Red Head Wrasse - Halichoeres rubricephalus

[joetbs]

Does anyone have one of these? Any success? I saw a few for sale 2 years ago, and saw a couple on a list recently. Was thinking of getting one for my 120 but remember them either not shipping well or being collected properly. Hoping someone else has some experience with this fish.

H. rubricephalus is the fish I'm referring to.

Here's a pic of two males courtesy of Atlantis Aquarium in Cali.

joe

 

[Alexnlasf]

I had one for about a year until it jump out of my tank while I was vacation. My roommate left the lid open while getting the food and didn't pay attention. It is a shy fish at first and it took a few days before it venture out for food, but once it did, it was eating like a pig. Been looking for a replacement ever since I lost mine. Where did you see the listing?

 

[joetbs]

It was on a transship list. If i see an extra I'll let you know.

As you're probably already aware, they're not a cheap fish...

joe

 

[Alexnlasf]

Thanks Joe. Good luck with the fish.

 

[tylorarm]

I bought a pair from Atlantis a couple months ago. They were in fine shape, vibrantg color, eating well and looked very healthy. I saw them at the store and couldn't resist. Then I introduced them to my main tank and my Harlequin Tusk took a huge dislike to them and killed the male and badly damaged the female before I could get them out of the reef. Redheads and Tusk were about same length but Tusk much thicker and meaner. The female never recovered and died about a day later. Both actually fed right away until they were attacked. Bad decision on my part.

 

[Alexnlasf]

Tylorarm. Sorry to hear about your loss.