Yellow Tail or Red Tail Tamarin Wrasse?

[chipchip]

Good morning

I am not sure if I should get a yellow tail or a red tail tamarin wrasse for my 180g tank. What do you think?

 

[bobkill]

Which ever is more healthy and eating - I have 4 tamarins - yellow red and 2 blue spot- red tail turn I to insane adults so I would keep that in mind

 

[chipchip]

OK.. thank you I think I will get a female Red Tail Tamarin.. Are they doing fine with other wrasses?

 

[fishmanstan]

OK.. thank you I think I will get a female Red Tail Tamarin.. Are they doing fine with other wrasses?

Is their care the same as leopard wrasses?

 

[chipchip]

Is their care the same as leopard wrasses?

I dont know as I never kept leopards aswell.

 

[bobkill]

I dont know as I never kept leopards aswell.

We also have 2 earmuffs and a meleagris leopard- no issues at all- I would say the Tamrins are little more sketchy then leopards but very similar care-

Basically these fish don't ship well - so if u can get one that a lfs has had for a while that would be idle

 

[MIKE NY]

my yellow tail was alot more finicky to get start eating than any Leopard I have...it was a LFS rescue were it wasn't eating and very thin, so I got a good deal( thanks again Andy!)...I placed it in a tank full of LR to pick from and after a couple of days it started accepting liver Tiger pods and NutraMar Ova. It slowly started taking larger foods such as PE Mysis and now is in the DT doing well...

 

[evolved]

Is their care the same as leopard wrasses?

Similar, but rather more tricky. Tamarins are susceptible to mouth damage in transit, and such almost always leads to a certain death. They can also be finicky eaters and need to eat small amount of food many times a day, especially when newly introduced. Tamarins are also slow eaters; they typically chew/spit their food several times before actually consuming it.

 

[bobkill]

^^^^^ so correct- they ARE messy eaters - but so awesome-