Anyone have experience with Line Spot Flashers (Malecheilinus lineopunctatus)

[nightOwl]

For those that have experience with them I am trying to find information on their demeanor and what other fish you have them living with. I searched through some old threads and I saw one from 2007 but nothing recently. I know there are a lot of people on here that have kept and are keeping colorful wrasses. I hope to soon join in the group starting with a flasher or fairy first. I will move to some of the more expensive ones once I have proved to myself I can keep one of the less expensive ones alive .

I plan on having them in 180 gallon tanks which will have the following fish:
1 Yellow Tang
2 False Clowns
9 Threadfin Cardinalfish
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1 Bristletooth Tang
Bluespotted Jawfish
Other Flasher or Fairy wrasses
A few peaceful Anthias
A Butterfly Fish

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[bradleyj]

I have one. Very active fish and gets along fine with my other flashers and fairies. LOL

I might be skepticle about adding them with clowns though. If you use an acclimation box to see if there is any aggression, it will help.

 

[jd474]

I have a group of them, and they get along well with all the other wrasses, are very hardy, and a nice fish overall.

 

[jcw]

I have one. Very hardy, resistant to ich. Doesn't require a sandy substrate.

Used to chase a baby chromis but otherwise is usually the chasee. No one can catch him though. Super fast.

Since adding a chocolate tang, he spends the entire day trying to keep away from the tang, despite the tang mostly ignoring him.

He almost daily freaks out and shoots out of the tank and hits the acrylic tank covers.

Not very pretty. Kinda plain, subtle purple and blue but mostly red. When excited the purple will become more prominent.

Eats like a pig and won't stop. But since the tang was added, hiding from the tang has taken precedent and he's lost his huge belly.

 

[snorvich]

Has Paracheilinus become Malecheilinus? Nice fish, typical flasher wrasse.

 

[nightOwl]

Thanks everyone. bradleyj I was hoping you would chime in on this. Now a few more questions.

What are you all feeding them?
Anyone have them taking pellets or flakes?
Do they pick from the pick from the rockwork throughout the day or require multiple feedings?​

I have one. Very active fish and gets along fine with my other flashers and fairies. LOL

I might be skepticle about adding them with clowns though. If you use an acclimation box to see if there is any aggression, it will help....

bradleyj - Have you had issues with them and clowns and if so what do you think the reason was? In my current set up my clowns spawn every 12- 14 days. My tang has gotten use to them chasing him when he is too close, but I do not want to stress any future fish.

I have one. Very hardy, resistant to ich. Doesn't require a sandy substrate.

Used to chase a baby chromis but otherwise is usually the chasee. No one can catch him though. Super fast.

Since adding a chocolate tang, he spends the entire day trying to keep away from the tang, despite the tang mostly ignoring him.

He almost daily freaks out and shoots out of the tank and hits the acrylic tank covers.

Not very pretty. Kinda plain, subtle purple and blue but mostly red. When excited the purple will become more prominent.

Eats like a pig and won't stop. But since the tang was added, hiding from the tang has taken precedent and he's lost his huge belly.

jcw - Do you have a pic and how old is yours? Most of the pictures I have seen resemble the ones bradleyj posted and have a red color to them.

I have a group of them, and they get along well with all the other wrasses, are very hardy, and a nice fish overall.

jd474 - Very hardy is music to my ears!

Has Paracheilinus become Malecheilinus? Nice fish, typical flasher wrasse.

snorvich - Not sure on the change. If by typical flasher you mean a good beginner flasher then that is a good thing for me .

 

[snorvich]

The only flasher that is "different" is the Red Sea eight line flasher. The behavior of the rest is nice and pretty easy to accommodate except with six line wrasses as tank mates.

 

[nightOwl]

The only flasher that is "different" is the Red Sea eight line flasher. The behavior of the rest is nice and pretty easy to accommodate except with six line wrasses as tank mates.

Great information thanks again.

 

[bradleyj]

Thanks everyone. bradleyj I was hoping you would chime in on this. Now a few more questions.

What are you all feeding them?
Anyone have them taking pellets or flakes?
Do they pick from the pick from the rockwork throughout the day or require multiple feedings?​

bradleyj - Have you had issues with them and clowns and if so what do you think the reason was? In my current set up my clowns spawn every 12- 14 days. My tang has gotten use to them chasing him when he is too close, but I do not want to stress any future fish.

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No issues, but I know from having a maroon clown that they aren't very friendly.

I feed mine baby size pellets and they love them, they also love flakes.
You need to feed the multiple times a day.

 

[nightOwl]

No issues, but I know from having a maroon clown that they aren't very friendly.

I feed mine baby size pellets and they love them, they also love flakes.
You need to feed the multiple times a day.

bradleyj -Thanks for the clarification and also the feeding information.