Wrasse ID

[eatbreakfast]

Is 12cm the max size?

No. I've had males get closer to 6" so that would be closer to 16-17cm.

 

[94Roarge]

Oh good, it will need to grow [emoji14]

 

[eatbreakfast]

They benefit from a lot of open sand space.

 

[94Roarge]

It will have a pretty good amount of sand, I read they can "swim" in sand a short distance, so I will provide copious sand!

 

[94Roarge]

I'm hopefully getting about 180lb of sand this week so I can finally add sand to the display. That should be a significant amount of sand!

 

[4FordFamily]

I dunno either. I believe the fish guys get on in the mornings, so you might have to wait until then for an ID. It does look like he had a bite taken out of him though.

I saw that as well

 

[eatbreakfast]

I saw that as well

That's a normal marking.

 

[4FordFamily]

That's a normal marking.

Very interesting, it is where the black mark shows on the male in the provided link photos but looked like a chunk missing. Very cool!

 

[94Roarge]

Here he is without all the other markings

 

[dragon99]

Nice looking fish. Looked much different with the stress markings.

 

[94Roarge]

Nice looking fish. Looked much different with the stress markings.

I think it looked better with it's stress markings, not many fish I could say that about!

 

[94Roarge]

Well it was good while it lasted.