The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[i cant think]

Very interesting. I'm not sure if it’s just because he's new to the tank but he rarely ever puts his fins up.

I had that with mine - if there’s other wrasses in the tank, they can be a bit shier to start with, but once they settle in after a couple of weeks they start flaring their fins usually.

 

[i cant think]

Well, the 5 foot has almost all my wrasses back in now;

So far the wrasses are;
• Cirrhilabrus lineatus
• Cirrhilabrus katherinae
• Cirrhilabrus exquisitus (x2)
• Halichoeres iridis
• Halichoeres leucoxanthus
• Pseudojuloides splendens

Plus the Foxface as the only Non-wrasse fish so far

 

[TylerHaworth]

Coming along nicely!

 

[i cant think]

Safe to say the wrasses are back to their normal self again… Photobombing coral photos

 

[mycats23]

I want a tank with wrasse and gobies

 

[mapman]

New leopard wrasse out and about on the first day

 

[EricR]

My first ever wrasse - Carpenter's flasher wrasse.
Ordered 1, received 2 on 7/24/2026.

Haven't been able to really get a good picture.
I think this is the slightly smaller of the two:

Can kinda see both here but not well:

I assume I'll have to re-home one at some point but so far there hasn't been any aggression so just keeping an eye on them for now.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Well, I'm finally getting around to upgrading my 240g to a much larger system, a 900g display with a few hundred gallon sump.

Display is mostly tangs, angels, and butterflies, but lots of other odds and ends including tilefish, fusiliers, damsels, clowns, anthias, chromis, jawfish, and triggers.

Current wrasses that will be moving to this tank include:
1 Supermale Bird Wrasse (Gomphosus varius)
1 Pink face wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum)
1 Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
1 Longfin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis)
1 Moyers Leopard Wrasse (Macropharyngodon moyeri)

Any other suggestions? Contemplating adding a couple smaller female bird wrasses, a few other fairy wrasses, a couple pencil wrasses, and a black leopard wrasse.

Bird Wrasse photo (in the 240g where he's waiting until I get the 900g moved in the next couple weeks) for tax:

 

[christinna77]

Some new pictures from today!

 

[skidmarkstevie]

My favorite fish. Does such a good job and is super peaceful. Unless of course you're a pod.

 

[Michael Hughes]

1 Pink face wrasse (Thalassoma quinquevittatum)

What's your experience with the pink face? I've heard they're incredibly aggressive. Has this been your experience?

 

[Fishfreak2009]

What's your experience with the pink face? I've heard they're incredibly aggressive. Has this been your experience?

Mine actually came with the 900g and has been a model citizen so far with other fish. I think because he was small and grew up with all the other much larger fish, he didn't pick up any bad habits.