yellow corris wrasse.

[teetee]

Noticed a wonderful display of yellow corris wrasses at my lfs today. I didn't realize that you could house more than one of these in a system. The yellow was so striking! I already have a yellow corris. It is about 3" long & has been in the system for almost a year now. Could I get away with adding two more smaller ones? My tank is 135g. TT

 

[peasly1]

I have been trying to identify my fish which I was told is a yellow coris wrasse.I thought ( and still dont know )was from the anthias family...all the yellow wrasse I 've seen pics of are all yellow,mine is mostly bright pink w/ some yellow, could you tell what your wrasse looks like. as far as adding another to your tank I am not sure i thought that species needs to be keep 1 per tank....

 

[teetee]

peasley1
Yellow Corris Wrase is a bright lemon yellow throughout the entire body. There are four small black dots spread out along it's dorsal fin. The body is 'rod shaped'. Look under the fish section of Hobbyist Info (to the left of your screen). Click under Wrasses & the first one mentioned is what I call the Yellow Wrasse. They call it the Four Spot Yellow Wrsse. You may indeed have a wrasse, but not the yellow corris. I have seen wrasses recently at my lfs that are identical in size & shape to the yellow corris, but are infact a pale pinkish color with a slight yellow hue. There are many species of this wrasse & I think yours is one of those species not regularly seen in the trade. TT

 

[pufferlover]

There are many Wrasses that can be housed together in the same tank. For example a Red Coris and a Iridis Wrasse and a 6 Line Wrasse can be kept with each other without problems (I have had that combo for close to 2 years in my full reef tank). Most of it is just figuring out body sizes and disposition of the particular Wrasse and seeing what it was kept with at the lfs and how it seemed to act. Twin Spots are also able to go with other Wrasses without problems but the Twin Spot can get to a foot or better in a tank (4 feet in the wild).