Show me some extremely rare wrasse

[Wildreefs]

I've seen black tangs come through stores but not too often because they're expensive. Reefpro has several in stock right now. Although they shouldn't be housed in a tank smaller than 180g.

Reef pro is the worst . Wouldn’t get snails from there

 

[Andreas' Reef]

Are you trying to tell mw this common, boring blue flasher wrasse isn't a million times uglier than this bloody fairy wrasse that is infinitely more rare!?!?

what is this book?

 

[Andreas' Reef]

Reef pro is the worst . Wouldn’t get snails from there

What's the scoop on them?

 

[Slocke]

what is this book?

Great book for the wrasse nerds like me!

What's the scoop on them?

Look who shows up when things get spicy

 

[Andreas' Reef]

Look who shows up when things get spicy

Oh screw off XD

 

[Andreas' Reef]

Great book for the wrasse nerds like me!

Look who shows up when things get spicy

I love his books. They are really useful. When I bought the 500+ fish book I thought it would be a big table book but it is quite small.

 

[Wildreefs]

What's the scoop on them?

I’ve purchased the most fish from them for my system, yet have the least of those fish in the system that made it thru at. Most wrasses died within a day or two of arrival. Another tang came cooked in the bag, holding on by a thread, but he arrived “alive”. Never ever again

 

[Curleymon]

This is the best wrasse that I have had in my 40 year experience with saltwater fish! I am looking for another one since mine is turning to male.

 

[Ian_B]

I have a Brunneus fairy wrasse. Not the most colorful wrasse, but I like it’s red eyes.

 

[Lavey29]

My LFS in so cal has a nice leopard wrasse if anyone is interested.

 

[Jacked Reefer]

Great book for the wrasse nerds like me!

Look who shows up when things get spicy

I’ve got the Volume 1 (scorpions, morays, anthias, other oddballs), and the Angel and Butterfly. The wrasse and damselfish one are too expensive on eBay for me to complete the collection!

 

[i cant think]

I’ve purchased the most fish from them for my system, yet have the least of those fish in the system that made it thru at. Most wrasses died within a day or two of arrival. Another tang came cooked in the bag, holding on by a thread, but he arrived “alive”. Never ever again

Just wanted to say;
It won’t necessarily be Reef Pro’s fault for the wrasses, those guys just don’t ship well altogether. If you look at some of the posts in the wrasse lovers thread you’ll find people have gone through 3 or more tries to get a wrasse that ships perfectly and even then that wrasse looks rather stressed.

 

[i cant think]

Are you trying to tell mw this common, boring blue flasher wrasse isn't a million times uglier than this bloody fairy wrasse that is infinitely more rare!?!?

Oh, right yes that sanguineus is definitely nicer than that common cyaneus isn’t it

 

[ReefSakes]

There’s the elusive flame! I just saw all these guys yesterday.. I didn’t even know what half them wrasses were but some were very beautiful!

Beautiful flame! Lost my super male from jump out.

 

[Slocke]

Oh, right yes that sanguineus is definitely nicer than that common cyaneus isn’t it

I do think this wrasse should only be available in the UK

“Honey, what this bill of 10,000£ for?”
“This bloody fairy wrasse!”
“You spent all that money on a fish you hate ?!”
……….

Note that “bloody” is a common swear word over there

 

[Wildreefs]

Just wanted to say;
It won’t necessarily be Reef Pro’s fault for the wrasses, those guys just don’t ship well altogether. If you look at some of the posts in the wrasse lovers thread you’ll find people have gone through 3 or more tries to get a wrasse that ships perfectly and even then that wrasse looks rather stressed.

Understood, still going to say their fault. One of the wrasses was a pintail. Had it for exactly 2 days, but system with prazi pro, it started doing flips, twitching at the bottom, cartwheeling into the pvc, finally when it stopped (only because he was dead, 5-6 minutes after prazi hit the water) you can see the little sesame seeds crawling out of his Gil’s. This 3 days inch fish must have had 25-30 flukes on him.

 

[Collector1924]

Red tailed wrasse. Beautiful and rare. They say you need a bigger tank but I kept one in 55 with no issues.

Redtail Tamarin Wrasse: Reef Safe Saltwater Aquarium Fish

 

[Tamberav]

I’ve got the Volume 1 (scorpions, morays, anthias, other oddballs), and the Angel and Butterfly. The wrasse and damselfish one are too expensive on eBay for me to complete the collection!

Are you in the states? The wrasse one shows 20ish dollars. The butterfly is like 70 tho

 

[Tamberav]

Understood, still going to say their fault. One of the wrasses was a pintail. Had it for exactly 2 days, but system with prazi pro, it started doing flips, twitching at the bottom, cartwheeling into the pvc, finally when it stopped (only because he was dead, 5-6 minutes after prazi hit the water) you can see the little sesame seeds crawling out of his Gil’s. This 3 days inch fish must have had 25-30 flukes on him.

Didn’t you also say captive bred fish from Bali and biota were crap too and all died?

Reef pro only keeps their fish min 7 days which isn’t long enough for disease. Not even long enough to get fluke eggs. So I wouldn’t be surprised tbh if something came with parasites.

 

[Jacked Reefer]

Are you in the states? The wrasse one shows 20ish dollars. The butterfly is like 70 tho

Snagging the wrasse one! Thanks for pointing that out! I got the two that I have from an LFS for 50 bucks for the pair. I looked for the damselfish one and the cheapest I could find it was $120!!!! So I guess I just assumed the wrasses would be a similar price