lets see your reef safe wrasse

[seagirl]

please share some pics of your reef and invert safe wrasses. trying to get some stocking ideas. thinking of a Laboute's Fairy Wrasse to start.thanks

[barbra]

I haven't got a pic, but a 6 line is a delightful reef fish.

[chaseracing]

I have a lime green wrasse that does a great job at keeping things clean. I will hunt for a pic.

-=E=-

[fishyvet]

6 lines are bullies and will limit the other kinds of wrasses you can have. If I could get mine out I would. I would get some fairy or flasher wrasses if I could. The Laboute is a beautiful fish, I'm very jealous :)

[seagirl]

no one has any wrasses to show off?

[HBtank]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Mikecdj/flame.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Mikecdj/Scotts.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Mikecdj/scott3.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v653/Mikecdj/scotts2.jpg

My flame and scotts fairy wrasse

On my list are the Loboutes, lineatus, pink margin and yellow coris (canary). I will be getting two more and have not decided.

I had a pink already that escaped.. was a great fish.

Of the fish I have seen in person, the lineatus is the prettiest. THe second is my scotts :) The laboutes is awesome looking and definately different than any fish, really looks like it was painted I am waiting to see what my flame is like full grown, it has steadily been coloring up. The pink was very pretty too, but faded some while I had it.

[laserjim]

Here's my Canary Wrasse.

http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t112/laserjimm/wrasse1.jpg

[alan214]

Here's a pic of our Six Line Wrasse:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/34601June07_049_small.jpg

[fishyvet]

I keep a radiant wrasse in my fuge to eat flat worms, but they are also reef safe. Sorry the pic's a bit fuzzy, he's hard to get a shot of.
http://i7.*******.com/644z7z8.jpg

[seagirl]

thanks for the pics everyone. you all have very nice fish. anyone else wanna share a pic of their wrasse?

[jski711]

here is my radiant, its really hard to get a good pic of a fish.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o90/jski711/DSC01672.jpg

[JokerGirl]

New Guinea Wrasse - Anampses neoguainicus (or something like that)

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s110/JokerGirlsPhotos/WrasseGoni.jpg

[OmarD]

http://www.3reef.com/photos/data//500/medium/tank07318.jpg


See on Video: Omar's Reef (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6s7vI8JW0w)


http://homepages.tscnet.com/omard1/sunny.gif

[frederickk]

nice shot!

[wrasseguy2]

sea girl here is some of my fairy and flasher wrasses...my favorite being the first pic...a line spot flasher only because it flashes for 2 hours every day
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149linespot2.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149linespot.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149laboutts.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149laboutts1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149lineatus2.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149scotts.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149finespotted3.jpg

[atzak]

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/atzak/myaquarium2005052.jpg

I wouldn't trust this one with crabs or shrimp
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e124/atzak/DSC_0541.jpg

[chesapeake]

sixlines are my fav but they seem to jump and i do not have a top on mine

[chesapeake]

sixlines are my fav but they seem to jump and i do not have a top on mine

[chesapeake]

sixlines are my fav but they seem to jump and i do not have a top on mine

[chesapeake]

sixlines are my fav but they seem to jump and i do not have a top on mine

[chesapeake]

sixlines are my fav but they seem to jump and i do not have a top on mine

[chesapeake]

oops sorry

[Toddrtrex]

Ignore the bubble algae, that is a project for the summer. ;)

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y189/toddrtrex/wrasse3.jpg

[seagirl]

Toddrtrex- beautiful fish, what type is it?

wrasseguy2-wow! great collection. 3rd and 4th pics are laboutes, correct? is 5th pic a lineatus?What is the 6th and 7th pic?

Thanks to all of you who have shared in this thread. This is what makes this site so great. I really appreciate all the replys.

[Toddrtrex]

Thanks seagirl, it is a Velvet Multicolor Wrasse ( Cirrhilabrus luteovittatus ). I've had it for about 4 months now. Really love it, has a great personality, likes to "show off" anytime someone is near the tank, the blue on the bottom gets really intense. And whenever I am doing stuff in the tank it will follow my hand around, expecting me to either feed it or to move something on the sandbed so it can get to the worms. :)

[seagirl]

thanks Toddrtrex. i love fish with great personalities. i will definately keep an eye out at my lfs for one of these. i love the colors.

[Toddrtrex]

Sure thing. I got mine from the Diver's Den section of Live Aquaria. Was eating with in hours of being in my tank.

[wrasseguy2]

the last 2 pics are a scotts and fine spotted

[SDguy]

My lubbocks, displaying...
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/Fish%20Pics%2011-8-06/Lubbockswithgorgonian.jpg

[SDguy]

And my old McCosker's, R.I.P. :(
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/Fish%20Pics%2011-8-06/FlashingcrazyMcCoskers.jpg

[Gary Majchrzak]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_2152keeper.jpg
Macropharyngodon bipartis

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_1549keeper.jpg
Macropharyngodon ornatus

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_1762keeper.jpg
Cirrhilabrus exquisitus

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_2075keeper.jpg
female Cirrhilabrus lubbocki

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_3351keeper.jpg
female Lubbock's turning into a male (same fish as above)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_3392keeper2.jpg
male Lubbock's (same fish as above)

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_3395keeper.jpg
male Lubbock's jousting with male C. flavidorsalis for a female

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y270/gary334/IMG_3393keeper.jpg
male Lubbock's courting female

[wrasseguy2]

thought i would show you some of my linespot flashing today
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149linespotflash.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149linespotflash1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149linespotflash2.jpg

[seagirl]

thanks wrasseguy2, those coors are amazing.
great collection Gary Majchrzak, all those fish look great.
the lubbock's looks very interesting SDguy, what happened to the McCosker's, did it jump?

[SDguy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10098909#post10098909 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by seagirl
the lubbock's looks very interesting SDguy, what happened to the McCosker's, did it jump?

The lubbocks was quite a find. It was only $20, and not too attractive when I first bought it. Colored up nicely though. Here it is when not displaying colors:
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/26113Lubbock_s_Fairy_Wrasse_montage_small.jpg

The McCosker's was virtually decapitated by this guy:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/FishKiller.jpg

Here's the damage it did:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p5/SDreefguy/McCoskerwoundday2.jpg

[wrasseguy2]

thought i would post a few more of my wrasses
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149solorensis1.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149solorensis.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149orangeback.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149exqusiteandflasher.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/131149newfairywrasse.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/131149temmeniki2.jpg
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149socialfairy.jpg

[LargeAngels]

Pylie

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/11732male_pylie.jpg

[LargeAngels]

Top to bottom: C. Johnsoni, Male hooded, Red Sea eightline, Hawaiin cleaner

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/11732wrasses.jpg

[jimbo045]

alan214s, six-line is reef safe and hardy. JD

[SEAFLOWERS]

what are you all feeding to keep them so nice looking?

I just got a Ruby Headed Fairy Wrasse, I want to add a Red Head Solon Fairy Wrasse, is it true that I should have put them in together if I wanted to add another, they are both from the same family Cirrhilabrus.

[MrSpiffy]

I really love my six-line wrasse!

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t314/Mr_Spiffy/20G%20Tank/2007_0129-20G_Tank0070.jpg

Although I'm really liking the pics of that McCosker's. That's a NICE-looking wrasse!

[MrSpiffy]

By the way... could I add a flasher or McCosker's to my 40BR along with my six-line? Or would that cause problems?

[fishyvet]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10103383#post10103383 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MrSpiffy
By the way... could I add a flasher or McCosker's to my 40BR along with my six-line? Or would that cause problems?

I wouldn't risk it. I tried adding a flasher with my six line in my 210 and he killed it. The six line is a bully and really limits other wrasses you can keep.

[MrSpiffy]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10103454#post10103454 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fishyvet
I wouldn't risk it. I tried adding a flasher with my six line in my 210 and he killed it. The six line is a bully and really limits other wrasses you can keep.

:(

[prugs]

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/29791Yellow_2_spot_wrasse-med.JPG http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/29791radiant1.JPG

My thoughts on wrasses:
No bully's & have to provide a service in the tank.

[MrSpiffy]

So prugs, what would some of your top picks be for a smaller tank like mine? (40BR) And what services would those wrasses provide to make them worth having?

[1F2FRFBF]

My new McCosker's on the left, along with the rest of my little gang:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w204/dbwz/Tank/hanginout.jpg

[Fudge]

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j272/marc_aka_fudge/AQUASCAPING020.jpg

Marc.

[prugs]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10119335#post10119335 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MrSpiffy
So prugs, what would some of your top picks be for a smaller tank like mine? (40BR) And what services would those wrasses provide to make them worth having?

You already have a sixline, & that is a bully IMO. The sixline does provide services for eating flatworms & pest nudibranchs.

[MrSpiffy]

Well, let's say that I were to get rid of the six-line, though... what would you recommend based on looks, personality, and service to the ecosystem?

[prugs]

http://www.wetwebmedia.com/halichoeresbestart.htm

[skey44]

what about the leopard wrasse, anyone have one?

[jdieck]

Lineatus Wrasse:
http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/Lineatus.jpg

[MrSpiffy]

Very cool! :) Thanks!

[seagirl]

beautiful Lineatus jdieck. the males are going for about $150 by me

[jdieck]

Same here, I have two :D

[isistius]

no one has a rhomboid? i'd take a picture of mine, but i don't own one yet!!!! those are some sweet pics tho. my sixline doesn't bother anyone in my tank, including my flasher. jmo.

[hreef]

Here are a few of my wrasse's.....

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/1364Flasherwrasse.JPG

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/1364Leopard_Wrasse.JPG

[amphirion]

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r97/Francois-Etienne/100_0624.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r97/Francois-Etienne/100_0625.jpg

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r97/Francois-Etienne/100_0804.jpg

Melanurus wrasse.

Reef safe, active, doesn't get too big, cheap... a wonderful fish.

[msn711]

no one has a rhomboid?

I'd love to have one, but the only place I've ever seen them listed is the marine center and I think it's like $400. I do plan to pay for a lineatus, but I can't spend that much on one fish.

[burton14e7]

These aren't my photo's because I only have a shady camera phone. But I have these two. My yellow looks the same as the picture but my filament looks way better than the picture below.

filament wrasse
http://www.seatrademarine.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/Flasher_Filament_Male_Wrasse.jpg

Yellow wrasse

http://z.about.com/d/saltaquarium/1/0/5/B/remmydanwrasse_400.JPG

[wrasseguy2]

thought you might like this pic seagirl
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149laboutti.jpg

[flinster]

Need to get a better camera
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n135/mvanmol/IMG_0541.jpg?t=1181702553

[flinster]

Why isn't this working?

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n135/mvanmol/IMG_0538.jpg?t=1181702627

[flinster]

IMG]http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n135/mvanmol/IMG_0538.jpg[/IMG]

[bradleyj]

My male pylei's

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3745.jpg

My male rubrisquamis

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3668.jpg

Red marginatus & rhomboid

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3507.jpg

Black fin fairy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3471.jpg

Scotts Austrailian fairy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3343.jpg

Male rhomboid

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3195.jpg

Lineautis

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3020.jpg

Red tailed tamarin wrasse

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3622.jpg

Group pix

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3292.jpg



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_2947.jpg

[flinster]

http://justrarefish.com/assets/images/golden_fairy_wrasse.jpg

[bradleyj]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3798.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3791.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v714/tileman/225%20g%20%20reef/100_3728.jpg

[rkcca]

Here's my fairy wrasse. Only been in tank a few days. So far has been a good tank mate.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x300/rkcca2/IMG_0141.jpg

[crpeck]

McCosker's

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/33483Flasherweb.jpg

[seagirl]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10131195#post10131195 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by wrasseguy2
thought you might like this pic seagirl
http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/526/131149laboutti.jpg
great pic!! i love that fish. i have been on vacation for a while and come back to find all these great looking fish, i love it.
bradleyj- very nice collection.
The cool thing about wrasses for me, is that out of all these pics, there isn't one i wouldn't want in my tank. Thanks for all the pics everyone, this is better than i hoped for when i made the thread.

[k3vi17ma1]

try looking into the mystery wrasse

[bllfish]

Here is my african leopard

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/bllfish/leopard2.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/bllfish/leopard.jpg

Large Mystery Wrasse

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a376/bllfish/mystery.jpg