[i]Anampses twistii[/i] The Yellow-breast Tamarin wrasse

[OrionN]

I got a baby A. twistii back on 5/21/2023, from Austin Aquadome, and posted about this on the Wrasse Lover thread with pictures. I tried my hand at difficult wrasses, and had experiences with several harems Leopards and with harem of A. neoguinaicus. Knowing that it is difficult to get healthy, when I saw a 1 inch baby A. twistii, I jumped at the chance. I only saw one for sale before, she was sick and I did not get her.
Actual first hand information for this wrasse are few and far in between. I would like any reefers that keep this beautiful wrasse please comment on this thread regarding your experiences.

I acclimated my baby Twistii in my 40 gal reef acclimating system. No treatment with any medication. She is doing great over the last 5 months in this system. I was too busy to get her out to put into my 320 gal reef. She feed on the fauna in the system initially, but is eating everything with gusto now. Pellets, flakes and frozen food.mixture of frozen and various flakes in AM. Pellets via automatic feeder 4 times a day. My QT is really full of algae and dirty right now so I cannot get a great picture of her. Here are some pictures I took of this beautiful wrasse.

I will try to update this thread off and on. Yellow-breasted Tamarin wrasse owners (and other reefers) please comment.

Pictures on 5/21/2023

Picture today 10/22/2023

 

[BairCorals]

That is a gorgeous fish

 

[AZReef13]

Great looking Fish on my futures list...

 

[CBonito]

Never seen one before. It is a beauty! Looks happy and healthy too which is always a plus.
Love the yellow head with blue spots. Very cool.

 

[LeonardTheWrasse]

@OrionN , any updates on the Twistii wrasse?
I'm really curious on how it's doing considering the lack of information out there on them, some first hand info would be great.

 

[OrchidMiss]

@OrionN , any updates on the Twistii wrasse?
I'm really curious on how it's doing considering the lack of information out there on them, some first hand info would be great.

I second this.
This has always been a fish I've wanted to know more about.
Beautiful fish.

 

[OrionN]

My Twistii is doing great. I am so busy that everything is on Auto-Pilot. Not great for the corals but the fish are fine.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

My Twistii is doing great. I am so busy that everything is on Auto-Pilot. Not great for the corals but the fish are fine.

Glad the fish are doing fine!

 

[MIKE NY]

Yours is a real beauty! Mine took alittle damage to rear dorsal,but otherwise is doing great.

 

[Kactai]

These are amazing. I have one on order from Fiji. I know they are notoriously difficult shippers but getting one locally will be impossible unless I take the risk. It should be here next weekend.

How is yours doing? Still fat and happy? Any tips for getting them acclimated other than having their own tank to settle into?

 

[Kactai]

Mine survived 15 days in copper and now I’m working on feeding it medicated food for internal parasites. He was eating fine but decided he didn’t like the look of things and has been in the sand for 4 days now…