Yellow Wrasse reef safe?
I also have a baby Blue Tang, clown goby, and a pair of black & white clowns, with some soft corals.
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I've heard mixed reviews on their aggressiveness, but I can state mine is very coral friendly. He's actually the primary inhabitant of my frag tank.
Not a great picture, but here's my Yellow Corris Wrasse hanging out in the frag tank (right side). http://mad-skillz.com/aquarium/06.16.2007-6.jpg |
I have a model citizen as well. A very beneficial cleaner of nasties.
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Thanks, mine seems to be doing well, nipping at the rocks all day long and has also eaten the mysis I fed the tank.
My specimen has 4 black spots from the front of the top fin to the tail, is this a different type? Most of the ones I have seen only have 1 spot. |
Mine has 3, maybe 4, and also has a white underside. There are so many names for this fish (and I've seen two different species call it), it's hard to tell. I'm no expert on this one ;
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These are two different fish, neither of which are in the Coris genus. That is a long misused common name for these guys. Unlike Coris genus wrasses, these guys stay small and are ideal for aquariums. I believe the sometimes "not reef safe" designation on these guys comes from them sometimes posing a danger to small ornamental shrimp, but I've never seen this behavior.
The one I have (and prugs' above) is Halichoeres chrysus from the Western Pacific mainly. The one with the white underbelly that RokleM shows is the closely related Halichoeres leucoxanthus from the Indian Ocean (although their distribution overlaps with H. chrysus in Indonesia). Both are identical in behavior and everything else. Smaller specimens have three spots (four if you include their eye) that they will lose as they mature... same fish though. Anyway, here's my guy from last year when he was a little guy... thus all the spots, with my female Centropyge colini in the background... http://xs118.xs.to/xs118/07352/Colini1.jpg |
Not to steal the thread, but copps do you have a more recent picture ? I hear the head of this fish will start to change and have a striped look to it. is this true?
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Mine has a very faint rainbow of what I'd refer to as "pastel" colors. They are primarily on the cheek per say (start right behind the eye and go straight backwards).
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have a friend with one who has been a model citizen.
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I've sen these fish alot and always wanted one.
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My LFS has a full grown adult in their frag tank with really bright and distinct facial markings like that of the radiant wrasse posted above. I once had a mid-sized one that was beginning to get its mask until my radiant wrasse decided she didn't want him around anymore.
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The yellow coris ( bananna wrasse, canary wrasse ) is being used by a lot of zoanthid keepers now to control a lot of pests such as nudis and a bunch of other zoanthid eaters.
I also plan to get a pair myself.. plus the added color in my tank too. |
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Sorry for the mini jack! http://xs112.xs.to/xs112/07086/colini_pair3.jpg |
I've had a yellow coris wrasse for a couple of years. He never bother corals, but as he's grown, he's developed a strong taste for small hermit crabs. His small snout is perfect for digging crabs out of their shells. Luckily, he doesn't bother big crabs or snails, so I haven't had to remove him from my aquarium.
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I was looking at a Halichoeres leucoxanthus (white belly according to copps) at the store on Monday. what a beautiful fish, but particularly because of the spots...how long before they loose their spots?
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Halichoeres leucoxanthus
anybody know of this species being kept successfully in a group/harem ?
will mature individuals bother emerald crabs? |
Anyone know if the yellow coris wrasse will get along with a six line wrasse. I saw one today and after reading up on them, would love to add one to my reef. My six line is very mellow and has only shown short aggression toward a cleaner wrasse I had. It slowly starved I think because it just disappeared. Thanks for any input. Really like this fish.
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Sixline's are just plain evil IMO. It will most likely kill the yellow wrasse.
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the one with a white belly is a different species. I have heard it called a merinque wrasse
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I have a yellow coris 3 1/2"-4 1/2", 8 lined wrasse 2" and a hogan wrasse 2" in a 110 gal and have no problems with aggression
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