Mystery wrasse

[giambi4343]

any info on these guys would be nice. i reserved ine on pacificeast for 100 bucks. i was gonna buy one from vividaquariums buy for 220 bucks, i thought was too much. pictures would be nice also.

[steelersfan]

I have had my Mystery Wrasse for almost two years now. He is one of my favorites. IMO, they are very hardy and eat just about any food that comes their way. Having said that, if you have shrimps in the tank, they might become his dinner. Some people will tell you that if the Mystery Wrasse is added after the shrimps to the tank, they should be ok. In my case, my Mystery Wrasse was added months after the shrimps. After a few days, all of the shrimps were gone. You will be very happy with your Mystery Wrasse. At $100, you got a very fair deal. Best of luck and congrats!!!

[R.W.]

Im my area I was told mystery wrasses were going up in price. They used to be sold at $139 but now are sold at $225.

[unleashed9775]

I have a large one and he has never touched any of my inverts. He is kind of the puppy dog of the tank and doesn't bother his tank mates. In fact, he is actually scared of my blackcap basslet and coral banded shrimp

[Woodward6288]

that's one good deal..you should get it

[alprazo]

$100 is a great price. IME - They are hardy, initially timid but once acclimated they can become bold. Mine is the smallest fish in the tank, other than two chromis/. It has picked out certain fish that he hates. He attacks my Bellus - both, and the percs. It killed a sixline by chasing it over the overflow and a newly added blue sided fairy wrasse went to a friend because it had severe battle scars within 24 hrs - despite being 2x in size.

Great later addition. never bothers my inverts - though I don't think they they can be entirely trusted. I love the eyes on these fish.

[giambi4343]

i talked to a few websites and they said that blue jaw triggers may be risky in a reef tank. whould you get a blue jaw trigger or the mystery wrasse?

[unleashed9775]

I would get the mystery wrasse personally

[stunreefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14383004#post14383004 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by unleashed9775
I have a large one and he has never touched any of my inverts. He is kind of the puppy dog of the tank and doesn't bother his tank mates. In fact, he is actually scared of my blackcap basslet and coral banded shrimp My experience (and fish) were completely the opposite.

They are by far my favorite wrasse though... awesome colors.


A Mystery wrasse and a Blue-Jaw Trigger really aren't comparable - choose what you want and like.

[alprazo]

Mystery over trigger, I had both.

[unleashed9775]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14396571#post14396571 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stunreefer
My experience (and fish) were completely the opposite.

I lie, the only fish he had a problem with was my pair of orange spotted prawn gobies. Whenever he saw them he changed his colour all pale and his head went a light blue/green colour and and chased them like it there is no tomorrow.

They have since been relocated to my overflow where they have been happily living for the last month...................

[giambi4343]

my golden dwarf eel has eated a small midas blenny before. do you think that a golden dwarf eel could swalloe one of these guys? the one im getting is 2-3 inches.