The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[OrionN]

All healed up

 

[AZReef13]

All healed up

Looking good,

 

[Petcrazyson]

Currently looking at the pipefish @Petcrazyson suggested, but I thought they were even harder to get eating well.

They can be. It’s all about the dedication. Like @sdreef has proven, experience and effort has rewarded him with keeping pipefish perfectly healthy and comfortable in his 300 gallon even with a bunch of large active fish more than 5x the size of the pipefish. Don’t get the pipefish immediately. If you do do a Macro with some Pinkies, or a Skunk with pinkies, get familiarized with those, their behavior and when and what they eat in your tank. Once you get some good experience with them and you feel you are ready and want to try out the pipefish, go for it.

 

[Sleeping Giant]

All healed up

nice wrasse and frags

 

[Petcrazyson]

nice wrasse and frags

A perfect combination!

 

[Tcook]

Is that a traditional Ear muff wrasse?

H. pallidus the babi, pig, or oink wrasse.

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

I only know about H. melanurus and H. iridis. Looks like time for more research.

By pair, you mean two M. bipartitis or a bipartitis and a negrosensis? Assuming the former.

I put a small melanurus in a tank about that size and within a few months he is now one of the biggest fish in my 75... they grow faster than I expected. I would DEFINITELY put a pink streaked or possum wrasse in there though! Or any that the experts on here recommend. :)

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

H. pallidus the babi, pig, or oink wrasse.

My first guess was earmuff as well until I looked way more closely at the face.

 

[sdreef]

I received a wrasse that I've wanted for the past three years. Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus

Received him last week. Gorgeous super male. He was hiding out in the PVC tubing for the first couple days which wasn't unexpected given how shy this genus can be.

After three days, he was still hiding and wouldn't come out to eat, so I encouraged him out of the PVC to take a look and it appeared as though he was suffering from some ammonia burn on his pectoral fins. The fins were clearly bothering him and the concern was they could be going a bit south on him.

I decided to observe for another day, but also set up a simple treatment tank in case things didn't improve. On one hand, I didn't want to add additional stress by beginning a treatment in case it was just stress related and would improve with clean water. On the other hand, I didn't want whatever was going on with his fins to progress and needed to get a hold on it.

I have a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter, heater, thermometer, ammonia badge. There's a power head, but it's slightly oversized and it's off most of the time. There's sufficient water movement for aeration with the sponge filter alone.

After an observing for another day, there was no improvement in either the fin, eating, or general demeanor. He transferred into the treatment tank very smoothly and started receiving a 10 day course of nitrofurantoin green.

Unexpectedly, I observed improvement in the fin after the first 12 hours of treatment. After 24 hours of treatment fin was substantially improved. After 24 hours also started eating frozen mysis and brine.

We're on day 3 of treatment and trend continues to improve. This is a remarkably well nourished fish so I wasn't worried about starvation, I've taken the eating as sign he's starting to feel better and more likely to recover. Still early in treatment, but he's tolerating well and I'm optimistic based on the current trend.

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

I received a wrasse that I've wanted for the past three years. Paracheilinus hemitaeniatus

Received him last week. Gorgeous super male. He was hiding out in the PVC tubing for the first couple days which wasn't unexpected given how shy this genus can be.

After three days, he was still hiding and wouldn't come out to eat, so I encouraged him out of the PVC to take a look and it appeared as though he was suffering from some ammonia burn on his pectoral fins. The fins were clearly bothering him and the concern was they could be going a bit south on him.

I decided to observe for another day, but also set up a simple treatment tank in case things didn't improve. On one hand, I didn't want to add additional stress by beginning a treatment in case it was just stress related and would improve with clean water. On the other hand, I didn't want whatever was going on with his fins to progress and needed to get a hold on it.

I have a 10 gallon tank with a sponge filter, heater, thermometer, ammonia badge. There's a power head, but it's slightly oversized and it's off most of the time. There's sufficient water movement for aeration with the sponge filter alone.

After an observing for another day, there was no improvement in either the fin, eating, or general demeanor. He transferred into the treatment tank very smoothly and started receiving a 10 day course of nitrofurantoin green.

Unexpectedly, I observed improvement in the fin after the first 12 hours of treatment. After 24 hours of treatment fin was substantially improved. After 24 hours also started eating frozen mysis and brine.

We're on day 3 of treatment and trend continues to improve. This is a remarkably well nourished fish so I wasn't worried about starvation, I've taken the eating as sign he's starting to feel better and more likely to recover. Still early in treatment, but he's tolerating well and I'm optimistic based on the current trend.

Great job taking care of him! Gorgeous fish.

 

[Tcook]

Beggers at the glass. Still waiting for the Vivien to reappear. Day 4 of the sand sleep.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Lost my pintail yesterday. Apparently it jumped when my wife had the lid open to feed the fish and she didn't notice. I came home from work and found one of the cats chewing on a mostly dried out fish.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Lost my pintail yesterday. Apparently it jumped when my wife had the lid open to feed the fish and she didn't notice. I came home from work and found one of the cats chewing on a mostly dried out fish.

I’m sorry for your wrasse. I don’t get why so many wrasse are lost just by jumping out during feeding. It’s so stupid. Fish don’t think and we take the loss :crying-face:

 

[Fishfreak2009]

I’m sorry for your wrasse. I don’t get why so many wrasse are lost just by jumping out during feeding. It’s so stupid. Fish don’t think and we take the loss :crying-face:

My fairies (and damsels, chromis, and clowns) in the 75 all get so excited during feeding their heads come up right out of the water. Half the time they'll even jump right up to get food, especially for the first 2-3 feedings of the day.

I've had the Labout's jump twice before but I was standing right there and it ended up falling back in the water anyways. Apparently the pintail just got a bit too excited and she didn't notice. Can't blame her though, accidents happen and she felt really bad about it. She loved that fish almost as much as I did, and she's just as careful as I am.

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

Lost my pintail yesterday. Apparently it jumped when my wife had the lid open to feed the fish and she didn't notice. I came home from work and found one of the cats chewing on a mostly dried out fish.

OH man that's a bummer. :( Sorry to hear. Those darn jumpers!

 

[Sink_or_Swim]

Beggers at the glass. Still waiting for the Vivien to reappear. Day 4 of the sand sleep.

Hopefully it comes back out soon! My new pearly wrasse dove under the first day I brought him home, and I haven't seen him since. That was Saturday. Though he could be coming out when I'm at work...

 

[sdreef]

My favorite leopard wrasse. M. geoffroy

 

[C4ctus99]

All quiet on the western front I see…

Was at my local petco to pick up another heater and saw they had a couple of these guys for $40 per one. I think they had it listed as a marble wrasse… y’all familiar with them?

 

[Slocke]

All quiet on the western front I see…

Was at my local petco to pick up another heater and saw they had a couple of these guys for $40 per one. I think they had it listed as a marble wrasse… y’all familiar with them?

Stay away!
H hortulanus. Big halichoeres that are very nasty from my experience. Killed two fish after going rogue.

 

[AZReef13]

It's a Halichoeres hortulanus, needs a large tank 125 plus, will get to about 11 inches. Never owned one. Will help protect corals