red coris wrasse

[Engloid]

Yeah, soon as he figures he can topple something over, he will do it every day afterwards, in search of food.

Is it possible to feed them enough food that they will cut back on this hunting behavior? I suspect it's like candy for them eating small bugs...no amount of other food will stop them from wanting it.

 

[joemelo]

the red coris wrasse have very high metabolism, and it is suggested that you feed them 3-4 times a day!
so I suppose if someone wants to feed him constantly he'll relax.
someone should give him a good turkey dinner. that always makes me tired after thanksgiving.

 

[Engloid]

Probably part of his being so active is that he only has about a 9-10hr day and sleeps all the rest. I guess that's a good sign that he's not going hungry.

 

[bryan007]

I've had these fish for many years as well. My current one and others have never bothered any of my inverts. The only complaint I have is he goes to bed around 6PM. I could set my watch by it. If I don't feed the fish after work before then he misses a meal. I've had this one for around 4 months now and has been a model citizen. Two others I lost as they went carpet surfing.

 

[Engloid]

mine doesn't spend a lot of time up near the top of the tank, so I'm hoping he isn't prone to jump out. I just put on a canopy that is enclosed on 3 sides. It's partially open on the back.

is it pretty well a given thing that these fish will jump out eventually, if not completely closed in?

 

[Engloid]

I need to know if any of you have encountered this:

Yesterday, I changed light fixtures. I had a 48" 6 bulb t5 fixture on it, and upgraded to a 72" fixture with three 250W MH bulbs, four PC's, and 4 moonlight LED's. I realize I don't want to shock my corals, so I didn't immediately fire up all the MH's and PC's. I started up with just the two 250W MH's on the side, leaving the center one off, since most of my corals are in the center (due to previously having a 4ft light on a 6ft tank).

I don't recall seeing my Red Coris Wrasse immediately before putting on the new light, but I am pretty sure I saw him earlier that morning. I put the light on, with only the two MH's running. The overall brightness is about the same as it was with the six t5's.

Anyway, it's been more than 24hrs and I have not yet seen my wrasse out yet. It is possible that I spooked him when I walked up and began removing the old light. He spooks when I walk up to feed the fish, but will usually come back out when the other fish start feeding. Whether he went into hiding before I began swapping lights or if it was at that time, I don't know.... but I haven't seen him at all since.

Would changing the light scare him so much that it may take him this long to come back out? Maybe he comes out of hiding and the shimmering of the MH's scares him back into the sand? I have a lot of live rock. It is stacked up and covers about 2/3 of the bottom of the tank and slopes all the way up to the rear top of the 125g's. Theres a ton of hiding places, but I am a bit worried about my wrasse.

 

[WarrenG]

I've seen many of these in Hawaii. Full grown is around a foot long. They generally stay near a sandy bottom.

 

[orangegoby]

pick up a healthy 6" female 3 days a go. was attracted by her beautiful coloring, wipe out my baby snails in 2 days, constantly flipping the coral rubble on the sand bed looking for pods and brittle worms. i just hope that she will leave my larger snails alone :hmm2:

 

[FreeTheZ]

I had red coris wrasse (~6in.) for a little over a year. Great fish until it reached adulthood. Ate a small clam I had, constantly flipped rocks and coral on the sand bed and would charge at snails and "pop" them off rocks to flip them upside down and pick at them. Took all my rock work out along with everything in it to remove this fish. Absolutely gorgeous fish but a huge hassle in a reef tank. This is just my story. Im sure others had better luck!

 

[cfredallen]

These are mine. They both took over 2 weeks to adjust to the lighting schedule. They will devinitely turn over anything they can lift but they are 1 of my favorite fish.

 

[reefergeorge]

Wow, old thread.. Mine is a major pita and impossible to catch.. I'm to the point I took off my canopy and I hope he jumps..

 

[reefergeorge]

Finally caught mine with a hook and line. Pulled him out in ten seconds, after trying for two weeks with a trap and net..