Bought a yellow corris

[votek]

Hey I just got a yellow corris the other day and I've been watching him and I've noticed he likes to dice into the sand during daylight hours, but is very active in the morning.

Just curious if anyone who has/had one would list some behaviors that I should/shouldn't worry about.

I've read they like to feed on pods and other small crustaceans - just wondering what the best supp. foods for them are.

Thanks.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Re: Bought a yellow corris

Just curious if anyone who has/had one would list some behaviors that I should/shouldn't worry about.
I've read they like to feed on pods and other small crustaceans - just wondering what the best supp. foods for them are.
Thanks.

Jarek at "Ithaca Reef" is the only one that comes to my mind with Yellow Coris Wrasses in a reef tank. He has a mated pair {most likely spawning} and feeds them cyclop-eeze, among other foods. I'll bet they eat anything you toss at 'em!

 

[Ashman1]

Mine eats pretty much whatever. Mine is really "skittish" Almost anytime I do anything in the tank, either cleaning or whatever, she will go in hiding for at least a couple hours.(Wife named her "Goldie" even though I told her I dont know its Gender..LOL
I notice she will dive down at the sand to stir it up alot. I guess this is to find critters to eat, but I hope you dont mind sand storms going up on your rock. Over all we enjoy her. Kinda quiet, keeps to herself etc..

 

[ReeferMac]

Coris Wrasses feed on copepods and benthic fauna, but due to their small mouth size, are limited in what prey they can eat. The animal may have a hard time feeding on most prepared foods. I'd try the Cyclopeeze and freshly hatched BS eggs. Live adult brine may be too large, but worth a shot if you can get them at the LFS.
I had one for about a year in my 90, but it went MIA after one of the moves. Was a nice fish.

- Mac

 

[JarekP]

I have yellow wrasses in my 180g soft coral tank and their green cousin in another 180g tank (that hopefully will be hard coral tank soon). First letââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s make sure we are talking about the same fish. My yellow wrasses are Halichoeres chrysus, other names are canary or golden wrasse. The green one is probably Halichoeres chloropterus ââ"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ looks same as yellow one but is green . I like them very much, and I haven't noticed any problems with them in the reef tank. They eat everything, and as much as they can. I feed them cyclop-eeze, frozen brine shrimp and my own formula made from shrimp, scallops, clams etc. They also eat flake foods.

As far as I have seen they cruise tank all the day looking at rock from close distance (I like the way they move their eyes around) in order to snack on copepods, it looks for me they don't dig in sand for food. They dig in sand for shelter, since they sleep buried. They won't come out if the lights are dim, and they go to bed about an hour before the lights go out. My halides are coming on few hours after my VHOs in the second 180g tank, but green wrasse comes out only when halides are lit. I have plenty of pods in both tanks.

Adult males develop darker stripes on their heads, and are slightly smaller than females. They change sex quite fast ââ"šÂ¬Ã¢â‚¬Å“ after a power outage I have lost my first male, and the female turned male in just about two weeks (at least by appearance).

At the beginning I have kept my pair of yellow wrasses in 15g nano tank (together with Royal Gramma) for about two years, and they grew to about 1-2". After I moved them to 180g they grew to about 5" just in few months. So it looks they can regulate their growth rate depending on environment - completely different from tangs or angels.

Best,

Jarek

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Jarek's aforementioned Wrasses are the biggest, brightest and healthiest looking examples of their kind that I've ever seen- by far!
Here's a link off fishbase for them:
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/SpeciesSummary.cfm?ID=4855&genusname=Halichoeres&speciesname=chrysus

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Jerek- I have a question for you:

have you ever tried keeping Tridacna clams with your Halichoeres?

 

[JarekP]

Gary,

No, I have never kept these wrasses with giant clams.

Best,

Jarek

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

It's probably a good thing!
thank you for the reply.... I hope all is well