Wrasse ID please

[DarthSimon]

Anyone have a clue what this is?
Thx in advance.. By the way, my Potters Leopard 2nd pic is doing wonderful for 2 months now. He has gotten bigger, and eats anything I feed like a pig!!

 

[philter4]

A male pencil wrasse, not sure the sp, but the genus is Pseudojuloides.

 

[gasman059]

pencil 4 sure agree with above- indo pacific and usually not that expensive in the hobby.

 

[edwing206]

I love that wrasse! I was looking at it Live Aquaria's Diver's Den. Where'd you get it?

 

[anydarnthing]

Pseudojuloides severnsi

 

[snorvich]

Pencil Wrasse. They really jump so make sure your tank is covered (egg crate will not work) Great fish!

 

[JamesJR]

They are gorgeous and easy to obtain. they can be difficult to get to feed though. I tried one a few years back that refused to eat anything I added and lasted about 3 weeks.

 

[snorvich]

I did not know about the feeding issue. What do they normally eat?

 

[JamesJR]

I am not sure. I tried everything I could think of and I never saw it touch a thing.

 

[DarthSimon]

Tropaquarium here in Monmouth County NJ... Mine ate some mysid today...

 

[sly fox]

some people get them and they feed easily other never do..bit touch and go

 

[Chibils]

snorvich,
you say a lot that egg crate won't work. What do you advise, then, short of a glass top?

 

[DarthSimon]

I have egg crating on mine. Have been wondering if I could fit it with screening?

 

[LargeAngels]

snorvich is right. Eggcrate won't work with most wrasses as they can still fit through the holes. Personally I use either a tight fitting acrylic or glass top (on fish only tanks) and clear mesh screen with much smaller openings than eggcrate on Reef tanks. There was a thread or two here on the clear mesh.

 

[snorvich]

There was a thread by Bradley (I don't remember the exact user name) that involved getting 1/4 mesh screen and making a top. Personally, I use acrylic. I think Bradley's method is the best I have seen.

 

[DarthSimon]

Guys, is it common for this wrasse to hide out? I didnt see him this morning, nor when I just got home at 745pm?

 

[DarthSimon]

Well... He has been hiding for about 3-4 days... I just got up this morning, and I saw him swimming around the bottom of the tank. Lights were still out, when he saw me, he dove for the sand and buried.

 

[Chibils]

Most fish will be really shy when you introduce them. I can't speak for his health, but the shier the fish the more they tend to hide at first.

 

[DarthSimon]

Well I think I just saw what the problem is. He came out so I fed. He did eat. My coris wrasse chased him and the pencil dove for the sand.