Yellow wrasse

[Lizzy_lray]

Hey guys, any of you all have or have had a yellow wrasse? If so what was your experience?

 

[d2mini]

Not a difficult fish and should keep to himself.
Wrasses can be skittish/jumpers so make sure you have a screen on the tank.

 

[Lizzy_lray]

Are they as social and active in the tank as other wrasses?

I've had a klunzingers
Melanurus and six line so far and they are all extremely active

 

[d2mini]

I have yet to have a wrasse that wasn't always out and active.

 

[nuxx]

I have yet to have a wrasse that wasn't always out and active.

Most are, some Fairy wrasses can be shy.

I had a super male Lineatus that hid 90% of the time. Ended up injuring itself after many failed jumping attempts into the bracing

 

[pinnatus]

Wrasses can be skittish/jumpers so make sure you have a screen on the tank.

This^^^

Also, when new, they may not appear much as their bodies get adjusted to the time zone you live in. This can take weeks or months, but eventually they will adjust and you will see them more. Mine woke up after lights on, but not always before I leave for work, and usually went to sleep before I got home from work, so depending on your schedule, you may not see them much.

 

[Jason S]

If you are talking about the Yellow Coris, Also be warned that they are burrowers.... Sometimes you may think they are gone, but they've only buried themselves.

 

[Nina51]

when i added my yellow wrasse to my dt, he immediately dove into the sand. i caught a couple of fleeting glimpses of him but it took 2 solid months before he came out and stayed out. very, very flashy and always super active! he goes to bed at lights out and pops out of the sand at 11:00 a.m. you can set your watch by him.

 

[Lizzy_lray]

If you are talking about the Yellow Coris, Also be warned that they are burrowers.... Sometimes you may think they are gone, but they've only buried themselves.

lol I learned this with my melanurus I couldn't figure out where he went, he disappeared a few minutes after I put him in the tank!!

 

[Lizzy_lray]

when i added my yellow wrasse to my dt, he immediately dove into the sand. i caught a couple of fleeting glimpses of him but it took 2 solid months before he came out and stayed out. very, very flashy and always super active! he goes to bed at lights out and pops out of the sand at 11:00 a.m. you can set your watch by him.

That's pretty cool

 

[Lsufan]

If u have a melanuras u can expect a lot of the same behavior from a yellow coris. That's how mine are anyways

 

[hogfanreefer]

Very under appreciated fish. When mature they are gorgeous with the orange and green stripes on the face. Mine is always out (never dove in to the sand till lights out from day one). Eats anything, bothers no one, doesn't bother any coral, very inexpensive. Not much more to ask for in a fish.

 

[Squibege]

How deep of a sand-bed do they need? Is 2in enough?

 

[BlackTip]

I tried this fish twice from LA, and in both times it died within 24 hours in the QT. Acclimation procedure is not the cause.

I don't have sand in the QT, and I wonder if the cause was due to lack of sand.

 

[username in use]

lol I learned this with my melanurus I couldn't figure out where he went, he disappeared a few minutes after I put him in the tank!!

Is this all for your 20g in your signature?

 

[civics14]

i have a yellow coris wrasse, very active, he's actually the first of my 3 wrasses out in the morning and last to go to bed. I have a yellow coris, melanurus, & a leopard, all very active, always out and about hunting across the rocks and nipping at it.

 

[Nina51]

How deep of a sand-bed do they need? Is 2in enough?

that's plenty.

I don't have sand in the QT, and I wonder if the cause was due to lack of sand.

it could have been stress, hard to say. when i had sand-sleeping wrasses in qt, i always put sand in one corner for them. because i never medicated with anything, it worked for me.

you can also do the same thing with a shallow plastic or glass bowl full of sand. they will find it when they want to bury themselves.

this is my vrolik's wrasse in qt, coming up for breakfast.
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same fish in dt, photo taken from inside the stand, looking up at the bottom of the tank. he is buried in the sand.
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