The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Tcook]

Never had pinkies in a 25, but I think one would work. It will voraciously eat pods. The mandarin will as well, so I recommend a Biota mandarin. I doubt you will sustain a pod population in a 25 (AIO?) unless it has a fleshed out sump and daily phyto dosing.

Good recommendations for a firefish or dartfish. In a 25 with smaller fish they will be out more. No clowns? I would also recommend a Yasha goby and pistol shrimp. Have a very good lid with small mesh. The IM lids aren't ok fire firefish, gobies or especially dartfish. Aak me how I know.

You'll have a really cool biome with a pinkie, mandarin, firefish/dartfish, shrimp goby and who know, maybe a possum or a rainford!

Agree. I lost a radiant wrasse through an IM20 lid.

 

[Slocke]

I actually think I may go with a Court Jester Goby (these guys look awesome) captive bred from Biota & a Captive Bred Mandarin from Biota since they will both be on the same food source and I do not have to pay shipping twice (lol). The other fish I was looking at was a Molly miller blenny from Biota as well that is captive bred. They are apparently all raised on the same pellet foods so that may be an easy task to handle.

 

[Sean Clark]

Is this a red coris or a Formosa? Any input would be appreciated. @squidarcher

Younger

Older but not mature.

 

[Slocke]

Is this a red coris or a Formosa? Any input would be appreciated. @squidarcher

Younger

Older but not mature.

Not gaimard, probably Formosa. There is another possibility though Coris cuvieri. Any thoughts @i cant think?

 

[JoJosReef]

I do love me a possum wrasse. I love how wrasses swim but I may wait on them for now to see if my pod population dwindles with just the mandarins. No clowns as I have them in my two other tanks & in my office tank. I saw the Lid has very large openings so I actually layered a much finer mesh over it. Right now it is just taped even though there are no fish in there yet (lol). I will probably cut it so it lines up better & may super glue it to the Lid. We shall see.

I do have an in tank fudge basket dug into the sand with Chaeto (see below), a pod hotel (see below), and then I have two back sections of the tank with fudge baskets with Chaeto as well one larger one next to the return on the IM lagoon and then one smaller one (see below). I was also thinking of smashing up some extra rock I have and layering it up against the back wall so that there would be places the pods can go that the fish would not be able to get too. I have some extra dry reef rock but not too sure how I would go about breaking it apart without an accident lol. Maybe a hammer will work ( ). The other side I have a Skimmer and then a Caddy for carbon, cycle material, etc.

The Larger one is this one.
inTank Fuge Basket for for Innovative Marine Fusion/Nano/Lagoon/Peninsula

The smaller one looks like this but It only has a top & bottom insert.

5 Star service of course!

In the tank I also added this black hexagon structure. I added some chaeto & rock rubble in the middle and flipped it & dug it into the sand so hopefully the pods will have an in tank area/refuge. I know when the fish are small they may be able to fit in there but my hope is that as they grow they will not be able too. I may take this one out if I do not like the look of it.

Nice setup. Even if the display pod population dwindles, you will have a flow of them from the chaeto/AIO rocks. Nice thing about the biota mandarins is that they eat other types of food. And wrasses will eat anything. So even with a light pod population, all of them should be fat. +1 on the Biota rainford. You might also consider a white worm culture! My mandarin loves white worms and stuffs himself visibly full with them. And everything else eats them too. Ridiculously good food.

 

[i cant think]

Is this a red coris or a Formosa? Any input would be appreciated. @squidarcher

Younger

Older but not mature.

I’m going with Formosa just down to how much black is in the fish, Cuvier is much more in resemblance to the Gaimard rather than the Formosa.
These are Cuvieri…

This is Gaimard… (I’ve not added an adult colour as they’re so recognisable)

And Formosa…

 

[squidarcher]

I’m going with Formosa just down to how much black is in the fish, Cuvier is much more in resemblance to the Gaimard rather than the Formosa.
These are Cuvieri…

This is Gaimard… (I’ve not added an adult colour as they’re so recognisable)

And Formosa…

Good luck @sean Clarke

 

[OrionN]

I know, I know common and cheap wrasse. BUT a beauty. Beggars can’t be choosy. AND hold his own against a Bluethroat Fairy, another beautiful wrasse. Both doing extremely well in my large DT full of large fishes. I just cannot have timid wrasses in this tank. Even if the angels and the tangs do not attract the wrasses, their size is intimidating to the wrasses.

 

[i cant think]

I know, I know common and cheap wrasse. BUT a beauty. Beggars can’t be choosy. AND hold his own against a Bluethroat Fairy, another beautiful wrasse. Both doing extremely well in my large DT full of large fishes. I just cannot have timid wrasses in this tank. Even if the angels and the tangs do not attract the wrasses, their size is intimidating to the wrasses.

Who said the wrasses had to be expensive?!

The only one that is borderline is the sixline

 

[i cant think]

My Wrasse pumpkin carving this year… any guesses who it is?

 

[OrionN]

Blue throat is the first one

 

[Crabby48]

My Wrasse pumpkin carving this year… any guesses who it is?

Awesome job! Blue throat and orange back? Very creative I give you props

 

[Crabby48]

I know, I know common and cheap wrasse. BUT a beauty. Beggars can’t be choosy. AND hold his own against a Bluethroat Fairy, another beautiful wrasse. Both doing extremely well in my large DT full of large fishes. I just cannot have timid wrasses in this tank. Even if the angels and the tangs do not attract the wrasses, their size is intimidating to the wrasses.

Expensive doesn’t mean it’s better. They all have beauty and personality’s

 

[keithw283]

What do you guys do for wrasse that only come out at night? I have a leopard that buries itself in the sand all day. I only get to feed it on weekends as I see it around 8 am.

 

[Crabby48]

What do you guys do for wrasse that only come out at night? I have a leopard that buries itself in the sand all day. I only get to feed it on weekends as I see it around 8 am.

Off info I know I will say new and adjusting or a tank mate Is making him/her stressed

 

[i cant think]

Well, I’ve done it… a second wrasse to settle down. She’s settled in and feeding happily currently but I just want to hold her with the Vivien so that I can get more food in her and have them both fattening up at a similar rate.

Any guesses?

 

[OrionN]

What do you guys do for wrasse that only come out at night? I have a leopard that buries itself in the sand all day. I only get to feed it on weekends as I see it around 8 am.

Just leave it be. It is just jet lagged. It will slowly adjust to the new time.
You can shift the tank time to hep it out a bit at the expenses of all the resident animals. Light on and off later for a few hours. Readjust back to normal later.

 

[albano]

Light on and off later for a few hours. Readjust back to normal later.

I think they call that… ‘Sea life Savings Time’

 

[OrionN]

Well, I’ve done it… a second wrasse to settle down. She’s settled in and feeding happily currently but I just want to hold her with the Vivien so that I can get more food in her and have them both fattening up at a similar rate.

Any guesses?

Fish UFO

 

[picea]

Can anyone help with a potential ID on this little guy?