The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[HSLSaltwater]

This is always fun!
What other fish do you plan for?

I want a bristletooth tang and then maybe a dragonet but they can wait if it’s possible with all these leopards. I’m very open to suggestions for tank mates as well.

 

[i cant think]

If you ever wonder what I’m doing when I’m bored or have free time…

I literally write down as much as I know about wrasses. Originally it was scientific names (yes, that’s how I can rattle them out in somewhat short amounts of time), then it went into the care and today, it was a condensed down version of their tree. Starting with the order through the families down to the species.
I gave up with guessing what species/genera are closely related. So I went with the genera we commonly keep and some lesser known species within those genera.

Some of my previous tries;

 

[i cant think]

I want a bristletooth tang and then maybe a dragonet but they can wait if it’s possible with all these leopards. I’m very open to suggestions for tank mates as well.

I would honestly go without tangs and instead a rabbitfish. If your tank was 5’ or more then I’d say consider some of those truly stunning tangs that are potentially worth the aggression risk (I.e. Achilles).

Wrasses, you could fill that with 10-15 depending on species and max size.

 

[HSLSaltwater]

I would honestly go without tangs and instead a rabbitfish. If your tank was 5’ or more then I’d say consider some of those truly stunning tangs that are potentially worth the aggression risk (I.e. Achilles).

Wrasses, you could fill that with 10-15 depending on species and max size.

Then we go with a rabbit what type is the best / most peaceful?

 

[Slocke]

If you ever wonder what I’m doing when I’m bored or have free time…

I literally write down as much as I know about wrasses. Originally it was scientific names (yes, that’s how I can rattle them out in somewhat short amounts of time), then it went into the care and today, it was a condensed down version of their tree. Starting with the order through the families down to the species.
I gave up with guessing what species/genera are closely related. So I went with the genera we commonly keep and some lesser known species within those genera.

Some of my previous tries;

You need to make a taxonomic(phylogenetic??) tree. See if you can make more sense of it then me

 

[Slocke]

Then we go with a rabbit what type is the best / most peaceful?

Most ordinary rabbits are all very peaceful. Just watch for the rabbits that are not ordinary.

JK get whichever foxface you like most

 

[i cant think]

Then we go with a rabbit what type is the best / most peaceful?

Honestly, I’ve found them all to be as peaceful. If you want the yellow and size of a yellow tang then the common - Siganus unimaculatus is best. But my personal favourite will always be my Siganus magnificus. If mine ever dies it’ll be the only non-wrasse fish I will 100% get another of no matter the price.

 

[HSLSaltwater]

Most ordinary rabbits are all very peaceful. Just watch for the rabbits that are not ordinary.

JK get whichever foxface you like most

I’ll have to look out for that one

 

[HSLSaltwater]

Honestly, I’ve found them all to be as peaceful. If you want the yellow and size of a yellow tang then the common - Siganus unimaculatus is best. But my personal favourite will always be my Siganus magnificus. If mine ever dies it’ll be the only non-wrasse fish I will 100% get another of no matter the price.

That one looks gorgeous

 

[i cant think]

You need to make a taxonomic(phylogenetic??) tree. See if you can make more sense of it then me

This is something I would love to do but I bet it would get insanely confusing trying to see who is connected to who.

 

[JoJosReef]

Most ordinary rabbits are all very peaceful. Just watch for the rabbits that are not ordinary.

JK get whichever foxface you like most

Swim awaaayy!

 

[JoJosReef]

You need to make a taxonomic(phylogenetic??) tree. See if you can make more sense of it then me

Plus, a foxface can help you with bubble algae. I think you can manage a tang, though, especially a bristletooth, which would be a helpful worker. White tail bristletooth, Kole, Tomini. Just beware the deadly combination of Tomini tang + possum wrasse (@jkcoral ). You don't want your tang living in constant fear.

 

[JoJosReef]

This photo was meant to show progress on the trachy, but M. bipartitis is doing her showy-swim-in-front-of-me thing, so I had to post it here. She's so adorable, if only they lived as long as clowns!

 

[LeonardTheWrasse]

I picked up a tiny juvenile meleagris leopard on the weekend.
Not ideal to have 2 of the same species, but this one was really struggling in the store with the medicated water.

However, adding this juvenile has gone well, my current female meleagris responded really nicely, and they're swimming together and even sleep next to each other.
I've noticed a sudden change in the female meleagris's colouration. She's developed a silvery patch on her nose/face area, and is showing a lot of blue underneath the spots. The black markings are also shifting a bit.
I'm really hopeful that this means she'll fully transition, because it'd be really cool to get to watch a leopard wrasse transition in my tank.

 

[i cant think]

This photo was meant to show progress on the trachy, but M. bipartitis is doing her showy-swim-in-front-of-me thing, so I had to post it here. She's so adorable, if only they lived as long as clowns!

She’s gorgeous, growing nicely too!

I think leopards will be a somewhat bigger feature in my collection in the future. They’re so personable.

Now, this comes to what I do with my 5’ tank. The time is approaching quickly. I’ll definitely be going wrasse dominant again.

 

[OrionN]

I picked up a tiny juvenile meleagris leopard on the weekend.
Not ideal to have 2 of the same species, but this one was really struggling in the store with the medicated water.

However, adding this juvenile has gone well, my current female meleagris responded really nicely, and they're swimming together and even sleep next to each other.
I've noticed a sudden change in the female meleagris's colouration. She's developed a silvery patch on her nose/face area, and is showing a lot of blue underneath the spots. The black markings are also shifting a bit.
I'm really hopeful that this means she'll fully transition, because it'd be really cool to get to watch a leopard wrasse transition in my tank.

Perfect. One of my favorite wrasses. I actually think it is ideal to have multiple single species Leopard wrasse in one tank. In my first picture below, you can see the earliest transformation from female to male, which is the shift of color and aligning of the spots from random to linear in arrangement.

My thread of color transformation of Meleagris Leopard:

Photo-documentation of M. meleagris sex change

M. meleagris got to be one of my favorite of the wrasse. I kept several harem of this remarkable fish. I spend time over several years taken pictures of them trying to document their development. I had these for some time. I though I post them here to let everybody share the joy I have in...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[HSLSaltwater]

Perfect. One of my favorite wrasses. I actually think it is ideal to have multiple single species Leopard wrasse in one tank. In my first picture below, you can see the earliest transformation from female to male, which is the shift of color and aligning of the spots from random to linear in arrangement.

My thread of color transformation of Meleagris Leopard:

Photo-documentation of M. meleagris sex change

M. meleagris got to be one of my favorite of the wrasse. I kept several harem of this remarkable fish. I spend time over several years taken pictures of them trying to document their development. I had these for some time. I though I post them here to let everybody share the joy I have in...

www.reef2reef.com

So beautiful.

 

[homer1475]

She’s gorgeous, growing nicely too!

I think leopards will be a somewhat bigger feature in my collection in the future. They’re so personable.

I knew you and I had more in common then I thought.

 

[homer1475]

Perfect. One of my favorite wrasses. I actually think it is ideal to have multiple single species Leopard wrasse in one tank. In my first picture below, you can see the earliest transformation from female to male, which is the shift of color and aligning of the spots from random to linear in arrangement.

My thread of color transformation of Meleagris Leopard:

Photo-documentation of M. meleagris sex change

M. meleagris got to be one of my favorite of the wrasse. I kept several harem of this remarkable fish. I spend time over several years taken pictures of them trying to document their development. I had these for some time. I though I post them here to let everybody share the joy I have in...

www.reef2reef.com

My melagris started to change when I had more wrasses in the tank(3 other leopards). After I lost a couple, it seems to have stopped(only have the M. Moyeri left in the leopard family).

She has the elongated spots, and the blue in her fins, but it's been a year, and she just seems to have stopped. I'm thinking with only an alpha H. Chrysus, female M. Moyeri, and tiny juvenile Exquisite she has no competition, so she stopped changing. Kinda of stuck half way through changing.

 

[OrionN]

My melagris started to change when I had more wrasses in the tank(3 other leopards). After I lost a couple, it seems to have stopped(only have the M. Moyeri left in the leopard family).

She has the elongated spots, and the blue in her fins, but it's been a year, and she just seems to have stopped. I'm thinking with only an alpha H. Chrysus, female M. Moyeri, and tiny juvenile Exquisite she has no competition, so she stopped changing. Kinda of stuck half way through changing.

It you have a reasonable tank, you should have 3 , or at the very least 2 Meleagris Leopards in it. You will love it.