8 line flasher wrasse

[38bill]

First, sorry to hear about the 8-lines, thats unfortunate.

I have had the complete opposite experience lately. I got a beautiful male in from PIA yesterday and he's by far the best one I've seen out of the three others that came to my house. He wasn't stressed at all, and started swimming around the QT as soon as he was put in. He did find a spot to chill out for a while, but not breathing hard, just a new place I guess.

Later in the afternoon, he was swimming around like he's been there for months and ate the first time I fed anything. Today, he's eaten many times, even ate NLS pellets on top of PE Mysis, Rods Pacific Plankton today.

Your experience really sucks, but I thought I'd throw in some positive goodness in there as well For what its worth, I got a Jewel Leopard wrasse in the same shipment and he's doing just as well.

Thanks. I actually got a bipartitus with my 8-line and its doing great. Good luck with your new wrasse.

 

[Beach Bum 70]

Question for ever one out the one of my LFS has one . Male has been there for
2 weeks. Eats like a champ. I have heard that these fish don't live long . Is it worth a try?

 

[dwanner]

I got my pair from PIA as well and they are doing great but the male just recently killed my terminal male flame wrasse that was twice the size of the 8 line, so both 8 lines are being removed and given to a friend.

 

[38bill]

Question for ever one out the one of my LFS has one . Male has been there for
2 weeks. Eats like a champ. I have heard that these fish don't live long . Is it worth a try?

I'm thinking its mostly the shipping stress that gets them. If you local LFS has one that looks good it probably has a good chance of long term survivability.

 

[Beach Bum 70]

Can his fish be aggresive ? If I have other male fairy wrasses?

 

[evolved]

I just stumbled onto this thread here today; thought I'd contribute.

From early January-

PIA got a pair and a male but they're both sold ...

I bought that lone male. No QT; added to an acclimation box for a couple days to settle in. He's done just fine ever since. He was definitely a transitional phase male at the time of purchase, but he's slowly progressing to a terminal stage over the last 5 months.

I don't see much aggression, at least none that concerns me. The eightline did squabble a little with a male c. lunatus when I first introduced the later, but the third time he came over for a flash and a quick nip with the lunatus the lunatus tore after the eightline and chased him into the opposite corner. It seems those two quickly came to an understanding. :lmao: They might quickly flash at each today, but they leave each other alone now.

The eightline did flash once at my smaller c. earlei upon introduction of the later, but that was it. No aggression beyond this.

My collection:
Cirrhilabrus lineatus (M)
Cirrhilabrus rhomboidalis (M)
Cirrhilabrus lunatus (M)
Cirrhilabrus earlei (F)
Paracheilinus octotaenia (M)
Halichoeres timorensis (M/F pair)
Halichoeres melanurus (M)

 

[btkrausen]

Here is my new guy in the QT:

 

[SDguy]

Is he eating? That pinched look behind the forehead makes me nervous.

 

[btkrausen]

Yeah, he's eating very well. I actually didn't even notice that pinch until I posted those pictures. All the fish in my QT tank eat very aggressively, and I feed many times a day.

 

[taphil]

This was on DD for a week and I had it in my cart. Never spent so much on one fish, but after much hesitation I finally decided to purchase. It arrived two days ago. It was the healthiest appearing wrasse I've ever had shipped. During drip acclimation over 35 mins, it tried multiple times to jump 6" into the air, as I could hear it hit the lid on my acclimation bucket.

Put it into my DT. It went into hiding in the corner of my tank near a RBTA and clownfish pair. Towards late afternoon it started peeking out a bit. It ate a single brine shrimp during feeding time, then went back into hiding. By early night it had found a sleeping crevice. I wasn't home the next day to check on it.

Today, however, it's out and swimming about and acting flashy. Appears to be peaceful with my other wrasses which have been together for over 6 months without any aggression besides flashing each other in the evening: long fin fairy wrasse, McCrosker's flasher wrasse, and Condei fairy wrasse. A large green chromis (that I haven't been able to capture) occasionally chases it and the other wrasses, but never to the point of nipped/torn fins.

Will see later today how well it's eating.

 

[taphil]

Shots from this morning with LEDs at dawn setting ramping up.

 

[albano]

Today, however, it's out and swimming about and acting flashy. Appears to be peaceful with my other wrasses which have been together for over 6 months without any aggression besides flashing each other in the evening: long fin fairy wrasse, McCrosker's flasher wrasse, and Condei fairy wrasse.

Keep your eye on the condei...IME...it may get aggressive!

 

[evolved]

Keep your eye on the condei...IME...it may get aggressive!

Agree here. Yours might be fine, however. There's always exceptions to the norms, but I'd keep an eye open.

 

[taphil]

Hmmmm, didn't know that before I bought it, even did the research. I've had it for 9 months and it's pretty much full grown and mature. So far it's been a model citizen. Also the smartest fish. When I'm cleaning or moving frags around, it swims near my fingers to pick off pods that get uncovered.

 

[iamwrasseman]

you may want to leave the lights off for a day or two ,just to ease the stress on them .

 

[jefstathiou]

This was on DD for a week and I had it in my cart. Never spent so much on one fish, but after much hesitation I finally decided to purchase. It arrived two days ago. It was the healthiest appearing wrasse I've ever had shipped. During drip acclimation over 35 mins, it tried multiple times to jump 6" into the air, as I could hear it hit the lid on my acclimation bucket.

Put it into my DT. It went into hiding in the corner of my tank near a RBTA and clownfish pair. Towards late afternoon it started peeking out a bit. It ate a single brine shrimp during feeding time, then went back into hiding. By early night it had found a sleeping crevice. I wasn't home the next day to check on it.

Today, however, it's out and swimming about and acting flashy. Appears to be peaceful with my other wrasses which have been together for over 6 months without any aggression besides flashing each other in the evening: long fin fairy wrasse, McCrosker's flasher wrasse, and Condei fairy wrasse. A large green chromis (that I haven't been able to capture) occasionally chases it and the other wrasses, but never to the point of nipped/torn fins.

Will see later today how well it's eating.

Was hoping to get an update regarding any signs of aggression? I am hoping to purchase one soon, and given what I have read, I do have some reservations.
Any information on your experience thus far would be greatly appreciated.

 

[evolved]

They a bit on the aggressive side, relative to other Paracheilinus (flashers), but far from overly aggressive. More on par with your average Cirrhilabrus (fairy) wrasse in terms of aggression.

 

[reefjunkie42]

They a bit on the aggressive side, relative to other Paracheilinus (flashers), but far from overly aggressive. More on par with your average Cirrhilabrus (fairy) wrasse in terms of aggression.

agreed! i finally have a nice sub adult male now

 

[taphil]

Was hoping to get an update regarding any signs of aggression? I am hoping to purchase one soon, and given what I have read, I do have some reservations.
Any information on your experience thus far would be greatly appreciated.

Mine continues to get along well with the other 3 wrasse. No aggression at all. They occasionally flash each other at night about an hour before lights go out, some chasing here and there, but no biting or torn fins. It's swimming around all day, not shy at all, and eats everything (frozen and pellets). Goes to sleep about an hour earlier than the other wrasses and wakes up about 1-2 hours earlier.

 

[albano]

Mine continues to get along well with the other 3 wrasse. No aggression at all. They occasionally flash each other at night about an hour before lights go out, some chasing here and there, but no biting or torn fins. It's swimming around all day, not shy at all, and eats everything (frozen and pellets). Goes to sleep about an hour earlier than the other wrasses and wakes up about 1-2 hours earlier.

+1...mine is with 30 wrasses, mostly fairies...no problems