Fairies vs flashers

[MikeandNicole]

I have always been under the belief that fairies and flasher wrasses would ignore each other. Am I wrong in thinking this? Is my tank just bizarro world where fairies take umbrage to those no good upstart flashers with there big spiky fins? Thank god the little female flasher ducked into a rock I could remove and re home her to my recirc tank. More of a venting post than anything lol.

 

[nikon187]

depends on the type of wrasse, they all have individual personalities

 

[d-man]

Most of time yes. Mine all coexist well. I have many fairies, only 2 flashers, but yes they all coexist without issue unless I add another fish. Then the war begins, no matter what type of fish. Nothing extensive, usually the red velvet supermale just chases everything around until he is tired and allowed the rest to be.

 

[snorvich]

Which fairy wrasse was harassing your flashers?

 

[aquaph8]

My trouble makers have normally picked on the flashers more than anything, I assume just cause they're smaller. Usually just a short chase here and there though. Most seem to tolerate it well but once in a while I get that wrasse that takes it personally and acts spooked for life.

 

[hogfanreefer]

I have a Linespot flasher that's a wuss. Everyone including a smaller McCoskers, an orange back and Lubbock's fairy are above him in the pecking order. Nothing more than a quick display and "get out of my way" thing but it's amusing that he is bigger than them all but still subordinate.

 

[MikeandNicole]

Which fairy wrasse was harassing your flashers?

The female/ sub male Attenuatus, sub male johnsoni, and sub male cf. lancealotus we're being the bullies. It was more than just a quick chase, it was long chasing that lead the poor flasher to hide constantly and not come out to eat at all for two days. She had a small spot she would wedge into a rock to hide which I luckily pulled out. She is living in a 65g tank all by herself now so she can calm back down and get bigger. We are goin to wait a little while and re aqua scape the tank. Before we add the female back, for reference it is a bellae so we are not getting rid of her.

 

[xxscoobiixx]

The female/ sub male Attenuatus, sub male johnsoni, and sub male cf. lancealotus we're being the bullies. It was more than just a quick chase, it was long chasing that lead the poor flasher to hide constantly and not come out to eat at all for two days. She had a small spot she would wedge into a rock to hide which I luckily pulled out. She is living in a 65g tank all by herself now so she can calm back down and get bigger. We are goin to wait a little while and re aqua scape the tank. Before we add the female back, for reference it is a bellae so we are not getting rid of her.

Where in the heck did you get both a Johnsoni and Lancealotus from? Also.

I have 3 types of wrasses in my tank with no issues. They all just pass eachother by without looking at eachother.

 

[evolved]

I've had flashers which were both instigators and recipients of harassment with the fairys. IME, they don't ignore each other, but don't distinguish between the genera either.

I had a P. octotaenia which was rather bold, and harassed quite a few Cirrhilabrus.

The P. attenuatus was getting harassed quite a bit by my bigger male C. nahackyi, but recently this stopped. Now it's the C. earlei which harasses him a bit. The attenuatus takes it pretty well though, and tends to go nuptial every night if he's been harassed. Clearly there's a push/pull type of harassment going on here.

My C. johnsoni's don't instagate much, but they won't take any crap from any of the other males either. The cf. lanceolatus is pretty mild, and doesn't often posture back if anyone gives him chase.

And yet the bellae just tends to avoid any conflict and hide amongst the acropora branches if he senses anyone giving him the side-eye...

 

[MikeandNicole]

Johnsoni came from nice wrasse and I have a female coming from pia soon for him. The cf. lancealotus came from divers den.

Hunter my earlei is the undisputed boss of the tank and will chase anyone he feels like. The cf. lunatus tries to spawn with the johnsoni or cf lancealotus every night after feeding which is beautiful to watch. The black really comes out in the fins. I will have to see if I can get a video of it.

 

[aquaph8]

My earlei runs the tank too but has a rhomboid brother that he teams up with and occasionally has a heavy weight bout with. My little johnsoni gives everyone new a butt kicking and actually attacks the acclimation box. He has some serious Napoleon syndrome and doesnt care if the new guy is bigger or not. I wanted a bellae so bad but I'm not sure adding one to this group is worth the risk.

 

[Marshall O]

In my 125 right now, my C. bathyphilus & C. laboutei (both terminal males) take turns being the boss of each other. They are by far the largest wrasses in the tank, and ignore all others. From there, my terminal male P. attenuatus is the most aggressive among the smaller wrasses. Goes after basically all of them from time to time, though nothing alarming. My submale C. cf lanceolatus is the boss of my submale C. jordani. My terminal male C. lubbocki stays to himself and is generally not bothered by anyone. My submale C. lineatus is the smallest of the bunch, and acts it. Stays to himself, but does get chases every now and then by various others.

Should be interesting to see how the pecking order changes as the submales mature, and even shortly when I add my pair of P. bellae

 

[snorvich]

The female/ sub male Attenuatus, sub male johnsoni, and sub male cf. lancealotus we're being the bullies. It was more than just a quick chase, it was long chasing that lead the poor flasher to hide constantly and not come out to eat at all for two days. She had a small spot she would wedge into a rock to hide which I luckily pulled out. She is living in a 65g tank all by herself now so she can calm back down and get bigger. We are goin to wait a little while and re aqua scape the tank. Before we add the female back, for reference it is a bellae so we are not getting rid of her.

sub male cf. lancealotus is one tough and potentially mean fish. My C. johnsoni pair eventually mellowed out. Yes, the rareness of the bellae means she gets a priority of some sort.

 

[FWC]

My McCocksters is the dominant fish in the tank.