The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[i cant think]

Also @i cant think. You say you feed a lot and you probably do but watch as the stress fish isn’t always eating enough. Stress is the number one killer with wrasse. Hemi are very sensitive to stress and don’t live long at all with it. Radiants can be better than chill fairy’s and flashers but weak to it compared to many from H. Group.

Stop breath and trust yourself. You know wrasse but need to step back and start with basic most obvious. Get a plan. You got this

Honestly, I see what you mean by sunken belly with the radiant. This guy was hiding every 2 days, came out to eat but I never saw him eating he was more so on constant look out.

In terms of who to remove, I have a feeling I may just remove 2-3 fish at this point as I have a feeling I know who the big aggressors are;
Coral Beauty
Jade
Hawk
Possibly the Bristletooth Tang although he seems to be more going into defence when the others go for him.

Ideally, I would have a pair of radiants again but clearly I can’t with the fish I have now. So I just wonder if I remove one or two of them then peace may be back in the tank. My diamond tail is hiding as well so that’s the thought of it maybe being a Hawkfish.

 

[i cant think]

Hawks are *****s. Mine goes after every fish in the tank. I blame it on losing my Māori. Luckily it’s such a bad swimmer its impact is minimal.

Honestly, the Lyretail seems to be one of the biggest swimmers. He’s perching on the rocks but doesn’t perch nearly as much as other species do.

 

[DeanoL]

Could anyone please help me ID these wrasse?

What type of leopard wrasse is it? Male? Female? Hid in the sand about 5 mins after being released. Will leave it be and won't disturb it.

The next one I think is a lineatus? Did not like the phone up against the glass was hard to get a good pic.

Male? Female?

Anything I should know about their care? From what I remember reading they are fairly peaceful.

Tank has clownfish, chromis, Bangaii and a yellow wrasse. Live rock and sand, have seeded pods. Some soft and LPs coral

The guy at the LFS said they should be good together and are peaceful. He's been honest before and told me not to buy fish I wanted to so hoping he's told me the right thing.

Thanks for any info.

 

[i cant think]

Could anyone please help me ID these wrasse?

What type of leopard wrasse is it? Male? Female? Hid in the sand about 5 mins after being released. Will leave it be and won't disturb it.

The next one I think is a lineatus? Did not like the phone up against the glass was hard to get a good pic.

Male? Female?

Anything I should know about their care? From what I remember reading they are fairly peaceful.

Tank has clownfish, chromis, Bangaii and a yellow wrasse. Live rock and sand, have seeded pods. Some soft and LPs coral

The guy at the LFS said they should be good together and are peaceful. He's been honest before and told me not to buy fish I wanted to so hoping he's told me the right thing.

Thanks for any info.

1. Macropharyngodon meleagris female;
These are easy once feeding and settled. Getting them settled is relatively easy when the tank has more peaceful species in there. In terms of aggression, they are fairly peaceful but once transitioned they can become somewhat boisterous (not outright aggressive but more pushy).

2. Cirrhilabrus lineatus male;
These are easy however can be sensitive to settling especially once male. They’re peaceful as females but males can be on the pushier side especially once large. These guys are mainly pushy to more peaceful Cirrhilabrus and Paracheilinus species such as Cirrhilabrus isosceles.

 

[DeanoL]

1. Macropharyngodon meleagris female;
These are easy once feeding and settled. Getting them settled is relatively easy when the tank has more peaceful species in there. In terms of aggression, they are fairly peaceful but once transitioned they can become somewhat boisterous (not outright aggressive but more pushy).

2. Cirrhilabrus lineatus male;
These are easy however can be sensitive to settling especially once male. They’re peaceful as females but males can be on the pushier side especially once large. These guys are mainly pushy to more peaceful Cirrhilabrus and Paracheilinus species such as Cirrhilabrus isosceles.

Thanks for the info. I'd really like to get a flashers wrasse when my LFS has one. I think a carpenters or mccoskers should work with my tank and other fish. Do you think I could get a flashers wrasse?

Also hoping these two will be ok with the yellow coris that I got? These are bigger than the yellow coris atm


Cheers

 

[i cant think]

Thanks for the info. I'd really like to get a flashers wrasse when my LFS has one. I think a carpenters or mccoskers should work with my tank and other fish. Do you think I could get a flashers wrasse?

Also hoping these two will be ok with the yellow coris that I got? These are bigger than the yellow coris atm


Cheers

Flashers should be alright if you add them and there is a size difference between them and the lineatus. And these will all cohabitate well with your current Yellow ‘Coris’ (Halichoeres chrysus)

 

[DeanoL]

Flashers should be alright if you add them and there is a size difference between them and the lineatus. And these will all cohabitate well with your current Yellow ‘Coris’ (Halichoeres chrysus)

Thanks will need to find a larger flasher as the lineatus definitely isn't on the small side...

I'm hoping to get the leopard to eat pellets and frozen food too cause down the track I was hoping to get a Mandarin and read the leopards will compete for pods.

Although I am happy to buy pods for the tank occassionally too to help maintain pod numbers

 

[Slocke]

Thanks will need to find a larger flasher as the lineatus definitely isn't on the small side...

I'm hoping to get the leopard to eat pellets and frozen food too cause down the track I was hoping to get a Mandarin and read the leopards will compete for pods.

Although I am happy to buy pods for the tank occassionally too to help maintain pod numbers

You can use an acclimation box. It allows fish to get used to each other and reduce aggression.

 

[i cant think]

Thanks will need to find a larger flasher as the lineatus definitely isn't on the small side...

I'm hoping to get the leopard to eat pellets and frozen food too cause down the track I was hoping to get a Mandarin and read the leopards will compete for pods.

Although I am happy to buy pods for the tank occassionally too to help maintain pod numbers

How big is your tank?

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

? so how long can a yellow coris wrasse go in hiding? Last weekend I put a couple fish in my 40g, one of them being a yellow wrasse. The next day I saw him, followed by a few days later. There was some passive aggressive action happening with the other fish, and since I think everything was in a tizzy, my lyre tail may have been aggressive towards my yellow, maybe a few darts, but nothing I had to grab the net for. So it has been a couple days since I have seen him. The tank is fairly well covered but I am not ruling out him being a jumper. Although I have yet to find evidence of a tragedy.
So I have hope, But how much hope can I have...

 

[Slocke]

? so how long can a yellow coris wrasse go in hiding? Last weekend I put a couple fish in my 40g, one of them being a yellow wrasse. The next day I saw him, followed by a few days later. There was some passive aggressive action happening with the other fish, and since I think everything was in a tizzy, my lyre tail may have been aggressive towards my yellow, maybe a few darts, but nothing I had to grab the net for. So it has been a couple days since I have seen him. The tank is fairly well covered but I am not ruling out him being a jumper. Although I have yet to find evidence of a tragedy.
So I have hope, But how much hope can I have...

Weeks honestly but if there is an aggression issue you may have to solve that first or else it will just keep hiding.

 

[i cant think]

? so how long can a yellow coris wrasse go in hiding? Last weekend I put a couple fish in my 40g, one of them being a yellow wrasse. The next day I saw him, followed by a few days later. There was some passive aggressive action happening with the other fish, and since I think everything was in a tizzy, my lyre tail may have been aggressive towards my yellow, maybe a few darts, but nothing I had to grab the net for. So it has been a couple days since I have seen him. The tank is fairly well covered but I am not ruling out him being a jumper. Although I have yet to find evidence of a tragedy.
So I have hope, But how much hope can I have...

What sort of ‘Lyretail’ is it? Is it a Hawk or an Anthias or some other species?

 

[DeanoL]

How big is your tank?

It's 60g with a 30g sump

You can use an acclimation box. It allows fish to get used to each other and reduce aggression.

Good suggestion, I will need to get one

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

What sort of ‘Lyretail’ is it? Is it a Hawk or an Anthias or some other species?

Sorry, Damsel. On his own, shy hiding, comes out for food. Unless you put a frag in his path, then does a clownfish thing and pushes it across the bottom. He is very "Ninby" (not in my back yard)

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Weeks honestly but if there is an aggression issue you may have to solve that first or else it will just keep hiding.

The aggression is calming down day by day. All of these same fish have been together for over a year with the exception of the neko which committed suicide in a brutal way. So it might be "your a newbie, so I don’t want to know who you are issue".

 

[OrionN]

...... So it has been a couple days since I have seen him. The tank is fairly well covered but I am not ruling out him being a jumper. Although I have yet to find evidence of a tragedy.
So I have hope, But how much hope can I have...

For wrasse, there is no "...fairly well covered..." The tank is either covered for not covered. IME, wrasse are smart fishes and do randomly jump but when they want to get out, they specifically jump at a gap.

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

For wrasse, there is no "...fairly well covered..." The tank is either covered for not covered. IME, wrasse are smart fishes and do randomly jump but when they want to get out, they specifically jump at a gap.

Well, the goal is to offer my fish a luxurious home that no one want to leave... But yes, you can offer a wrasse with a quarter taped to a card to suicide prevention hot line, but...

 

[Tcook]

? so how long can a yellow coris wrasse go in hiding? Last weekend I put a couple fish in my 40g, one of them being a yellow wrasse. The next day I saw him, followed by a few days later. There was some passive aggressive action happening with the other fish, and since I think everything was in a tizzy, my lyre tail may have been aggressive towards my yellow, maybe a few darts, but nothing I had to grab the net for. So it has been a couple days since I have seen him. The tank is fairly well covered but I am not ruling out him being a jumper. Although I have yet to find evidence of a tragedy.
So I have hope, But how much hope can I have...

I agree with slocke that they can be under the sand 1-2 weeks. Chrysus may be out much sooner. Sensitive species like vivien maybe longer. The chrysus will likely outgrow that 40 within the year. Do you have plans to upgrade?

 

[Tcook]

It's 60g with a 30g sump

Good suggestion, I will need to get one

A bit small for most flashers.

 

[Slocke]

Can a wrasse be too fat?