Fairy wrasse Photo Library

[Me No Nemo]

My new male Flame Wrasse..got him last week. I brought home a gorgeous female tonight, but the lights were off by the time I added her. Hopefully I'll get some pics tomorrow:

 

[heuerfan]

Lets keep this thread going!

After selling my last pylei due to aggression i really missed having one. So here is my new pylei, lets hope he plays nice

 

[snorvich]

By the way, that flame wrasse is a subadult male.

 

[mpoletti]

I have this one to add to keep the thread moving along. Its been in my tank for a week and more and more purple is coming out

The pair when it was than 24 hours in the tank

I should have a trio of something to add to this thread later in the week

Here is my lone rosy

 

[wrasseguy2]

here are my two new ones...i have had them for a couple weeks now..the red velvet displays alot..right around 5:30 every day..but i think i like the condei the most..but i love any of the red fairys

one with them both together

 

[Philwd]

Nice condei. I liked mine but he was extremely aggressive towards my rhomboids.

 

[wrasseguy2]

mine has been pretty calm..i have always heard form others that they are pretty nasty...mine will go after the yellow fin time to time but nothing too bad

 

[bebereef]

Even if it's not a fairy wrasse, there's a shot of one of my filamentous flasher wrasse i managed to take a few weeks ago.
what i don't like about this wrasse is even if they claim it to be peacefull, this one is a little nasty with my firefishes.

 

[snorvich]

All of the flasher wrasses tend to intimidate firefish. They are somewhat mutually exclusive (not totally).

 

[wrasseguy2]

i got this pic of my laboutei the other day..not the best pic but it did get some sweet colors..this was right at the end of displaying

 

[intenseimage]

Will try for nice close-ups tonite but you can see the Solar:

We added a Blue-Sided (will want a definite ID on this one tonite) this weekend who was getting mauled by the Solar but things have calmed down a bit and the blue-sided has been swimming in the open and eating readily so thats a good sign!

 

[snorvich]

It is a good idea to socially acclimate by floating new arrivals in a breeders cup. One can often avoid these snit fits by doing so.

 

[The Beaut]

Just got these guys. Trying to figure out what they are. I have a Balteatus wrasse and these guys look dif(might be Balteatus too but def look a little dif.) I did not get them as a pair, MLF had them in two seperate tanks. Thinking they might be a male and female. The male does not have the white line when he displays.

 

[heuerfan]

Here's a shot of my flame doing his thing, beautiful wrasses everyone!

 

[microbubbles]

man, i've been following this thread for a really long time now... i think this is my first post here! great fish everyone, and great pics.

i'm just getting back into the saltwater hobby after a break and the first order of business is to set up a new reef w/ a wrasse dominated tank.
after doing some research, it wouldn't be too hard for me to find the following species locally:
hawaiian flame wrasse
pink margin wrasse
lineatus wrasse
rhomboid wrasse
mystery wrasse
mccosker's wrasse
8 lined flasher wrasse
potter's leopard wrasse

how bad of an idea would it be to get most/all of these fish? i know some of them have very similar colors and i've read that could lead to problems...
also from what i can see, the pyle's, lineatus, rhomboid, & pink margin look VERY similar in morphology... almost like they're the same fish but w/ differing color schemes. unfortunately, these 4 fish, along w/ the mystery wrasse, are my favorites. i'm fairly sure i can get them in staggered sizes. which ones should i introduce first and which ones should ideally be larger or smaller?
thanks in advance

 

[snorvich]

Mystery can be problematical with other wrasses. Lineatus and Rhomboid can be problematical if introduced serially but this can be reduced if you socially acclimate.

 

[microbubbles]

by serially, do you mean one after the other?
and how do you mean socially acclimate? by keeping the new fish in a little observation tank inside the main display?

 

[Philwd]

Yeah one after the other. I woud always introduce smallest most passive first. My lineatus male leaves my smaller rhomboids alone but my lineatus female is a witch. I use an acrylic box with slots and suction cups(found it on ebay) to introduce my wrasses. It gives the other fish a few days to get used to the newcomers and greatly reduces the initial aggression. It doesn't always work but it usually does.

 

[jnewman]

Cool pics. I have lost my carp wrasse and looking to get new additions soon.

 

[Beach Bum 70]

MicroBubbles in my 90 i have a yellow coris,xmass,mysterious,exquisite divided male ,Banana,Hawaiian Flame Wrasse male and female pair they all get along fine.knock on wood!