Anyone keep a wrasse with their ponies? I know it is recommended not to, but I'm really having trouble finding another fish as beneficial as a wrasse when it comes to parasites. I'd like to know who has kept them with success in a seahorse tank.
Or perhaps a royal grama?
I'm new to this site and still learning how to navigate my way around here.
I'm fairly new to SW aquariums but not the aquarium hobby.
I have a 125g reef tank and started it on April 3rd of this year and fell in love with it.
I have 150 lbs of sand (aragonite)
75 lbs of live rock
4 montipora...
We are moving and need to part out our Red Sea Reefer 450 or sell together. First we need to sell our coral and fish then we are going to part out the equipment. This posting is constantly going to be updated to report what is still available. If you see it listed it's still up for grabs. We...
Looking for some advice on our newly purchased princess parrotfish, or at least that's what they sold it as, could be a quoyi but I can't tell the difference. We have a 55 gallon tank with live rock and fake coral. In the tank now, we have a pair of clowns, a blue spotted puffer, and a pair of...
I had an issue today introducing some new fish and need advice on how I can proceed.
I have a 5 ft mixed reef tank that I setup in the fall. I have 4 Tangs of differing species and the biggest fish in the tank is also my favorite one. It's a powder blue tang named Mully after Warriors great...
My McCosker just had they white dots/bumps show up on him. I think this is Ick but wanted a second opinion. If it is, what should we do. We do not have a quarantine tank. I couldn't get a good shot of it, but they are especially bad on tail fin.
I was just wondering about keeping these types of wrasse. I really like them and feel they would be a great addition to my tank. Just looking at advice at keeping these types of wrasse. At my lfs they don't get them in. He told me they are very hard to keep, but at the time I wasn't looking at...
So I'm finally settled down after my ick quarantine and losing half of my fish stock and my favorite lieutenant tang (I called him lieutenant Dan) and I'm come to the conclusion that all new fish must be quarantined. First, I want to add some fish to my tank. I currently have left are an...
Hello Reefers,
So within a couple days I've had all my shrimp (4 year old pistol shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp) die. I've also had 9 out of 10 hermit crabs die off. The shrimp and the crabs seem to turn over on their backs and then slowly kick around and die over the course of a couple days...
Hi Everyone,
I have a few questions that I would like to hear some advice on please.
To give some background information I currently I have a 72 gal bowfront, it has a HOB skimmer, and a Fluval 405 filter with Carbon. the tank has been running for 2 years now, and everything is going great...
I have a 55 gallon tank and in it now I have a yellowtail damsel, a chrub angel, and a melanurus wrasse. my tank looks pretty empty right now but I have been looking at several different fish that would do good in my tank
Fish list:
Fathead Anthias (maybe 2)
Yasha Goby
Pinkbar Goby
McCosker's...
Introduction
My name is Hunter and I am a wrasse addict. Admitting such is the first step to buying another wrasse, I think. Wrasses are not only my passion, but my niche in this hobby since 2010. My tank is full of them, and unfortunately “regular” species are no longer exciting enough for...
Elite Aquatic’s Acclimation Box
Acclimation boxes are an essential tool for adding new fish to an existing tank, but a tool which is often overlooked or disregarded. I was once a skeptic myself, and I have a feeling many reading this are far from convinced. After all, how could this little...
Male and female Macropharyngodon bipartitus in the author’s aquarium.
The Blue Star Leopard Wrasse, also referred to as the Divided Wrasse, Vermiculite Wrasse (as well as a few other common names) is one of thirteen species of leopard wrasse in the Macropharyngodon genus. As with most leopard...
bipartitus
blue star leopard wrasse
leopard wrasse
macropharyngodon bipartitus
reef safe wrasse
reef tank
saltwater aqarium
saltwater fish
terry lauderdale
wrasse
This article is obsolete. It has been replaced by the 1st revision.
Cirrhilabrus, the “Fairy Wrasses”, are one of the most elegant, active, and colorful reef fish. Their appeal in a reef tank is common to many, but not all have a well-rounded understanding of the compatibility amongst them...