The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

Well I obviously need an acclimation box with smaller holes because it escaped but it immediately made a friend. All of these are completely unedited.
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Those dorsal filaments are incredible. Yours is a beauty. Never seen a fish flash so vibrantly and frequently as these.

Your photos also confirm that pink streaks are the coolest little guys. :cool:
 
Well I obviously need an acclimation box with smaller holes because it escaped but it immediately made a friend. All of these are completely unedited.
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This is unquestionably a Cyaneus and he’s gorgeous, you now need a rubricaudalis to display with him ;)
 
Question for you all:

A rose-band fairy (Cirrhilabrus roseafascia) was one of my “grail” fish for years. Now that I’m in a position to get one, I have been searching for peoples experiences. It seems more people have them now than when I was first enamored ~7 years ago. Unfortunately, I’ve seen some reports that they can be quite mean which means this fish wouldn’t be a good fit in my house. Can’t have a fish that might be a problem for my sweet and peaceful rhomboid and pink streaks.

Given the small sample size of people having experience with these, I figured I’d ask here if anyone has experience to share before I decide to move along and settle on a pintail.

Paying the photo tax:
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Rosefascia is a beautiful wrasse, but it's a bully. The larger fairy wrasses usually are :frowning-face: The pintail is a great choice.

Your rhomboid is coloring up nicely!
 
Look what I got today. Fingers crossed for him. He runs fast from me and the phone really freaks him out so this is all we ge

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I figured it would only be a matter of time before you got yourself one, this is by far my favourite of the African/Mauritian flasher species.
 
Agree and best price per looks of them
Definitely, I love how they don’t colour down much but the others do (Which is another reason I wouldn’t be pulling the money for a piscilineatus any time soon).
 
Definitely, I love how they don’t colour down much but the others do (Which is another reason I wouldn’t be pulling the money for a piscilineatus any time soon).
Fill me in. What do you mean others lose color. Never in my life I saw that except disease stress, poor nutrition.
 
Fill me in. What do you mean others lose color. Never in my life I saw that except disease stress, poor nutrition.
I mean species like Hemitaeniatus, Piscilineatus, Bellae ect… many of our other deepwater flashers.
 
You're kidding around, right?
Honestly, most Hemitaeniatus I’ve seen have been dull (Whether that’s them not flashing or just too light of a tank). I cant really talk for others however due to them being deeper water I assume it’s a similar case.
 
I mean species like Hemitaeniatus, Piscilineatus, Bellae ect… many of our other deepwater flashers.
Hemi absolutely no way. Their color gets way better with age. They are big fish and stress easy. My tank is 6’ x 30” x 2’ and it’s too small for them. They also carry a lot of confidence and need a fish to push them but not too much. They take a lot to flash and show color. They will not lose color
Like I said a wrasse that lost color is diseased, poor nutrition, or stress
 
I’ve never seen my chrysus go directly after snails but if I don’t right any flipped snails, game over.
Haha, that's what I'm afraid of. My E. African ceriths are constantly falling over. My second job is righting flipped snails. And I'm not at the office on the weekend, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
Haha, that's what I'm afraid of. My E. African ceriths are constantly falling over. My second job is righting flipped snails. And I'm not at the office on the weekend, so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I wouldn’t sweat it much but also depends on how heavy you feed. That said you aren’t feeding on weekends. My wrasse would eat each other during that time
 

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