The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

[Slocke]

Finally saw some wrasse and I saw a ton!
Obviously, there were the dragons which I had a ton of fun playing with. Just picking up a rock near one and it will come right over. I think that baby is maybe my best spot ever. Also saw Coris gaimard at all stages of life. Wow they are pretty.

I also saw two firsts, Macropharyngodon Geoffoyri and Pseudojuloides cerasinus. @i cant think the pencil was incredible!! However @JoJosReef the leopard was surprisingly bland. Couldn't really see any blue or yellow on it so it just looked bland. Probably just the lighting though.

Very different to Maui where the predominant wrasse were Thalassoma here it was definitely Coris

List of seen wrasse:
Thalassoma duperray
Coris ballieui
Coris Gaimard
Coris venusta
Gamphosus varius
Novaculilichthys taeniorius
M geoffoyri
Labroides phthirophagus
Pseudocheilinus evinidus
P octataenia
Pseudojuloidea cerasinus

 

[Tcook]

Can’t express enough about this batch of Hemi’s at TSM. All looked amazing after unboxing and still doing great. They all come over to glass wiggling for food as you walk by. Little camera shy but for a hemi seeing a scary camera for first time they did great. Shipping young helped Josh’s dedication to acclimate them to captivity and meds show in this batch. Wish I could house them in my tank. The love TSM has for the life and health of a fish keeps me motivated. Seeing they have amazing shipment without losses because of proper conditioned fish blows me away. They have I believe a 99 percent arrive alive I think. They can’t control everything after leaving but prepaid fish for the worst in shipping.

Beautiful healthy looking fish. I just can’t justify $1200 for a 3-5 year lifespan as those don’t look like babies. DT maybe

 

[Tcook]

Finally saw some wrasse and I saw a ton!
Obviously, there were the dragons which I had a ton of fun playing with. Just picking up a rock near one and it will come right over. I think that baby is maybe my best spot ever. Also saw Coris gaimard at all stages of life. Wow they are pretty.

I also saw two firsts, Macropharyngodon Geoffoyri and Pseudojuloides cerasinus. @i cant think the pencil was incredible!! However @JoJosReef the leopard was surprisingly bland. Couldn't really see any blue or yellow on it so it just looked bland. Probably just the lighting though.

Very different to Maui where the predominant wrasse were Thalassoma here it was definitely

List of seen wrasse:
Thalassoma duperray
Coris ballieui
Coris Gaimard
Coris venusta
Gamphosus varius
Novaculilichthys taeniorius
M geoffoyri
Labroides phthirophagus
Pseudocheilinus evinidus
P octataenia
Pseudojuloidea cerasinus

Are you in Roatan? Forget where you were headed.

 

[Slocke]

Are you in Roatan? Forget where you were headed.

Hawaii, big island.

 

[JoJosReef]

Finally saw some wrasse and I saw a ton!
Obviously, there were the dragons which I had a ton of fun playing with. Just picking up a rock near one and it will come right over. I think that baby is maybe my best spot ever. Also saw Coris gaimard at all stages of life. Wow they are pretty.

I also saw two firsts, Macropharyngodon Geoffoyri and Pseudojuloides cerasinus. @i cant think the pencil was incredible!! However @JoJosReef the leopard was surprisingly bland. Couldn't really see any blue or yellow on it so it just looked bland. Probably just the lighting though.

Very different to Maui where the predominant wrasse were Thalassoma here it was definitely Coris

List of seen wrasse:
Thalassoma duperray
Coris ballieui
Coris Gaimard
Coris venusta
Gamphosus varius
Novaculilichthys taeniorius
M geoffoyri
Labroides phthirophagus
Pseudocheilinus evinidus
P octataenia
Pseudojuloidea cerasinus

I also saw plenty of Coris gaimard, including two super males picking at rocks. Absolutely stunning. Prettiest fish I saw, hands down. Camera just doesn't capture it.

 

[i cant think]

Can anyone ID this guy?

If I’m honest, I’m doubting it’s even a Coris species, maybe a Pseudocoris species but the colours don’t even match them.

The reason I’m leaning into that genus is through looking at the adults;
All of them have a Dorsal filament, very few of the true Coris species have that. And the ones that do, don’t match the colouration.
The closest coris to that is this guy - Coris dorsomacula. But the issue is more the middle lines than the dorsal lining (and striping).

Another possibility although maybe far fetched, a Hologymnosus species? This is a doliatus juvenile/female but it kind of shows where I’m coming from with the face.

 

[Cael Gallery]

If I’m honest, I’m doubting it’s even a Coris species, maybe a Pseudocoris species but the colours don’t even match them.

The reason I’m leaning into that genus is through looking at the adults;
All of them have a Dorsal filament, very few of the true Coris species have that. And the ones that do, don’t match the colouration.
The closest coris to that is this guy - Coris dorsomacula. But the issue is more the middle lines than the dorsal lining (and striping).

Another possibility although maybe far fetched, a Hologymnosus species? This is a doliatus juvenile/female but it kind of shows where I’m coming from with the face.

It doesn't match any of the 4 Hologymnosus species or 9 Pseudocoris species. Pseudocoris have the filament yes but also torpedo shaped bodies because they're pelagic planktivores.

 

[SupraSaltyReefer]

 

[Cael Gallery]

Any ideas?
This was my 3” (8cm) female Anampses neoguinacus i’ve had for about 3 months. It has been eating literally everything i give it, been super active and has completely avoided all aggression from other fish. I saw it this morning and it seemed fine as usual. Tonight i check on the tank and see him lying like this, dead, on the sand near a pile of live rock. The only marks are these reddish bruises. I really cannot think of anything reason it could have died. Aggression from other fish is completely off the table, nothing ever bothered it. The water is slightly hazy because i fed a little too much masstick today. I think it’s either the dissolved masstick particles or a little bit of a bacterial bloom. I’ve cranked up my UV to a higher flow to help with that and rest assured there is tons of oxygenation in the display and in the sump. The only thing i can think of is maybe a rock fell on it? Like it dug underneath the sand which caved in and caused a rock to fall on it?
I’m gutted, he was such a good fish and i am too scared to buy another one, and receive a fish that gets bullied or doesn’t eat in typical Anampses fashion.
Any thoughts appreciated

 

[TARHEEL78]

If I’m honest, I’m doubting it’s even a Coris species, maybe a Pseudocoris species but the colours don’t even match them.

The reason I’m leaning into that genus is through looking at the adults;
All of them have a Dorsal filament, very few of the true Coris species have that. And the ones that do, don’t match the colouration.
The closest coris to that is this guy - Coris dorsomacula. But the issue is more the middle lines than the dorsal lining (and striping).

Another possibility although maybe far fetched, a Hologymnosus species? This is a doliatus juvenile/female but it kind of shows where I’m coming from with the face.

The local store it was at had it called a "Hawaii Lined Wrasse" they sometimes have wrasse called things i don't normally see them called and I couldn't find a wrasse that had that nickname anywhere which is why I asked. I have no idea what it is and I'm not great with ID on random fish. Lol

 

[Crabby48]

Finally saw some wrasse and I saw a ton!
Obviously, there were the dragons which I had a ton of fun playing with. Just picking up a rock near one and it will come right over. I think that baby is maybe my best spot ever. Also saw Coris gaimard at all stages of life. Wow they are pretty.

I also saw two firsts, Macropharyngodon Geoffoyri and Pseudojuloides cerasinus. @i cant think the pencil was incredible!! However @JoJosReef the leopard was surprisingly bland. Couldn't really see any blue or yellow on it so it just looked bland. Probably just the lighting though.

Very different to Maui where the predominant wrasse were Thalassoma here it was definitely Coris

List of seen wrasse:
Thalassoma duperray
Coris ballieui
Coris Gaimard
Coris venusta
Gamphosus varius
Novaculilichthys taeniorius
M geoffoyri
Labroides phthirophagus
Pseudocheilinus evinidus
P octataenia
Pseudojuloidea cerasinus

Potters coolers look good under whites and blues but guessing it was lighting. Wonder if it was older and colors are faded some

Beautiful healthy looking fish. I just can’t justify $1200 for a 3-5 year lifespan as those don’t look like babies. DT maybe

It’s a heavy price for them but they are all smaller. Would say 3” which is small for them as they can get 6” plus.
I’m just happy to see Madagascar orders come in lively as that’s been a struggle with them.

 

[i cant think]

It doesn't match any of the 4 Hologymnosus species or 9 Pseudocoris species. Pseudocoris have the filament yes but also torpedo shaped bodies because they're pelagic planktivores.

The body shape is difficult to be certain as the fish is at an angle - I’ve seen Pseudocoris photons at an angle and not appear to have a torpedo body shape.
Hologymnosus was my next closest guess but without knowing the origin of the species it will always be a mystery until mature and in full adult colouration.

 

[i cant think]

Any ideas?
This was my 3” (8cm) female Anampses neoguinacus i’ve had for about 3 months. It has been eating literally everything i give it, been super active and has completely avoided all aggression from other fish. I saw it this morning and it seemed fine as usual. Tonight i check on the tank and see him lying like this, dead, on the sand near a pile of live rock. The only marks are these reddish bruises. I really cannot think of anything reason it could have died. Aggression from other fish is completely off the table, nothing ever bothered it. The water is slightly hazy because i fed a little too much masstick today. I think it’s either the dissolved masstick particles or a little bit of a bacterial bloom. I’ve cranked up my UV to a higher flow to help with that and rest assured there is tons of oxygenation in the display and in the sump. The only thing i can think of is maybe a rock fell on it? Like it dug underneath the sand which caved in and caused a rock to fall on it?
I’m gutted, he was such a good fish and i am too scared to buy another one, and receive a fish that gets bullied or doesn’t eat in typical Anampses fashion.
Any thoughts appreciated

You recently introduced your 2 other Thalassoma - if you reset the territory (which would’ve occurred when the 3rd Thalassoma was introduced and settling) you may find they went in and battered the easiest fish to get their territory.

What’s also interesting is what looks like internal damage on the stomach.

 

[TARHEEL78]

@Slocke @Cael Gallery @i cant think I'll be back over that way later. I'll stop in and get more pics so we can get to the bottom of this. Lol

 

[i cant think]

Well, you know the map of Labridae I did, I cleaned it up today! Here’s how the families under Labriformes link.
I ditched Thalassoma and Gomphosus as not many people keep those over here (mainly due to aggression and tank size).

 

[JoJosReef]

Well, you know the map of Labridae I did, I cleaned it up today! Here’s how the families under Labriformes link.
I ditched Thalassoma and Gomphosus as not many people keep those over here (mainly due to aggression and tank size).

Need to turn up your whites. The windex looks is better for corals than whiteboards ;-)

 

[TARHEEL78]

 

[Cael Gallery]

You recently introduced your 2 other Thalassoma - if you reset the territory (which would’ve occurred when the 3rd Thalassoma was introduced and settling) you may find they went in and battered the easiest fish to get their territory.

What’s also interesting is what looks like internal damage on the stomach.

there’s only 2 Thalassoma in currently, my T.lutescens and my T.nigrofasciatum. About a week and a half ago, i sumped my T.quinquevittatum again for harassing my pixy wrasse. Trust me when i say this, i’m on holidays so I’m watching my tank for a couple hours a day spread out over the day and neither of the 2 Thalassoma bother anyone. At most the nigrofasciatum might chase the lutescens away a short distance but almost exclusively at feeding time. Otherwise they stay out of eachothers way and show no interest in other fish

 

[Cael Gallery]

Video from just now. Short sample size sure but you can see how my fish behave.

 

[Slocke]

Potters coolers look good under whites and blues but guessing it was lighting. Wonder if it was older and colors are faded some

You were right. Saw another today and it was really really pretty. I think it was either a female or young male and it was very vibrant. Mad though because I busted my camera by bonking it on my tank to tell my diving partners about an octopus.

Of course after that is when I saw the potters, a male A chrysocephalus, and later 4 female A chryso’s


After playing with dragons yesterday and having this guy swim up to us today I think this is why wrasse are my favorites

New video by Sam Locke

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