Cutest fish ever!
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ric maniac
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Lol they are so cool! What are their requirements?
stephish
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Possum wrasse is docile so calm/non-agressive tank mates otherwise he'll hide all the time. They'll eat just about anything you put in the tank, mysis, cyclops, brine, pellet, flake but it needs to be on the smaller side, they have tiny little mouths. Minimum of a 20 gallon tank and some rock work to take shelter in if it gets spooked. Nothing outrageous or special really.
So far this one prefers to swim out in the open in the upper half of the tank away from the LR.
I need to get a pic of him/her from the front because this fish has little pink puckered up lips.
So far this one prefers to swim out in the open in the upper half of the tank away from the LR.
I need to get a pic of him/her from the front because this fish has little pink puckered up lips.
ric maniac
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I'm getting one as my next fish, he is so pretty!
stephish
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Scott Michaels book "Reef Aquarium Fishes" lists them as safe with soft and stony corals as well as ornamental crustaceans. They are "an occsional threat to other invertebrates" but I haven't seen him bother anyone yet.
He also says they are quite suitable for nano's if only one is kept and recommends not keeping them with aggressive fish that would intimidate them.
He also says they are quite suitable for nano's if only one is kept and recommends not keeping them with aggressive fish that would intimidate them.
bill109
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Originally Posted by stephish
Bill109 he was $27.00 and was at the LFS, they had ordered one to see how it would do. They're great about ordering "different" stuff, he was there for about 4 weeks and I kept oogling over him so they held him for me to make sure he was doing well.
thanks are they hard to keep alive?
alos there are 2 kinds of possum wrasses?
the yellowbanded and the red pygmy right?
Bill109 he was $27.00 and was at the LFS, they had ordered one to see how it would do. They're great about ordering "different" stuff, he was there for about 4 weeks and I kept oogling over him so they held him for me to make sure he was doing well.
thanks are they hard to keep alive?
alos there are 2 kinds of possum wrasses?
the yellowbanded and the red pygmy right?
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kat74
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OMG! That is soooo my kind of fish!! What a cutie!! Looks like she's got pink lipstick on!
I would want one that looks just like that one. I saw a few online and they didn't look as cute as yours does! You've got a beauty there!
I would want one that looks just like that one. I saw a few online and they didn't look as cute as yours does! You've got a beauty there!
stephish
Member
Originally Posted by bill109
thanks are they hard to keep alive?
alos there are 2 kinds of possum wrasses?
the yellowbanded and the red pygmy right?
The books I have show 2 primary species but it looks like the coloring can vary within them.
So far he's doing great, he was at the LFS for a total of 6 weeks and then I brought him home and have had him for 1 week. He seems quite happy and despite there being plenty of nooks and caves for him spends most of his time swimming out in the open. Also, everything that I have read says that they are NOT prone to parasitic infection, doesn't mean they can't get them but they're pretty hardy little guys.
As far as him eating pods they will eat "tiny worms and crustaceans" so I guess they would compete with a mandarin for pods but only the tiny ones because he couldn't get the pods in my tank in his tiny little mouth.
Oh yeah and i'm pretty sure this one is a male because the bands are yellow and according to the literature if it were female the bands would stay whitish like the juveniles.
thanks are they hard to keep alive?
alos there are 2 kinds of possum wrasses?
the yellowbanded and the red pygmy right?
The books I have show 2 primary species but it looks like the coloring can vary within them.
So far he's doing great, he was at the LFS for a total of 6 weeks and then I brought him home and have had him for 1 week. He seems quite happy and despite there being plenty of nooks and caves for him spends most of his time swimming out in the open. Also, everything that I have read says that they are NOT prone to parasitic infection, doesn't mean they can't get them but they're pretty hardy little guys.
As far as him eating pods they will eat "tiny worms and crustaceans" so I guess they would compete with a mandarin for pods but only the tiny ones because he couldn't get the pods in my tank in his tiny little mouth.
Oh yeah and i'm pretty sure this one is a male because the bands are yellow and according to the literature if it were female the bands would stay whitish like the juveniles.