Halichoeres... show some love

Jacob D

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I did a quick search and didn't find a thread for Halichoeres sp. wrasses... so here we go... Let's see some pics of these beautiful and sometimes underappreciated fish!


I have two, will start with this pic of my Vrolik's (H. chrysotaenia)
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Lemon Meringue. I wanted the regular "Yellow Coris" (sic) after my last on carpet surfed. Somehow this ended up in the bag. Pretty similar.
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My Yellow Coris Wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus). Has been a great fish, was really shy at first for many months, but now is always out.

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My Red Head Wrasse (h. rubricephalus)

Poor photo as it doesnt show his blue striped fins but it does show how green/red he is in sunlight.

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my Melanarus & my Halichoeres claudia.
 

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If I ever got sand again these would be the first fish I'd add. Radiant wrasse (Halichoeres iridis).

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38bill -- love that redhead -- does it cause you any problems? How big has it grown?

For those of you with H. melanurus -- do you keep any serpent or brittle stars with it? Has the fish sampled the stars? I would consider one of the two above Halichoeres spp., but I have two very happy stars in my tank and I do not want to add a predator to their tank. I'd appreciate any advice.
 
For those of you with H. melanurus -- do you keep any serpent or brittle stars with it? Has the fish sampled the stars? I would consider one of the two above Halichoeres spp., but I have two very happy stars in my tank and I do not want to add a predator to their tank. I'd appreciate any advice.

I have a melanurus in a 75 and it does not harass my serpent star. It does go after hermits and snails from time to time. Especially when I introduced a clean up crew a little while ago. The guy had a feast.
 
I've got 2 brittle stars. In fact i've never seen my wrasse go after any of my hermits/snails, but i avoid the tiny crabs anyways.
 
wow, the first looks to be a Pencil Wrasse, Pseudojuloides severnsi, but any names for the rest of them?

I'm especially interested in the 3rd picture.
 
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