yellow tail tamarin wrasse

[Esage]

A LFS has had one for sale for about 4 weeks. I've looked the fish over and there appears to be no damage to the mouth and it is eating frozen. I currently have a 70g Half Cylinder tank with lots of rock work and a 3" sand bed. Would this wrasse be a good fit for the tank? I've read they do really bad in shipping and are hard to get eating frozen. This wrasse seems to be past those two hurdles.

 

[arashsheikhpoor]

I think once it is eating it should be fine.. do you have any other similar wrasse in your tank?

 

[Winwood]

With that much time under it's belt in captivity and already eating frozen, are good signs. A lot of the sensitive wrasse species like tamarins and leopards don't make it through the first week or two if they've suffered complications from shipping.

 

[Esage]

I think once it is eating it should be fine.. do you have any other similar wrasse in your tank?

There a currently no other wrasses in the tank

 

[blazend]

I keep leopard wrasses and if i could buy them already eating frozen i would! That fish would be perfect for your tank. I train my leopards to eat using baby brine shrimp until they start eating flake/frozen.

Currently have a fat leopard wrasses that eats everything. But i remember when i got him in the mail and he was upside down in the bag and had a rough time acclimating him. But he is kicking and happy today!

 

[evolved]

Again, ensure the tank is completely covered!

 

[Esage]

Again, ensure the tank is completely covered!

Yep, top of tank is covered with 1/4 screen mesh.

 

[kmbyrnes]

Love my YT Tamarin! Once they eat for you you should be good, but definitely keep a tight lid/

 

[Giovanni]

You mentioned having 3" sand bed. It should be fine sand.

I have one that eats small pellets and flakes. Been in my DT about 6 weeks. It gets out and mixes it up with the other fish at feeding time. Got it of LADD and it was eating frozen the second day. I had a leopard for two years that did not survive treatment for an ich infestation.

 

[Esage]

Again, ensure the tank is completely covered!

Are they reef safe in the sense that they won't eat cleaner shrimp or blood fire shrimp?

 

[Giovanni]

I have a pair of small cleaner shrimp and it does not even pay any attention to them.

 

[Gangous]

Yt tamrin is one my fav fish in my tank if it's eating its a no brainer

 

[evolved]

Are they reef safe in the sense that they won't eat cleaner shrimp or blood fire shrimp?

Yes, you're safe there.