The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Slocke]

Which one got it?

Lunare. She's the fattest and fastest

 

[TylerHaworth]

Isosceles has been out every time I've walked into the room today, I think all is well... Such a relief, I've been a nervous wreck.

 

[Cael Gallery]

Lunare. She's the fattest and fastest

Is your lunare still chill? I've just added back my T.quinquevittatum and T.nigrofasciatum to my T.lutescens after a week in the sump. Previously they would both bully the lutescens, but it seems like he's the boss of them now. Fortunately he's super chill and doesn't really chase them. My dream is to add 2-3 more Thalassoma, ideally some nice imported ones like T.lucasanum,T.genivittatum and T.newtoni but if i can't get those i might have to settle for the remaining australian species T.lunare and T.hardwicke, but i've heard more stories about those 2 being aggressive compared to other species.

 

[Cael Gallery]

Green Christmas Wrasse

Halichoeres claudia. (species name not on NODE) The Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum), also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western...

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Randomly found this page on a wholesalers website, it's listed as H.claudi but it's clearly a Thalassoma, and a hybrid at that. I think it's either T.purpureum x T.rueppeli, or less likely T.trilobatum x T.quinquevittatum. Very cool, and wouldn't get as big as either purpureum or trilobatum

 

[56longroof]

My recent addition that finally came out of hiding.

 

[TARHEEL78]

Well, the aggression towards my Isosceles seems to have subsided and he's back to his normal self. This guy went in to an acclimation box earlier to get acquainted with everyone else too.

 

[ChiCity]

 

[i cant think]

Green Christmas Wrasse

Halichoeres claudia. (species name not on NODE) The Christmas wrasse (Thalassoma trilobatum), also known as the ladder wrasse, green-barred wrasse or green-blocked wrasse, is a species of ray-finned fish, a wrasse from the family Labridae which is native to the Indian Ocean and the western...

www.seadwelling.com

Randomly found this page on a wholesalers website, it's listed as H.claudi but it's clearly a Thalassoma, and a hybrid at that. I think it's either T.purpureum x T.rueppeli, or less likely T.trilobatum x T.quinquevittatum. Very cool, and wouldn't get as big as either purpureum or trilobatum

Looks more like a juvenile Trilobatum that’s in the transition phase - but, Thalassoma isn’t a genus I know too much about as they’ve never striked as a nice genus to me.

 

[i cant think]

I got a decent photo of my Choati baby today, she’s gorgeous. I’ve had some issues with my coral in this tank as I forgot to turn the heater on 2-3 days ago after doing a water change. So it’s now trying to get them back on track again but the fish are happy as can be still!

I spotted the Vivian in the 5 foot today, she’s weak but she’s doing better than she was in the nano that’s for sure. I’m hoping that the twistii comes out but may go digging in the sand in a couple days as it’s been a good week which isn’t usual for twistii IME. I’ve had them previously in both the LFS and my own tank where they are out within 4-5 days of hitting the system - this girl is over a week in and still no signs.

 

[Slocke]

Looks more like a juvenile Trilobatum that’s in the transition phase - but, Thalassoma isn’t a genus I know too much about as they’ve never striked as a nice genus to me.

What's your definition of nice? Them being right ******s inarguable but some species are very pretty. Pavo and lutescens for example

 

[i cant think]

What's your definition of nice? Them being right ******s inarguable but some species are very pretty. Pavo and lutescens for example

Honestly, there’s only one species I’d consider owning and that’s the lucasanum.
Generally, their colours are vibrant yes but they just don’t look right to me (some of the colours just don’t mix all that well) plus they’re overall nasty in behaviour.

 

[TylerHaworth]

Quiet in here, need more wrasse pics.

 

[Cael Gallery]

Looks more like a juvenile Trilobatum that’s in the transition phase - but, Thalassoma isn’t a genus I know too much about as they’ve never striked as a nice genus to me.

No, it definitely isn't a pure T.trilobatum. Females are a mottled greyish colour, so if it were mid transition you'd still see some of that colour. Male trilobatum are also never red and cyan, they're green and orange. Trilobatum also don't have stripes on the face, and remember T.trilobatum reach over a foot in length, the smallest males i've seen were already around 6 inches and length and you can see compared to the rubble below it the fish in the picture is significantly smaller than that.

 

[Fish Styx]

It's "Wrasse Wednesday", so here's a photo of The Wrassetafarian:

 

[TylerHaworth]

Yes yes, more of that!

 

[Arkayology]

I was able to get the Exquiste to come out during a feeding:

Not sure what is protruding off his back fin there

My fiji exquisite was doing the same thing for about 9 days. It was a slow decline, but it showed interest in feeding. It didn't make it unfortunately.

 

[Krad]

My fiji exquisite was doing the same thing for about 9 days. It was a slow decline, but it showed interest in feeding. It didn't make it unfortunately.

I was able to net him and tried to help but wasn’t getting any better. Seemed to be the UNWD so after a few days of seeing him struggle I euthanized him.

Everyone else doing great so I hope it stays that way

 

[Arkayology]

I was able to net him and tried to help but wasn’t getting any better. Seemed to be the UNWD so after a few days of seeing him struggle I euthanized him.

Everyone else doing great so I hope it stays that way

I am hoping for the best for your tank! I am looking to add a Cirrhilabrus lubbocki and Halichoeres chrysus soon.

 

[tbrown]

I can't do it, but @Slocke ...

 

[JoJosReef]

Fat fairy