The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

dpfish · 2024-09-27T02:43:25-0400

This guy might be the coolest fish in my tank

i cant think · 2024-09-27T03:18:25-0400

PR_nano said:
How long you do observation for prior to moving fish to other display? 30 days, 76 days?

I did mine for around 10 days as I know they’d been QTed prior to me getting them.

i cant think · 2024-09-27T03:21:35-0400

Cael Gallery said:
So i've always wanted a Thalassoma, despite being aware of how they behave with other fish. Do you guys think this combo would work? I'm planning on adding a T.jansenii and a T.amblycephalum to my 6x2x2 tank at the same time along with the following wrasse:
New additions: (Will be added almost simultaneously(
Barred thicklip 'medium'
red coris 10cmish
Coris pictoides
new guinea wrasse
dragon wrasse
H.biocellatus
Naoko fairy wrasse

existing wrasse:
15cm harlequin tuskfish (meanie, but just got put back in from sump timeout + rock rearrangement)
12cm floral maori wrasse
11cm spanish hogfish
7cm anampses lennardi (haven't seen it in 2 days).
Also wanting to add an earmuff wrasse whenever those become available here.
My hope is that the dragon, red coris and the 2 thalassoma will sort eachother out and leave the more peaceful wrasse to themselves. I know it's risky, but if anyone has any suggestions or feedback i'd be happy to hear it!

I wouldn’t do the new guinea wrasse at this stage, the last two you want are also going in too late IMHO. They’ll be given a hard time.

Realistically, at this stage you want boisterous but not peaceful. The Dragon may be a bit too boisterous but they do have a tendency to be quite lazy.

Cael Gallery · 2024-09-27T07:28:51-0400

i cant think said:
I wouldn’t do the new guinea wrasse at this stage, the last two you want are also going in too late IMHO. They’ll be given a hard time.

Realistically, at this stage you want boisterous but not peaceful. The Dragon may be a bit too boisterous but they do have a tendency to be quite lazy.

So you reckon i should just add the Pseudolabrus at the same time as the thalassoma and the rest? Unfortunately i'm pretty dead set on an earmuff - but i see your point about the late introduction. But there's only like 3 collectors of marine fish in Australia so earmuffs are only available every couple months.