My wrasse people, I have a dilemma

[d-man]

So I have a few wrasses in qt at the moment. They are 2 separate qts at the moment.
They are...
In one tank,
An 8 line
A whipfin
And 2 hooded fairy females

The other tank,
A male rhomboid
A labouti male
2 flame females
An exquisite male
A purple velvet
An orange shoulder
And 2 pink margin males

The dilemma...I don't have an acclimatin box big enough for when they are ready for the display(which has a red velvet, a girdled fairy, and female clown wrasse). Should I put them all in at once therefore there are so many to try to disperse aggression?
What to do?
Thanks
Derek

 

[d-man]

Btw the DT is 11' 325gal.

 

[bullitr]

Catch the red velvet put it on time out then released all the fish.

 

[jjk_reef00]

Wow awesome collection. Please keep us updated on what aggression you see.

 

[d-man]

The red velvet has been in since MAX, all three of those went in together. Although the powder blue tang showed them up a bit.
I'll try to catch him.

 

[d-man]

Bradlyj, iamwrasseman, anyone else?

 

[evolved]

I agree, I'd try to isolate the Red Velvet. That seems likely to be the biggest problem for you.

When you say 8 line, you mean Paracheilinus octotaenia correct? I'm quite surprised the whip fin and him haven't had a battle royale. Those are two bossy species in (presumably) close quarters.

Regardless, the whip fin may present an aggression problem in the DT as it matures. I suspect it's a juvi right now. Just one you definitely need to keep an eye on.

 

[d-man]

The 8 line flasher is bout an 1" long. Tiny.
Beleive it or not the 8 line is keeping the hoodeds and whipfin in check in the qt, but that just started happening. The whipfin gets spooked at everything at the moment.
Cool I'll try to isolate the red velvet.
Yeah I know that in the DT the red velvet, whipfin, 8 line and labouti will dominate that's why I went for all my wrasses at once.

 

[d-man]

The 8 line flasher is bout an 1" long. Tiny.
Beleive it or not the 8 line is keeping the hoodeds and whipfin in check in the qt, but that just started happening. The whipfin gets spooked at everything at the moment.
Cool I'll try to isolate the red velvet.
Yeah I know that in the DT the red velvet, whipfin, 8 line and labouti will dominate that's why I went for all my wrasses at once.

 

[aandfsoccr04]

Can't wait to see pictures of all your new additions!

 

[solitude127]

This is my experience. I have a 150g tank and I have a pair of red velvets, Orange back and an Exquisite. The male red velvet was about 3.5" and the female is a little under 3". About 10 weeks ago, I added a Labouti, Lineatus and a blue sided wrasse. When I added the 3 new wrasses in the acclimation box, the male red velvet would not stop flashing and look p!$$ed. When I released the 3 wrasses, the red velvet swam with them like they've been in the tank just as long. Now my exquisite is a different story. He didn't show any aggression while the new wrasses where in the acclimation box but once release, he chased them for at least 2 days and now they all seem to be fine together.

 

[hybrid]

that's going to be crazy to see how they turn out you have some very aggressive wrasses .i have a super male velvet with a sub male in my 300 & i can't wait to yank them out .they are extremely aggressive my super male's jaw is almost torn apart from all the beating he's throwing on all my wrasses.and your also throwing a whipfin in the mix it's not going to turn out to well i would reconsider your selection while you still can

 

[d-man]

Should I put the whip fin in a different tank? The red velvet has such amazing colors, and is also too big for my 40g.

 

[bullitr]

Whip is aggressive but then again my timid pair of sixline killed my pair of Naoko And flame wrasse when I moved them in my cube

But you have a long tank I think it will be ok .

 

[d-man]

It was your whip Lawrence that after seeing made me want to get one. Thad what I was hoping. That the tank being long enough and having all those wrasses in there that the aggression would be dispersed and no single wrasse would be bullied significantly more than another.

 

[bullitr]

It will be fine
The velvet is the most aggressive one always in my experience

Whip fins flashes all the time but never kill any fish in my tank.