Feminus Wrasse on LA's DD Tonight?

[mpoletti]

Page 195, photo A of Kuiter's book Fairy & Rainbow Wrasses and the relatives. Let me know if you need to borrow my book :thumbsup:

 

[iamwrasseman]

the males are a bit different colored as they have blue fins and their body is yellowish without the lines like the females . the males head is also blue with lighter blue lines somewhat like an adult coris wrasse running squiggly yet horizontaly across the face .they are extreemly delicate and will need very small food such as pods to eat,and tons of them as that is their main food source .they are a tamrin wrasse and will always need smaller foods to eat and probably could be weaned onto PE mysis as that would be what i would shoot for as their diet .they probably will not be able to deal with a QT and should be put directly into the display tank .also they are somewhat shy and very peaceful .

 

[iamwrasseman]

one other thing is that with most wrasses two males in the same tank will only be a disaster but im really not sure with yours but i would expect problems at best because they are both male . one will attempt to dominate the other .

 

[Yurivd]

i have seen them on a Australian exporters list and i was thinking of getting one thy are not that expensive
will thy eat inverts

 

[skibum9884]

I would guess not. I'm assuming they're cheaper based on your location?

 

[Yurivd]

i will pm you the price

 

[Yurivd]

i think the problem is
thy do not do well when shipped so if you import 5 and 1 live then you are paying for the other 4

 

[euod]

Exactly.

 

[saltwater creep]

thanks mark you are always a great help and iamwrasseman thanks for the advise they are going into 550gallon tanks one in each

 

[mpoletti]

No problem I'm looking forward to seeing them in person :thumbsup:

 

[saltwater creep]

me too and there are a few more goodies coming in as well

 

[iamwrasseman]

oh you should have no problem at all in a big tank and one in each .cool to hear they will be given their space in a nice setting .i would think that they are like most tamrins and not reef safe as they will eat snails ,crustations and all thoes things that you love the most they will pick on too !i hate beauty sometimes because there are drawbacks to such a nice fish .