The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Petcrazyson]

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.

That’s one red wrasse! Doesn’t look plain, some people will say it’s plain cuz we’re used to seeing a whole bunch of markings on fairies and flashers. Which variant would it be though?

 

[i cant think]

That’s one red wrasse! Doesn’t look plain, some people will say it’s plain cuz we’re used to seeing a whole bunch of markings on fairies and flashers. Which variant would it be though?

It would have to be A or B if I went for any but they’re all stunning fish
unfortunately my lubbocki’s are showing their age now so I guess some more wrasses are in the near future.

 

[homer1475]

I was going to say B too.

 

[Petcrazyson]

It would have to be B if I went for any but they’re all stunning fish

I like the more noticeable blue accents on the fins on the B

 

[homer1475]

All this talk about ugly fairies....

Plain yes, but not ugly.

Actual LFS photo:

Orange Back Fairy Wrasse | Cirrhilabrus aurantidorsalis

blue sided fairy wrasse Cirrhilabrus cyanopleura

www.nyaquatic.com

 

[i cant think]

Here’s a female shutmani, even these guys aren’t ugly the fading is gorgeous!

 

[Slocke]

My opinion is there aren't any spectacularly beautiful fairies. Most are very pretty but none stand out enough to pay the big bucks. I might pay a bit more for say a shutmani as red is a rare color in fish but not thousands. I would say halichoeres is similiar though I admit a redhead caught my eye recently (a fish not a person).
All flashers have the potential to be gorgeous and I would never pay thousands for one because the cheap ones are just as gorgeous. My LFS got in a ton of carpenters and keeps them in the coral tanks. They are happy and wow are the males pretty!

If there was a genera of wrasse I'd pay more for it would be a tamarin, a pencil, or maybe a leopard. The Lennardi, femininus, atavai, and choati do stand out from their counterparts and the chrysocepahlus and cyanoguttatus/geoffoyri feel like upgrades on their peers.

 

[JoJosReef]

My opinion is there aren't any spectacularly beautiful fairies. Most are very pretty but none stand out enough to pay the big bucks. I might pay a bit more for say a shutmani as red is a rare color in fish but not thousands. I would say halichoeres is similiar though I admit a redhead caught my eye recently (a fish not a person).
All flashers have the potential to be gorgeous and I would never pay thousands for one because the cheap ones are just as gorgeous. My LFS got in a ton of carpenters and keeps them in the coral tanks. They are happy and wow are the males pretty!

If there was a genera of wrasse I'd pay more for it would be a tamarin, a pencil, or maybe a leopard. The Lennardi, femininus, atavai, and choati do stand out from their counterparts and the chrysocepahlus and cyanoguttatus/geoffoyri feel like upgrades on their peers.

My future M. bipartitis would like a word.

 

[Slocke]

My future M. bipartitis would like a word.

As would mine but had a cyanoguttatus been available……


Sorry Marisrubri

 

[Petcrazyson]

My future M. bipartitis would like a word.

As would mine but had a cyanoguttatus been available……


Sorry Marisrubri

If you make your head work….the bipartitus in the photo is kinda in an accusative or ”see here” manner, and the Mandarin is in a “ahhh I can explain or don’t hurt me or ok ok ok” manner, soooo once I saw both your comments…..I imagined Jojo as the bipartitus and Slocke as the dragonet

 

[Slocke]

If you make your head work….the bipartitus in the photo is kinda in an accusative or ”see here” manner, and the Mandarin is in a “ahhh I can explain or don’t hurt me or ok ok ok” manner, soooo once I saw both your comments…..I imagined Jojo as the bipartitus and Slocke as the dragonet

I would say based on their expressions the leopard is just dumbly cruising around while the mandarin is weirded out and annoyed by this hot air balloon of a fish.

Also leopard wrasse……

 

[Petcrazyson]

Also leopard wrasse……

I wonder how much Reef Pro would sell this one at

 

[JoJosReef]

Microbrittle stars + wrasses, compatible or are the microbrittles toast?

 

[OrionN]

Wrasses do not eat starfish which has calcium laced flesh. My wrasse ignored them.

 

[OrionN]

A series of photo of the courtship of my M. meleagris.

 

[Slocke]

Microbrittle stars + wrasses, compatible or are the microbrittles toast?

Not what you are asking but my butterfly has started nipping at my brittle star. That and it’s taken a few chunks out of my snails and I’ve had to save two. I know they’re not reef safe but I thought that was only because of corals.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Microbrittle stars + wrasses, compatible or are the microbrittles toast?

I think a hungry large Coris or a TwinSpot would go for one, slim chance that would happen though

 

[EliMelly]

You just have to get healthy ones that make it out of QT.

Wow what type of anthias are these?

 

[i cant think]

I think a hungry large Coris or a TwinSpot would go for one, slim chance that would happen though

Twinspot and a ‘Large Coris’ are essentially the same thing… except Twinspots are the upgrade of most Coris species with a 3-4’ max size.
I do love Coris wrasses it’s just their size isn’t so fun and most of the time they turn out to be ugly.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Twinspot and a ‘Large Coris’ are essentially the same thing… except Twinspots are the upgrade of most Coris species with a 3-4’ max size.
I do love Coris wrasses it’s just their size isn’t so fun and most of the time they turn out to be ugly.

Yea I meant with Large Coris a Coris gaimard forgot that name lol so I just put large coris.

I think the only ones that don’t turn ugly are none of them cuz they all look ugly