Looking for personal experience with Cirrhilabrus flavidorsalis (yellow fin fairy wr)

[jarrod13]

I have a few questions to anyone who has kept one or a pair...

How big did it get? What colors was it usually sporting? What did it eat and did it take to prepared foods easily?

I'd like to get a male or possibly a pair, there's one at my lfs that looks like this and I'm just wondering if it keeps these colors usually once it settles in

 

[skene]

Not picky eaters at all, IME. Took to standard mysis, brine etc very easily. Semi-aggressive towards other fairy / flasher wrasses but in larger tanks, this behavior should subside.

 

[evolved]

Not picky eaters at all, IME. Took to standard mysis, brine etc very easily. Semi-aggressive towards other fairy / flasher wrasses but in larger tanks, this behavior should subside.

Yup. Being in the lubbocki complex, the behavior is quite similar; they are semi-aggressive towards similar wrasses. Won't reach over 3" at adulthood, but I would consider a 55g as a minimum sized tank. A male by itself will be fine.

 

[jarrod13]

Thanks for the info guys! What about coloration, is that their normal colors or is that just for courting?

 

[evolved]

You're looking at nuptial coloration in that photo; not typical unless courting.

Something more like what's on the Live Aquaria photo is what you should typically expect: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1378+1640&pcatid=1640

 

[jarrod13]

Ok thanks for the explanation Hunter, I have no experience with wrasses. So if I got a female also it would most likely show those colors more? They actually have a pair and a single male at the lfs.

 

[evolved]

So if I got a female also it would most likely show those colors more? They actually have a pair and a single male at the lfs.

Maybe, maybe not. The issue most everyone has with pairs is the females tend to end up transitioning to male anyway.

I don't keep much for pairs these days, just a lot of different species. The males of each tend to flash each other and display just the same.

 

[Megatrev62]

Only experience I had was the fish was doing excellent, eating everything and then one day it was gone. No idea what happened.

 

[jjk_reef00]

Mine is a mix between the top pic and and the LA pic. It is a nice addition, stays smaller than a lot of wrasses and not a crazy swimmer like others. Mine is a pushover but I have a couple of wrasses that are significantly larger than my yellowfin.