The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Tcook]

My wrasse memorial Wednesday includes these three.

 

[JoJosReef]

Yay, first wrasse Wednesday!

Hard to get a high quality photo from the floor. Better to come!

 

[Bozburn]

My orange back fairy wrasse is a HOSS, big ole fish. I have a melanurus as well but no good photos yet.

 

[i cant think]

Sorry it always sucks. Let’s have a wrasse memory for wrasse Wednesday. Mine I made jump in February

That guy was a beauty such a shame he jumped. Hopefully they come on the market again in the future.

 

[Crabby48]

That guy was a beauty such a shame he jumped. Hopefully they come on the market again in the future.

All because of a stupid gorgonia. Had to clean it and when I reached in the tank to put it back potters freaked and jumped. I didn’t see him at the water surface
I hope they do. Two people told me someone on Facebook had them smaller females forsake but no one gave the info. I past year I see Hawaii fish for sale but not potters.

 

[i cant think]

What type of wrasse is this?

Canary / Yellow / Golden Adult Wrasse - this is the advertised description..​

It should be yellow correct?

This is not a Yellow Canary Wrasse (H. chrysus) instead it looks to be a Thalassoma lutescens

 

[OrchidMiss]

Sorry it always sucks. Let’s have a wrasse memory for wrasse Wednesday. Mine I made jump in February

In memoriam
Renard, Oddjob, & Goldfinger

 

[SaltyT]

#WrasseWednesday tributes :downcast-face-with-sweat:

Female flame ... diamond tail flasher killed her when she started to transition

Earl's ... jumped

Splendid pencil ... didn't adapt to captivity

Diamond tail ... died of old age

 

[Slocke]

Still the only fish who’d sit in my hand.
RIP Naoko #1 :crying-face: And FU UNWD

 

[OrchidMiss]

Still the only fish who’d sit in my hand.
RIP Naoko #1 :crying-face: And FU UNWD

I still want one..

 

[Slocke]

I still want one..

I loved that one a lot despite’s it’s very short life in my tank. Though in retrospect the sitting in my hand may have been the first symptoms of UNWD.
I now can’t get a third because of my rubeus but I’m always tempted on a third just scared of failing again.

 

[Tcook]

#WrasseWednesday tributes :downcast-face-with-sweat:

Female flame ... diamond tail flasher killed her when she started to transition

Earl's ... jumped

Splendid pencil ... didn't adapt to captivity

Diamond tail ... died of old age

Jordani is the prettiest of the orange/red wrasses imo. I hope they come back.

 

[SaltyT]

Jordani is the prettiest of the orange/red wrasses imo. I hope they come back.

Me too. All of my reef tanks have had one... they were always a must have for me.

 

[JoJosReef]

Jasmine the M. bipartitis (everyone that cleans/feeds my tanks when I'm on travel gets a fish named after them) came out for her 2 min appearance. Then back into the sand. I managed to dump a lot of food into the tank before she went back and hopefully she ate something. I still don't know if she's swimming OK. She swims very slowly and doesn't bolt around like the H. chrysus do. Apologies for the poor quality photos/videos. Took them from behind the desk zoomed in so I wouldn't spook her.

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[Slocke]

Jasmine the M. bipartitis (everyone that cleans/feeds my tanks when I'm on travel gets a fish named after them) came out for her 2 min appearance. Then back into the sand. I managed to dump a lot of food into the tank before she went back and hopefully she ate something. I still don't know if she's swimming OK. She swims very slowly and doesn't bolt around like the H. chrysus do. Apologies for the poor quality photos/videos. Took them from behind the desk zoomed in so I wouldn't spook her.

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That looks normal to me. Leopards are pretty laxidasical

 

[JoJosReef]

That looks normal to me. Leopards are pretty laxidasical

That's good news. Now just how to get her to stay out and eat...

 

[Tcook]

In memoriam
Renard, Oddjob, & Goldfinger

You lost the chrysus?

 

[i cant think]

Jasmine the M. bipartitis (everyone that cleans/feeds my tanks when I'm on travel gets a fish named after them) came out for her 2 min appearance. Then back into the sand. I managed to dump a lot of food into the tank before she went back and hopefully she ate something. I still don't know if she's swimming OK. She swims very slowly and doesn't bolt around like the H. chrysus do. Apologies for the poor quality photos/videos. Took them from behind the desk zoomed in so I wouldn't spook her.

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I don’t see anything different in behaviour to what mine shows :)

 

[OrchidMiss]

They're hungry

 

[Crabby48]

Jordani is the prettiest of the orange/red wrasses imo. I hope they come back.

Me too. All of my reef tanks have had one... they were always a must have for me.

Me three. Him and Hemi fighting was the greatest show of color. When they locked tail to tail in a circle it was amazing. Sad after when they kept shredding each other.

You lost the chrysus?

Yes she did.