The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[RedOtterCoral]

See!! That’s why I will continue to be so annoying about correcting the “yellow coris wrasse” plague!!

Yes, I'm returning to the hobby so am not up to date on scientific names so when he described the yellow wrasse I was like oh yeah I love those dudes, sign me up for this one.

But then I saw a thread on the yellow wrasse and what coris actually are and got worried lol

 

[Slocke]

Yes, I'm returning to the hobby so am not up to date on scientific names so when he described the yellow wrasse I was like oh yeah I love those dudes, sign me up for this one.

But then I saw a thread on the yellow wrasse and what coris actually are and got worried lol

This one?

Not Coris wrasse! This is becoming my biggest pet peeve...

This is Halichoeres chrysus. A small, reef safe, and very peaceful wrasse known for being beautiful, eating pests, and as a good community member. Credit @JoJosReef This is Halichoeres chloropterus. A larger and more aggressive wrasse but still fairly reef safe and good for bigger tanks and...

www.reef2reef.com

It’s a bit of joke on this thread how much I hate the name yellow coris wrasse

 

[RedOtterCoral]

This one?

Not Coris wrasse! This is becoming my biggest pet peeve...

This is Halichoeres chrysus. A small, reef safe, and very peaceful wrasse known for being beautiful, eating pests, and as a good community member. Credit @JoJosReef This is Halichoeres chloropterus. A larger and more aggressive wrasse but still fairly reef safe and good for bigger tanks and...

www.reef2reef.com

It’s a bit of joke on this thread how much I hate the name yellow coris wrasse

That's the one!

 

[Ross]

Question all. Currently have a small radiant and medium size leopard and I have the itch for another wrasse.

I’m really drawn to the mystery wrasse but I realize they can be aggressive. Would this work with my current two?

If not, what about a pink margin fairy (or pair of them)

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[Slocke]

Question all. Currently have a small radiant and medium size leopard and I have the itch for another wrasse.

I’m really drawn to the mystery wrasse but I realize they can be aggressive. Would this work with my current two?

If not, what about a pink margin fairy (or pair of them)

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Members of the lined wrasse like the mystery don’t do well with other wrasse. A fairy wrasse is certainly a better bet though the pink margin is quite large. See chart below for my suggestions.

 

[Ross]

Thanks Slocke. I’ll give those other ones a look. Between the clowns, flameback angel, radiant wrasse I have lots of yellow and orange in the tank, so I’m looking for some pink or blue. Any other cool wrasses I’m not thinking of that would work?

 

[Slocke]

Thanks Slocke. I’ll give those other ones a look. Between the clowns, flameback angel, radiant wrasse I have lots of yellow and orange in the tank, so I’m looking for some pink or blue. Any other cool wrasses I’m not thinking of that would work?

Blue or bells flasher wrasse are pink and blue when flashing

 

[ralquist]

Don’t think I’ve shared here, haven’t been able to get a good picture so here’s a short vid!

 

[Slocke]

Don’t think I’ve shared here, haven’t been able to get a good picture so here’s a short vid!

I love a Naoko in full display

 

[Tcook]

Thanks Slocke. I’ll give those other ones a look. Between the clowns, flameback angel, radiant wrasse I have lots of yellow and orange in the tank, so I’m looking for some pink or blue. Any other cool wrasses I’m not thinking of that would work?

Babi

 

[Ross]

Babi

Love these guys, would buy one in a second if I ever saw one for sale. Same with the earmuff wrasse

 

[i cant think]

Thanks Slocke. I’ll give those other ones a look. Between the clowns, flameback angel, radiant wrasse I have lots of yellow and orange in the tank, so I’m looking for some pink or blue. Any other cool wrasses I’m not thinking of that would work?

How about a Laboute’s fairy?

 

[TylerHaworth]

So how do you all get decent pictures of your babies?

 

[i cant think]

So how do you all get decent pictures of your babies?

I find I take a good 20-30 photos of one wrasse before I get that decent one.

 

[TylerHaworth]

Everything is so washed out blue… is there any sort of filter I can use on my iPhone to battle that?

 

[Slocke]

Everything is so washed out blue… is there any sort of filter I can use on my iPhone to battle that?

Adjust warmth in post

 

[TylerHaworth]

Rhomboid!

 

[i cant think]

Everything is so washed out blue… is there any sort of filter I can use on my iPhone to battle that?

I honestly set my lights to almost halide lighting for a long period in the day because of that.
I get photos like this because of that.

 

[TylerHaworth]

I’d love a radium’ish look out of my XR15 Pro’s, but I’m too afraid to mess with them.

 

[tbrown]

Well, I was in the water for about an hour this morning and I saw what I believe we're a Surge Wrasse and a possibly an Elegant Coris Wrasse. Beautiful fishes! Unfortunately the phone I was using for pictures didn't keep the pics I took...