mr.clownfish
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are formosa wrasses reef safe??? i just bought one and the seller said they are reef safe and i red somewhere else that they are not reef safe!?!?!?!
hey quick question!! need to know now.
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mr.clownfish
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im going to return him when he is about 4ins he is 2ins now. i have a cleaner shrimp that i really care about will it kill him? the shrimp is pretty big tho. sooooo its not reef safe?????
subielover
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Most likely the shrimp will be eaten. With any wrasse any shrimps, crabs and snails are looked at as food, of course there are always exceptions to the rule. If it were me, I would return him now as to avoid stressing everything when you have to take him back in a couple months anyhow.
For furture reference you should always research the animal that you are planning on buying. Don't let the lfs talk you into quick decisions, the only thing that will go quick is your money
saltn00b
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whats all this ALL wrasses are not reef safe talk?
there are a lot of reef-safe wrasses such as fairies, flashers and some other like yellow coris. these fish will pretty never touch your inverts unless they are smaller than a thumbnail and in the water column. of course, wrasse is the largest group of fish in the oceans and so there are quite larger and less "safe" species out there. Coris formosa is definitely one of the larger reef species that can be quite strong swimmers, intelligent, violent, and crustecean devouring. you may think that you will easily be able to get this fish out when it is 4 inches, but that may prove easier said than done. my yellow coris used to dive into the sandbed whenever the nets entered the tank, and was always the last fish to get out of the tank, after all of the rock was out and the water was about 2" deep.
there are a lot of reef-safe wrasses such as fairies, flashers and some other like yellow coris. these fish will pretty never touch your inverts unless they are smaller than a thumbnail and in the water column. of course, wrasse is the largest group of fish in the oceans and so there are quite larger and less "safe" species out there. Coris formosa is definitely one of the larger reef species that can be quite strong swimmers, intelligent, violent, and crustecean devouring. you may think that you will easily be able to get this fish out when it is 4 inches, but that may prove easier said than done. my yellow coris used to dive into the sandbed whenever the nets entered the tank, and was always the last fish to get out of the tank, after all of the rock was out and the water was about 2" deep.
jeanheckle
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Originally Posted by saltn00b
http:///forum/post/2747179
whats all this ALL wrasses are not reef safe talk?
there are a lot of reef-safe wrasses such as fairies, flashers and some other like yellow coris. these fish will pretty never touch your inverts unless they are smaller than a thumbnail and in the water column. of course, wrasse is the largest group of fish in the oceans and so there are quite larger and less "safe" species out there. Coris formosa is definitely one of the larger reef species that can be quite strong swimmers, intelligent, violent, and crustecean devouring. you may think that you will easily be able to get this fish out when it is 4 inches, but that may prove easier said than done. my yellow coris used to dive into the sandbed whenever the nets entered the tank, and was always the last fish to get out of the tank, after all of the rock was out and the water was about 2" deep.
Thank you, I was just about to write that. I have a fairy wrasse. One competitors web site has their wrasses seperated into reef safe and non reef safe.
http:///forum/post/2747179
whats all this ALL wrasses are not reef safe talk?
there are a lot of reef-safe wrasses such as fairies, flashers and some other like yellow coris. these fish will pretty never touch your inverts unless they are smaller than a thumbnail and in the water column. of course, wrasse is the largest group of fish in the oceans and so there are quite larger and less "safe" species out there. Coris formosa is definitely one of the larger reef species that can be quite strong swimmers, intelligent, violent, and crustecean devouring. you may think that you will easily be able to get this fish out when it is 4 inches, but that may prove easier said than done. my yellow coris used to dive into the sandbed whenever the nets entered the tank, and was always the last fish to get out of the tank, after all of the rock was out and the water was about 2" deep.
Thank you, I was just about to write that. I have a fairy wrasse. One competitors web site has their wrasses seperated into reef safe and non reef safe.
srfisher17
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I don't think "reef safe" means much anymore; so many people just use this to mean "coral safe" and then use "invert safe" ( or sometime similar) for fish that won't bother most inverts...and saltn00b is right, there are plenty of reef safe wrasse, no matter which meaning of "reef safe" you use.
mr.clownfish
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oh ok. but so far he is not bothering anything. and i researched a little on the Formosa wrasse and i found out they they only eat a specific kind of coral. so it is actually reef safe and the only crustacean in my tank is a cleaner shrimp and they havent bothered each other. the only thing the wrasse is doing now is swimming around in circles and eating stuff off the sand and rocks. i tried brine, and formula 1, it wont eat anything. what do they eat? my LFS said they eat everything frozen.
srfisher17
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Originally Posted by Mr.clownfish
http:///forum/post/2747953
oh ok. but so far he is not bothering anything. and i researched a little on the Formosa wrasse and i found out they they only eat a specific kind of coral. so it is actually reef safe and the only crustacean in my tank is a cleaner shrimp and they havent bothered each other. the only thing the wrasse is doing now is swimming around in circles and eating stuff off the sand and rocks. i tried brine, and formula 1, it wont eat anything. what do they eat? my LFS said they eat everything frozen.
How big a tank do you have this wrasse in, they get huge and are quite difficult fish to keep. Depending on the fish's size; live feeder shrimp can be a great way to get many new fish eating. Here's what a major online dealer says about them:
"It requires a 100 gallon or larger aquarium with a 4-6 inch layer of sand in which to bury itself. It is an excellent hunter and will leave no rock unturned (literally) in search of food. The Formosa Wrasse will eat urchins, crabs, shrimp, and small invertebrates"
http:///forum/post/2747953
oh ok. but so far he is not bothering anything. and i researched a little on the Formosa wrasse and i found out they they only eat a specific kind of coral. so it is actually reef safe and the only crustacean in my tank is a cleaner shrimp and they havent bothered each other. the only thing the wrasse is doing now is swimming around in circles and eating stuff off the sand and rocks. i tried brine, and formula 1, it wont eat anything. what do they eat? my LFS said they eat everything frozen.
How big a tank do you have this wrasse in, they get huge and are quite difficult fish to keep. Depending on the fish's size; live feeder shrimp can be a great way to get many new fish eating. Here's what a major online dealer says about them:
"It requires a 100 gallon or larger aquarium with a 4-6 inch layer of sand in which to bury itself. It is an excellent hunter and will leave no rock unturned (literally) in search of food. The Formosa Wrasse will eat urchins, crabs, shrimp, and small invertebrates"
mr.clownfish
Active Member
Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/2748386
How big a tank do you have this wrasse in, they get huge and are quite difficult fish to keep. Depending on the fish's size; live feeder shrimp can be a great way to get many new fish eating. Here's what a major online dealer says about them:
"It requires a 100 gallon or larger aquarium with a 4-6 inch layer of sand in which to bury itself. It is an excellent hunter and will leave no rock unturned (literally) in search of food. The Formosa Wrasse will eat urchins, crabs, shrimp, and small invertebrates"
its only like 2 and a half inchs long. ill keep it till it starts changing to it adult color or untill it bothers something in my tank.
http:///forum/post/2748386
How big a tank do you have this wrasse in, they get huge and are quite difficult fish to keep. Depending on the fish's size; live feeder shrimp can be a great way to get many new fish eating. Here's what a major online dealer says about them:
"It requires a 100 gallon or larger aquarium with a 4-6 inch layer of sand in which to bury itself. It is an excellent hunter and will leave no rock unturned (literally) in search of food. The Formosa Wrasse will eat urchins, crabs, shrimp, and small invertebrates"
its only like 2 and a half inchs long. ill keep it till it starts changing to it adult color or untill it bothers something in my tank.
windlasher
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Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/2748386
How big a tank do you have this wrasse in, they get huge and are quite difficult fish to keep. Depending on the fish's size; live feeder shrimp can be a great way to get many new fish eating. Here's what a major online dealer says about them:
"It requires a 100 gallon or larger aquarium with a 4-6 inch layer of sand in which to bury itself. It is an excellent hunter and will leave no rock unturned (literally) in search of food. The Formosa Wrasse will eat urchins, crabs, shrimp, and small invertebrates"
Be careful about using live feeder shrimp to get a fish to eat. I tried that with a lion as suggested and he refused.... refused to eat anything else until he died. I bought another, at my LFS by saying, You feed him, if he eats frozen, I will buy him. He did, I bought him and we are now both very happy.
http:///forum/post/2748386
How big a tank do you have this wrasse in, they get huge and are quite difficult fish to keep. Depending on the fish's size; live feeder shrimp can be a great way to get many new fish eating. Here's what a major online dealer says about them:
"It requires a 100 gallon or larger aquarium with a 4-6 inch layer of sand in which to bury itself. It is an excellent hunter and will leave no rock unturned (literally) in search of food. The Formosa Wrasse will eat urchins, crabs, shrimp, and small invertebrates"
Be careful about using live feeder shrimp to get a fish to eat. I tried that with a lion as suggested and he refused.... refused to eat anything else until he died. I bought another, at my LFS by saying, You feed him, if he eats frozen, I will buy him. He did, I bought him and we are now both very happy.