You experiences with Halichoeres iridis...
- Thread starter nwrogers
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My H. iridis was well behaved in my reef tank. I never saw it bother any invertebrates. It was milder mannered than my terminal male H. melanurus. I would recommend either species. Try to find a small or juvenile H. iridis. The small ones are much less likely to bother shrimp, hermits, etc. and you can get them well established on the foods you provide and they will have less propensity to go after inverts when they get larger. IME H. iridis and H. chrysus are two of the better Halichoeres species for the reef aquarium. I would recommend H. melanurus as well. Good luck.
I lost my 4 years in my care H. iridis and all my other fish due to a failure to quarantine a new addition. The disease appeared to be a particularly virulent form of Cryptocarion as best as I could tell. I believe it was a Bartletts anthias that brought the disease into the tank. I obtained the iridis as a juvenile and it must have been at least 3 inches at the time it died. I lost a five year in my care Red Sea Regal angel, 8 y/o yellow and desjardinai tangs, a 5 y/o H. melanurus, etc. I lost 14 or 15 fish in all. It was heartbraking and frustrating to watch my fish die. I was able to net out a few fish and try treating with hyposalinity but that was unsuccessful as it was attempted too late. It was a stupid mistake that led to disaster. Needless to say I have gone back to quarantining ALL new additions, no exceptions. Anybody who doesn't quarantine is playing roulette.
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She already out hunting this AM. I bought a huge clump of algae from the refugium/sump that is teaming with life. The tang is having a field day, so is she and the wrasses. Hopefully this will tied her over until the get use to eat dry food. I feed frozen mysis daily but she is unlikely to get more than a few bites when the other fish will finish it.
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My Baby Radiant wrasse is really doing well. She grew almost a 1/4 inch in almost 1 month and is a lot fatter. All fins wound healed. I know for sure she is going to do just fine. Actively eating pellets dispensed by my automatic feeder, compete with a very fast, large group of resident fishes.
