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CrazyLionfish
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Got any pics? 
wady
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Hello Wrasse Fans!
Got this little fella a few weeks ago and he seems to be settling in great. Any ideas as to what he is exactly? Have been doing a bit of research to find out myself and can't pin it down exactly. Closest I've got however is from the family 'HALICHOERES' and perhaps something called a 'RED-SCRIBBLED WRASSE' but the book I've possibly found him in says - undetermined species, appears to be undescribed. Is he therefore rare or unusual because of this??
I have posted a similar question a few weeks ago when I got him so forgive me if you recognise my quiery, however this photo is much clearer than before and I've still to find anything out about him. Any ideas or advise on care of this species would be great.
Thanks!
Got this little fella a few weeks ago and he seems to be settling in great. Any ideas as to what he is exactly? Have been doing a bit of research to find out myself and can't pin it down exactly. Closest I've got however is from the family 'HALICHOERES' and perhaps something called a 'RED-SCRIBBLED WRASSE' but the book I've possibly found him in says - undetermined species, appears to be undescribed. Is he therefore rare or unusual because of this??
I have posted a similar question a few weeks ago when I got him so forgive me if you recognise my quiery, however this photo is much clearer than before and I've still to find anything out about him. Any ideas or advise on care of this species would be great.
Thanks!
CrazyLionfish
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The top wrasse that you said was "Red Scribbled Wrasse" is what I've seen sold as a "Christmas Wrasse" However, if you search christmas wrasse you don't get a picture of that wrasse and I don't remember where I saw it sold.. But awesome wrasses!!!!
bronco7777
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That wrasse above is not a Christmas wrasse. It is a Red-Scribbled Wrasse. Christmas wrasse is a fall-back name that many distributors or LFS owners use when they see a fish that remotely even looks like a christmas halichoeres. I can't tell you how many different wrasses I've seen labeled as Christmas wrasses that weren't even halichoeres. At one time it was classified as a Ornate or Halichoeres Ornatissimus, however that quickly changed because biologists observed that the black circle in the center of the dorsal fin of this fish does not fade away as it grows from a juvenile to adult. Most halichoeres that have these circles on the dorsals (such as an Ornate) usually have them fade away as they become adults. But not on this particular halichoeres. He keeps these black circles for life as a tatoo.
The red-scribbled comes from Indonesia or Japan....basically the Western pacific.
In a reef aquarium these fish won't bother corals but they will go after invertebrates such as snails, small crabs, or ornamental shrimp. They also grow fast and are very active swimmers
The red-scribbled comes from Indonesia or Japan....basically the Western pacific.
In a reef aquarium these fish won't bother corals but they will go after invertebrates such as snails, small crabs, or ornamental shrimp. They also grow fast and are very active swimmers
NorthernCF
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Nice pics wady!
wady
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Wow BRONCO7777!! That's a useful, interesting and informative reply. Thank you! He is indeed a very active fish and great fun to watch. He performs an amazing bendy floating swimming action/dance at times, I guess when he's showing off. Rather like a flasher might when their 'flashing'. It's great to see especially as his colors seem to shine out more at this time. Especially the light blue stripes along his body.
Thanks for the other comments too guys.
Cheers
Thanks for the other comments too guys.
Cheers
CrazyLionfish
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Yes Bronco, I noticed that when I searched Christmas Wrasse, that this wrasse was indeed not a christmas wrasse. But I'd see it sold as that so I had to say it
Thanks for the more indepth correct identification
Thanks for the more indepth correct identification
marcel leroux
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What wrasse do i have here, Lubbocks?
What wrasse do i have here, Lubbocks?
What wrasse do i have here, Lubbocks?
marcel leroux
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my bad
my bad
should have looked at the top of the page, Lubbock's it is.
my bad
should have looked at the top of the page, Lubbock's it is.
DeltecRules
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Supermale Pink Margin Fairy wrasse
Supermale Pink Margin Fairy wrasse
Here is my new Pink Margin supermale. He shares a tank with a Rhomboid, flame, laboutei, Scotts, Rosy fin, mystery wrasse.
Supermale Pink Margin Fairy wrasse
Here is my new Pink Margin supermale. He shares a tank with a Rhomboid, flame, laboutei, Scotts, Rosy fin, mystery wrasse.
bronco7777 said:The key to successful housing of fairy wrasses is to stagger the ages and the colors. You don't need to necessarily introduce them all at one time in a tank.
Cheeks69 one reason for the constant harrassment in your tank might be the similarity in colors between the fish you have. All three of your wrasses have blue hues in them. If there are no females present, the blues in the solar and the scotts will eventually darken to a midnight blue. With such similarity in color small disagreements will break out from time to time. That is not uncommon in captivity.
With time they will learn to live with each other. Will there still be arguments? Yeah, but it shouldn't be an issue that is life threating to the fish.
The one thing you'd always want to avoid is placing a male of the same exact size and breed as another in one tank.
I keep various fairy wrasses in a 135 reef. They have their brief arguments once in a while, but they get along almost 90% of the time.
This will give you an idea of color staggering and size. This is feeding time in my tank.
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Hi Bronco7777,
Do you know the name of the fish in the middle of the picture the one with the purple and black head? I got one just like it but I have no idea of the name.
Thanks
Mike
CrazyLionfish
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Might be a Pink Pencil Wrasse, from what I hear pencil wrasses can be very hard to keep and very hard to get to eat.
i've got a pair of rosy fins. one is an adult male, the other is a ______ juvenile (i'm hoping and thinking female).
they get along just fine so far.
question: do you think i could add a hawaiin flame wrasse?
other wrasse:
thx!
they get along just fine so far.
question: do you think i could add a hawaiin flame wrasse?
other wrasse:
- 3 x ornate leopard
- 1 x lineatus
- 1 x rhomboid
thx!
CrazyLionfish said:
Hi Matt,
Thanks for the info. The closest that I can come with is a Pseudojuloides severnsi. You are right for what I hear Pencil Wrasses are supposed to be very difficult to keep. I had this one for the last few months with no problem it ate anything I will feed the tank from day one and it seems to be very happy at over three months in the tank now. I also have a couple of "Smalltail Wrasse" Pseudojuloides cerasinus in the tank with no problems they also ate right away and they seem to relish monti nudis, I was having problems with them and as soon as I introduced the smalltail into the tank the nudis disappeared within a couple of days. So far neither species seems to be very difficult but I guess time will tell since three months is not really that much time.
Mike
CrazyLionfish
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Yes, pretty sure severnsi is correct. I was looking for one and bronco gave me some info. Decided that they a 40 gallon reef would not be sufficeint for one.
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