The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[4FordFamily]

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[4FordFamily]

 

[4FordFamily]

Also a radiant, Vroliks, and an established common cleaner wrasse (sorry for crappy iPhone pics) micro bubbles present because running prazi and skimmer cup is off.

 

[Volpone]

Hi reefer , how many wrasse i can stock in 100 g reef tank ?

 

[4FordFamily]

Depends on size of wrasses and type...

In my 125 I have:
1 male blue star leopard
1 female blue star leoprd
2 regular leopards
1 black leopard
1 ornate leopard
1 potters leopard
1 Scotts fairy (Cook Islands)
1 exquisite fairy (Maldives)
1 lubbocks fairy
1 solar fairy
1 yellow coris
1 Vroliks

Along with a couple firefish, a spotted mandarin, a small/medium naso tang, and a Bangai cardinal.

All are heathy.... But my skimmer is rates for 350 and I have a refugium and DSB in sump with chaeto and caulpera

 

[Volpone]

Depends on size of wrasses and type...

In my 125 I have:
1 male blue star leopard
1 female blue star leoprd
2 regular leopards
1 black leopard
1 ornate leopard
1 potters leopard
1 Scotts fairy (Cook Islands)
1 exquisite fairy (Maldives)
1 lubbocks fairy
1 solar fairy
1 yellow coris
1 Vroliks

Along with a couple firefish, a spotted mandarin, a small/medium naso tang, and a Bangai cardinal.

All are heathy.... But my skimmer is rates for 350 and I have a refugium and DSB in sump with chaeto and caulpera

Thx , im planning to restock my fish im not into tangs any more , i start collecting wrasse , i start with Mccosker pair but unfortunately one jump out and i found female dead in filter socks, i have now carpenter fairy and will try find more fairy and flasher .

 

[Mike&Terry]

A couple of recent shots:

M. bipartitus female:


C. rubrisquamis male

 

[4FordFamily]

A couple of recent shots:

M. bipartitus female:


Amazing photos and beautiful fish

C. rubrisquamis male

Amazing photos and beautiful fish

 

[4FordFamily]

Thx , im planning to restock my fish im not into tangs any more , i start collecting wrasse , i start with Mccosker pair but unfortunately one jump out and i found female dead in filter socks, i have now carpenter fairy and will try find more fairy and flasher .

Step one in buying a wrasse is to either buy a canopy or lid of some sort

 

[4FordFamily]

Depends on size of wrasses and type...

In my 125 I have:
1 male blue star leopard
1 female blue star leoprd
2 regular leopards
1 black leopard
1 ornate leopard
1 potters leopard
1 Scotts fairy (Cook Islands)
1 exquisite fairy (Maldives)
1 lubbocks fairy
1 solar fairy
1 yellow coris
1 Vroliks

Along with a couple firefish, a spotted mandarin, a small/medium naso tang, and a Bangai cardinal.

All are heathy.... But my skimmer is rates for 350 and I have a refugium and DSB in sump with chaeto and caulpera

I forgot about my mccoskers flasher and Filamented flasher wrasse also

 

[evolved]

What can I do to help? I have prazipro for flukes. Do you think that will help?

Yes, prazi would be the appropriate course of action.

Thx , im planning to restock my fish im not into tangs any more , i start collecting wrasse , i start with Mccosker pair but unfortunately one jump out and i found female dead in filter socks, i have now carpenter fairy and will try find more fairy and flasher .

You may find these two links helpful:
http://www.3reef.com/threads/all-abo...rasses.122261/
https://www.reef2reef.com/blog/cirrhi...eed-not-apply/

 

[iReefer12]

Here's my Radiant

And this is when I first got my checkerboard wrasse, grown a bit now.

 

[4FordFamily]

Nice fish!^

 

[iReefer12]

Hey 3fordfamily. In post 1907, what's the first and second wrasse pictured? Not seen one of those before.

Would love to see some more Earmuff wrasse, they look pretty cool.

 

[4FordFamily]

Hey 3fordfamily. In post 1907, what's the first and second wrasse pictured? Not seen one of those before.

Would love to see some more Earmuff wrasse, they look pretty cool.

The first is a male blue star leopard wrasse and the second is a female blue star leoprd wrasse. Theyre both relatively common but male are more rare and generally more difficult to keep. I got lucky with mine.

Females have proven borderline impossible. I think I bought 10 to keep 1 alive. Three arrived dead, 4 died the first night, 2 vanished. They're supposed to be easier but the other species that are supposed to be much harder I have great luck, first try successes (black leopard, ornate leopard, potters leopard, male blue star, and my radiant wrasse)

 

[iReefer12]

They look great!! Beautiful fish

 

[4FordFamily]

They look great!! Beautiful fish

Thanks I love them also! They look less dazzling in my tank unfortunately but are beautiful nonetheless

 

[maroonman]

Picked up this TONOZUKAI FAIRY WRASSE today.with a few others. I know..terrible pic.

 

[4FordFamily]

All I see is my sig pic?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Picked up this TONOZUKAI FAIRY WRASSE today.with a few others. I know..terrible pic.

Not tonozukai, Im afraid, but rather filamentosus.