The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Tcook]

Mel and naoke just placed in observation today. Excuse the dirty glass.

 

[JoJosReef]

Hobi is my 6 yo ball python

I used to wear mine, too! But time it wrong and you get giant marshmallow poops on your clothes.

I'm stuck at home with hurricane/tropical storm/bit of rain Hilary and can't get to the office for fish pics, so here's a video of an old Greyhound getting his neck scratched instead.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/U352dHesrnvnd4mNA

 

[Slocke]

There are some wrasse in here somewhere:

 

[AZReef13]

Hello Can we talk about wrasses on this Tread and Not Snakes Please, especially the photos.... Not a fan of them at all it would be greatly appreciated

 

[JoJosReef]

Hello Can we talk about wrasses on this Tread and Not Snakes Please, especially the photos.... Not a fan of them at all it would be greatly appreciated

Here ya go, Eupetrichthys angustipes:

 

[OrchidMiss]

Hello Can we talk about wrasses on this Tread and Not Snakes Please, especially the photos.... Not a fan of them at all it would be greatly appreciated

Pardon me, it was requested.

 

[Slocke]

Here ya go, Eupetrichthys angustipes:

I want one!!
I love snakes and wrasses

 

[Tcook]

So @OrchidMiss did you get anything today?

 

[AZReef13]

Pardon me, it was requested.

Thank you, It ok I wasn't expecting it. Thank you for understanding

 

[OrchidMiss]

So @OrchidMiss did you get anything today?

I did not. I ended up spending the day with a childhood/lifelong friend.
She used to have 2 reefs, so she loves coming to see mine.

 

[hexcolor reef]

I came across this thread after being at my LFS and the guy was showing me a red line wrasse with pink under tones. Me my self find tang fish and trigger fish more appealing.
What’s the reason for such popularity in the wrasse fish line up? What am I missing and or looking at wrong. I feel broken being apart of the SW fish Aquatic culture

 

[JoJosReef]

I came across this thread after being at my LFS and the guy was showing me a red line wrasse with pink under tones. Me my self find tang fish and trigger fish more appealing.
What’s the reason for such popularity in the wrasse fish line up? What am I missing and or looking at wrong. I feel broken being apart of the SW fish Aquatic culture

Eh, I felt the same about wrasses at first. What's the big deal with them? Now I want 100 of them. Maybe not that many, but I've definitely moved into the wrasse camp. Colors, movement, little kissy faces. They really grow on you. My leopard now comes to the glass to see me like the clownpigs do!

 

[steveschuerger]

Macropharyngodon Bipartitus, Halochoeres melanurus, Felis domesticus

 

[JoJosReef]

Thank you, It ok I wasn't expecting it. Thank you for understanding

That's ok. I have an irrational fear of spiders. And they occasionally pop up as big pictures on my news feed (like the recent "tarantulas about to swarm San Diego county due to breeding season" type articles), which makes me let loose explicatives in the wrong places.

 

[Slocke]

I came across this thread after being at my LFS and the guy was showing me a red line wrasse with pink under tones. Me my self find tang fish and trigger fish more appealing.
What’s the reason for such popularity in the wrasse fish line up? What am I missing and or looking at wrong. I feel broken being apart of the SW fish Aquatic culture

There are 86 species of tang across 6 genera. All are roughly the same shape, all are fairly large, fairly aggressive, and with one exception (achilles) are colorful but not crazy colorful.

There are over 600 species of wrasse with 81 genera. There are peaceful and aggressive wrasse, big and small, long wrasse and flat wrasse, bland wrasse and super colorful wrasse. However the best thing about them is they generally get along unlike any other type of fish. I easily keep 10+ in a medium tank.

 

[steveschuerger]

That's ok. I have an irrational fear of spiders. And they occasionally pop up as big pictures on my news feed (like the recent "tarantulas about to swarm San Diego county due to breeding season" type articles), which makes me let loose explicatives in the wrong places.

Yeah I have friend who has the same spider phobia. We tease him about it with spider memes and such.

 

[Tcook]

There are 86 species of tang across 6 genera. All are roughly the same shape, all are fairly large, fairly aggressive, and with one exception (achilles) are colorful but not crazy colorful.

There are over 600 species of wrasse with 81 genera. There are peaceful and aggressive wrasse, big and small, long wrasse and flat wrasse, bland wrasse and super colorful wrasse. However the best thing about them is they generally get along unlike any other type of fish. I easily keep 10+ in a medium tank.

This is starting to sound like an Eric Burdon song.

 

[Zionas]

Want advice from long-time Harlequin Tusk keepers in this thread. Do they get huge in captivity, and can one be kept in a 64” x 24” x 24” for life? (1.60m x 0.60m x 0.60m)

 

[Tcook]

Want advice from long-time Harlequin Tusk keepers in this thread. Do they get huge in captivity, and can one be kept in a 64” x 24” x 24” for life? (1.60m x 0.60m x 0.60m)

@vetteguy53081 and @OrionN have both kept tusks.

 

[OrionN]

They do grow fast and get to about 7-9 inches in captuvity the slow in growth. Your tank is around 200 gal should be large enough to keep one.