putting the tamarin in with a full grown mystery. I think your other option of starting a new larger tank without the mystery is the better plan. Just my opinion having owned a mystery. Others may have had a different experience.

Oh no no, definitely no Tamarin anywhere near that Mystery wrasse. You and @i cant think are right, that Mystery is a beautiful jerk! (He's only scared of the marble wrasse and the clown tang, but who wouldn't be? Those two are also beautiful jerks.) Looks like there is going to be another tank upgrade in my future. Yessssss!

 

[Griev]

Do you like the wrasse bed I made for my bare bottom? I want to keep an earmuff and maybe a pair/trio of leopards.

 

[homer1475]

Unfortunately I have not seen my transitioning negrosensis in 4 days. Not sure if he/she is dead, or just staying in the sandbed till it fully transitions.

I did check all around the tank, in the overflow, in the sump, and opened the siphon line just to check, no dice.

 

[Tcook]

Unfortunately I have not seen my transitioning negrosensis in 4 days. Not sure if he/she is dead, or just staying in the sandbed till it fully transitions.

I did check all around the tank, in the overflow, in the sump, and opened the siphon line just to check, no dice.

4 days is nothing to worry about. Anything change? My Vivien had been missing for a week and when I first got her almost 2 weeks. It is stressing to you though.

 

[homer1475]

I'm not stressing, I have had leopards hide for a couple weeks at at time. And I know as they transition they tend to hide even more.

It's my wife who is stressing as the negrosensis is the only leopard she actually likes.

Not my first go around with leopards, but it is my first go around with one that is transitioning, and this fish has never hid even from day one in my tank.

 

[OrionN]

Is there a wrasse that maybe in conflict with him, but not her?

 

[OrionN]

My tiny weenie Australian Tusk.

 

[Anemone_Fanatic]

My tiny weenie Australian Tusk.

So little! Hope it does well for you.

 

[Slocke]

The people have spoken and the people are wrong!

I'm assuming this thread is not a fan of the Pseudocheilinus seeing as they are the wrasse that hate wrasse and thus us wrasse lovers.

 

[homer1475]

Is there a wrasse that maybe in conflict with him, but not her?

My wife said she saw her come out this morning, bu the kole tang, and lemon peel angel were chasing her/him. Odd as they have been in the tank together for a couple years now. Maybe as you say, they didn't have a problem with her, but may have a problem with him? An hour or so later, she dove back into the sand.

She/he hasn't fully changed yet, but has started to with the tail fin starting to turn black. I asked my wife if she noticed any difference in her coloring, but she said she didn't notice.