"Mid" tier fairy wrasses - your favourites?

deereguy · Mar 28, 2018

Kyl said:
Which means it would probably be $500 with the Canuck tax ;|

** Actually, time to make you wince. Male C. laboutei listed at $208.45 retail in Canadabucks, so like $160 USD. Tempting.., might have to go take a look at them.

Where in Canada for that price?

Kyl · Mar 28, 2018

deereguy said:
Where in Canada for that price?

J&L

Brian1f1 · Mar 28, 2018

poomba said:
I feel like I rarely see Hooded Wrasse anymore. Such a pretty fish though. I came in to recommend Flame Wrasse though, especially with the current state of collection in Hawaii.

What do you mean about Hawaii?

divewsharks · Mar 29, 2018

Labridaedicted said:
I've seen some particularly nice C. aurantidorsalis coming in lately that I've been tempted by if my budget wasn't as tight right now.
I second the pintail and labouts as well as excellent options.

Yeah, the aurantidorsalis have been coming in real nice, to the point I picked one up a couple weeks ago and he is sitting in qt. Very surprising how little they cost compared to how colorful they are.

If I didn’t already have a brunneus, I’d get an isosceles for sure.

eatbreakfast · Mar 29, 2018

Brian1f1 said:
What do you mean about Hawaii?

Hawaii has placed a ban on nets with a mesh smaller than 2" and are not renewing ornamental fishing permits.

Daniel@R2R · Mar 29, 2018

Flame wrasse is one for sure!

Kyl · Mar 29, 2018

Didn't realize the C. aurantidorsalis stays relatively small, hmm.. had intended to get a yellowfin flasher to round out the 60g (different tank), may go with that though. Only a social wrasse C. rubeus in that tank with a Blue Flasher P. cyaneus eventually (in QT). Reading @evolved 's complexes chart though, it's listed as D for a larger tank. Is that just due to a potential for bossy behaviour?

evolved · Mar 29, 2018

Kyl said:
Didn't realize the C. aurantidorsalis stays relatively small

Still gets to 4", so the smallest of that complex but still bigger than the lubbocki complex.

Kyl said:
Reading @evolved 's complexes chart though, it's listed as D for a larger tank. Is that just due to a potential for bossy behaviour?

You'll also see that it's designated with the "-" showing it's less aggressive than average of the complex. The D is universal to the complex for simplicity; I didn't want to muck up exceptions all over it.

Kyl · Mar 29, 2018

evolved said:
Still gets to 4", so the smallest of that complex but still bigger than the lubbocki complex.

You'll also see that it's designated with the "-" showing it's less aggressive than average of the complex. The D is universal to the complex for simplicity; I didn't want to muck up exceptions all over it.

Thanks! I never even noticed the minus on the end of that guy. Think it would be a good fit, the tank is 4' long.

solitude127 · Mar 29, 2018

C. aurantidorsalis gets a vote from me. It's even a little cheaper than what you're looking for.

SashimiTurtle · Mar 29, 2018

Just picked up a female C. isosceles(one of my all time favorites) and a male P. mccoskeri(I know its a flasher not a fairy) for $25 each at a LFS. He orders in bulk so the prices are low.