Wrasse ?'s
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ufo8micats
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you could try a cleaner wrasse. they are benificial to the other fish, for they clean disease off of them. i dont believe that they get that large.
i have a lunare wrasse, they are a beautiful green color but they get to be about 6 inches long and quite aggressive.
i have a lunare wrasse, they are a beautiful green color but they get to be about 6 inches long and quite aggressive.
groupergenius
Active Member
Originally Posted by earlybird
http:///forum/post/2501978
I should add that I'd like to have a wrasse that is bred in captivity. Is there such a thing with wrasses?
None that I know of. But most of the fairy wrasses are reef friendly. And colorful. I have seen leopard wrasses in reefs and I have a Christmas wrasse in my 120 reef. I have not seen him pick at the hermits or 2 cleaner shrimp....yet.
http:///forum/post/2501978
I should add that I'd like to have a wrasse that is bred in captivity. Is there such a thing with wrasses?
None that I know of. But most of the fairy wrasses are reef friendly. And colorful. I have seen leopard wrasses in reefs and I have a Christmas wrasse in my 120 reef. I have not seen him pick at the hermits or 2 cleaner shrimp....yet.
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rcreations
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I have a yellow canary wrasse. It was the first fish I ever put in my tank and it's never caused any problems, gets along with all my fish. Very beautiful too, it forms this really interesting pattern around its face. Also have a flame wrasse that is also doing great in my tank and gets along with everything.
spanko
Active Member
Please do not buy a cleaner wrasse.
Here is an excerpt from a well know aquarist.
The genus of obligate Cleaner Wrasses most celebrated for establishing stations in the wild that are frequented by "local" reef fishes and pelagics for removing parasites and necrotic tissue. Perhaps shocking to most aquarists, all the Labroides rate a dismal (3) in survivability, even the ubiquitously offered common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. None of the Labroides should be removed, not only for the fact that almost all perish within a few weeks of wild capture, but for the valuable role they play as cleaners.
Here is an excerpt from a well know aquarist.
The genus of obligate Cleaner Wrasses most celebrated for establishing stations in the wild that are frequented by "local" reef fishes and pelagics for removing parasites and necrotic tissue. Perhaps shocking to most aquarists, all the Labroides rate a dismal (3) in survivability, even the ubiquitously offered common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. None of the Labroides should be removed, not only for the fact that almost all perish within a few weeks of wild capture, but for the valuable role they play as cleaners.
earlybird
Active Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2502062
Please do not buy a cleaner wrasse.
Here is an excerpt from a well know aquarist.
The genus of obligate Cleaner Wrasses most celebrated for establishing stations in the wild that are frequented by "local" reef fishes and pelagics for removing parasites and necrotic tissue. Perhaps shocking to most aquarists, all the Labroides rate a dismal (3) in survivability, even the ubiquitously offered common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. None of the Labroides should be removed, not only for the fact that almost all perish within a few weeks of wild capture, but for the valuable role they play as cleaners.
I've read this as well. No cleaner for me.
What of the other wrasses above. How messy are they with the sand and burrowing?
http:///forum/post/2502062
Please do not buy a cleaner wrasse.
Here is an excerpt from a well know aquarist.
The genus of obligate Cleaner Wrasses most celebrated for establishing stations in the wild that are frequented by "local" reef fishes and pelagics for removing parasites and necrotic tissue. Perhaps shocking to most aquarists, all the Labroides rate a dismal (3) in survivability, even the ubiquitously offered common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. None of the Labroides should be removed, not only for the fact that almost all perish within a few weeks of wild capture, but for the valuable role they play as cleaners.
I've read this as well. No cleaner for me.
What of the other wrasses above. How messy are they with the sand and burrowing?
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rcreations
Guest
Originally Posted by earlybird
http:///forum/post/2502068
I've read this as well. No cleaner for me.
What of the other wrasses above. How messy are they with the sand and burrowing?
The flame wrasse sleeps in the rockwork, it lodges itself between rocks. The yellow canary wrasse sleeps in the sand but otherwise it doesn't bother it. It doesn't kick up sand or anything like that. When the lights go out, it darts under the sand and you won't see it until the next day.
Both very beautiful fish that swim upfront and are not shy. Big eaters too... whatever I put in the tank, they eat.
http:///forum/post/2502068
I've read this as well. No cleaner for me.
What of the other wrasses above. How messy are they with the sand and burrowing?
The flame wrasse sleeps in the rockwork, it lodges itself between rocks. The yellow canary wrasse sleeps in the sand but otherwise it doesn't bother it. It doesn't kick up sand or anything like that. When the lights go out, it darts under the sand and you won't see it until the next day.
Both very beautiful fish that swim upfront and are not shy. Big eaters too... whatever I put in the tank, they eat.
perfectdark
Active Member
Leapord Wrasses are pod eaters I would stay away from them. IMO I love the carpenters wrasse, and the McCosker's Flasher Wrasse. The yellow corris wrasse is cautioned in a reef tank, they are carnivours and may snack on small inverts. Christmas wrasse IMO get too big for a 30gal tank, they are recomended for a 50 or larger.
earlybird
Active Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2502102
I would like to get a wrasse however I am running with no substrate so they would not have sand to bury themselves into to sleep.
My concern is that I have a shallow sand bed about 1"
http:///forum/post/2502102
I would like to get a wrasse however I am running with no substrate so they would not have sand to bury themselves into to sleep.
My concern is that I have a shallow sand bed about 1"
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rcreations
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Originally Posted by earlybird
http:///forum/post/2502106
My concern is that I have a shallow sand bed about 1"
Yea, in that case I would skip the yellow wrasse. I think I read that they need 2+ inches.
http:///forum/post/2502106
My concern is that I have a shallow sand bed about 1"
Yea, in that case I would skip the yellow wrasse. I think I read that they need 2+ inches.
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rcreations
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Here's a picture of my flame wrasse. Hard to get a good picture because they always move around.
spanko
Active Member
Yup just read that here:
They are diurnally active and sleep at night pinned within rockwork, protected by a mucus cocoon which they secrete around themselves. A similar cocoon in Parrotfish was demonstrated to protect the sleeping fish by masking its scent from the sensitive olfactory nerves of nocturnal predators. It is presumed that the cocoon performs the same function for Cirrhilabrus.
They are diurnally active and sleep at night pinned within rockwork, protected by a mucus cocoon which they secrete around themselves. A similar cocoon in Parrotfish was demonstrated to protect the sleeping fish by masking its scent from the sensitive olfactory nerves of nocturnal predators. It is presumed that the cocoon performs the same function for Cirrhilabrus.
snakeblitz33
Well-Known Member
Originally Posted by spanko
http:///forum/post/2502062
Please do not buy a cleaner wrasse.
Here is an excerpt from a well know aquarist.
The genus of obligate Cleaner Wrasses most celebrated for establishing stations in the wild that are frequented by "local" reef fishes and pelagics for removing parasites and necrotic tissue. Perhaps shocking to most aquarists, all the Labroides rate a dismal (3) in survivability, even the ubiquitously offered common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. None of the Labroides should be removed, not only for the fact that almost all perish within a few weeks of wild capture, but for the valuable role they play as cleaners.
If he didn't say it first, I would have.
http:///forum/post/2502062
Please do not buy a cleaner wrasse.
Here is an excerpt from a well know aquarist.
The genus of obligate Cleaner Wrasses most celebrated for establishing stations in the wild that are frequented by "local" reef fishes and pelagics for removing parasites and necrotic tissue. Perhaps shocking to most aquarists, all the Labroides rate a dismal (3) in survivability, even the ubiquitously offered common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. None of the Labroides should be removed, not only for the fact that almost all perish within a few weeks of wild capture, but for the valuable role they play as cleaners.
If he didn't say it first, I would have.