Filamented Flasher Wrasse

[cmof29]

Well I had a bad thing happen today, my yellow coris wrasse got stuck in a rock and some how died. I was pretty devastated. In a month or two I would like to add another wrasse to my tank. All I have right now is a clownfish. I was thinking about a filamented flasher wrasse(paracheilinus filamentosus). Has anybody ever had any experience with them? I have a 29gal biocube. Any tips or advice will be highly appreciated.

 

[TheRealRuk]

I had one for about 12 months. He grew from about 2.75 inches to almost 4.5 inches. I'm sad to say he's been missing for about a week and I'm not very hopeful. He ran the tank for the first 8 months then started acting skittish and looked like he got his butt handed to him, not sure by who. I was going to post about it in the near future, I don't want to highjack yours now. I have a 150g (36x36x27) cube. He loved to swim and "flash" and burst around the tank. He was beautiful. My experience... my 36x36 was to small for him.

 

[cmof29]

Wow, he looks very nice. Did you have any feeding problems?

 

[SushiGirl]

Yep, a 36 x 36 would be too small. I had a flasher in a 3 ft tank & it was too small when he got going flashing. I'd recommend at least a 4 ft length of running room.

 

[cmof29]

Ohkay thankyou.