Pairing Exquisite Wrasse

[vhuang168]

I currently have a male Exquisite Wrasse from (I think) Fiji. I want to add a female and would like to know if there will be an issue if the female comes from a different place.

Thanks
Vincent

 

[eatbreakfast]

It will be an issue, not because of the female coming from a different region, but because of the social relationships of fairy wrasses. Wrasses don't form bonded pairs, as certain other fish do, such as clowns and butterflies. Instead, a dominant male uses dominance displays, chasing, and aggression to keep a female a female. If the female begins transitioning to a male then aggression increases exponentially. You would be better off getting a male of another species.

 

[Deinonych]

It will be an issue, not because of the female coming from a different region, but because of the social relationships of fairy wrasses. Wrasses don't form bonded pairs, as certain other fish do, such as clowns and butterflies. Instead, a dominant male uses dominance displays, chasing, and aggression to keep a female a female. If the female begins transitioning to a male then aggression increases exponentially. You would be better off getting a male of another species.

+1

Females are very difficult to come by as well, as they aren't collected very often.

 

[vhuang168]

Thanks!

 

[evolved]

It will be an issue, not because of the female coming from a different region, but because of the social relationships of fairy wrasses. Wrasses don't form bonded pairs, as certain other fish do, such as clowns and butterflies. Instead, a dominant male uses dominance displays, chasing, and aggression to keep a female a female. If the female begins transitioning to a male then aggression increases exponentially. You would be better off getting a male of another species.

^ This

 

[LobsterOfJustice]

It will be an issue, not because of the female coming from a different region, but because of the social relationships of fairy wrasses. Wrasses don't form bonded pairs, as certain other fish do, such as clowns and butterflies. Instead, a dominant male uses dominance displays, chasing, and aggression to keep a female a female. If the female begins transitioning to a male then aggression increases exponentially. You would be better off getting a male of another species.

So fairy wrasses are basically the trailer trash of reef tanks.

 

[Deinonych]

So fairy wrasses are basically the trailer trash of reef tanks.

Mine has been known to wear a wife beater from time to time...

 

[evolved]

I don't even know who's a cousin and who's a sibling anymore!