What are your Worst Wrasses experiences? Lets get the unofficial "Avoid at all cost List" on this post.. First hand experience only Thanks for watching everyone!
Well at one point live aquaria had harlequin tusk fish classifies as a wrasse and reef safe with caution....hahahahahah that boy devastated every shrimp,crab,snail,clam
CJ'S AQUARIUMS: hey cj been following you form tour old tank, what's ur plans for the new yr with the tank, are u just going to maintain or add more, I just start my first salt water tank today, what do you think about Dr Tim for cycling my tank or should I just wait it out...
Im a fan of waiting it out.. but ive heard people have success with it... my plan is to add 20-30 more corals then start growing out the tank.. jam packed with color and movement!
I love wrasses... they're beautiful! I've only ever had a yellow coriss wrasse though. My elongate Dottyback does the same when I add new CUC members but leaves them alone for the most part after a while. She can be quite vicious toward inverts so I gotta keep an eye on her too. 👀💙🐠
have you thought about trying breed wrasses? Would be so awesome. My dream has always been a wrasse tank, they are by far my favourite fish and its really a shame that even today most of the fish are still taken from the ocean. I guess with a little bit of effort and reading marine biology papers, many species could be captive bred nowadays. Unfortunately I haven't had a marine aquarium in many years.
I just got my first wrasse! Melanurus Wrasse. He's a beauty. Only fish I added that didn't hide and didn't get bullied by anyone. Did try picking at a nassarious snail.
Leopard wrasse kept attacking my mandarin was horrible to see both moved on when we moved house so now I'm patiently now for my new tank i say that but all I do is watch tank videos like this 😂 keep up the good work CJ
Great video. I have 12 or more wrasses in my tank. My Divided female hates my new Green Supermale Leopard and just started tolerating my Timor. Seems after time they co habitate. I just added an Oriental Maori and Hardwicki. Those two have adjusted well so far. I have several fairies and flashers as well.
That radiant wrasse is SO cool looking. It's interesting what you were saying about some wrasses not needing sand. I thought I couldn't have one since my substrate is crushed coral but it sounds like I might want to look into fairy wrasses!
Very nice. The tank is really coming along. The only erase I kept in a reef was a six line. I named him Omar like the character in the wire. At first he was very timid as I added him to a tank with only a few fish and a established pecking order but in about a year he earned his name. He was able to eat anything he wanted swim in whoever's territory. When they seen him coming no one made any aggressive moves. No one crossed Omar. Unfortunately though Omar committed suicide and jumped out of the tank.
Very good video. Thanks CJ for this clip on wrasses. Since I have added my wrasses I don’t see my fire shrimps as well as coral beauty shrimp....but it’s ok as they are a key to keep those pests at bay....
had a green dragon wrasse once, ate anything that looked like a shrimp or a crab. all the dead hermit shells were turned over every day and checked, just in case he missed one. he was very ocd about the hermit shells. left snails alone though. would stare down the purple lobster every day but would never do anything. i think he was just waiting to get bigger before that fight.
Great footage of the savages CJ. I’ve got a small yellow corris wrasse and a tiny yellowtail tamarin wrasse. Apart from chasing each other around they are perfectly well behaved.
Great video! Just got a radiant wrasse from my local fish store. The guy knows a got corals and he only recommends reef safe to me always. And now that I get home I'm looking at videos and reading about it. And he is expert only on some websites .. non reef rafe and reef safe on others. I don't know what to believe!. How did it go with yours 3 yrs after this video!🤣 Thank you.
You should to some sort of talk radio. You are gifted in many ways, including understanding what people will think and ask ahead of time. Great voice of course. Great production. Good Job.
I’m surprised you don’t have any leopard wrasse....they are absolute model citizens in my tank...The blue star leopard is my favorite and the Potters is a beauty.....Also my Mystery wrasse is absolutely beautiful and he’s a model citizen as well....he same family as the newest addition you have...that pink wrasse...same personality...I call him the creep of my tank...he’s always on creep mode...so slick he always finds a way to creep his way into a situation
I agree with the size thing when it comes to shrimp, get the largest shrimp you can if you want to greatly decrease your odds of your wrasse eating them. I have a large melanarus I keep because it does a great job at eating pests, he will eat smaller shrimp but any large size shrimp he pays no attention to and honestly he's somewhat skittish of them. My coolest wrasse I've ever owned and also the most dangerous was the mystery wrasse, thing was like a straight alligator in my tank but looked awesome! He didn't give AF what size any invert was so sadly I had to eventually trade him in.
I love all those beautiful wrasses!!! I haveva six line wrasse and was told I may never be able to add another wrasse in my tank because the six line is just so mean. It is my favorite fish in my tank though. I could never get rid if him. Plus he is my flatworm preventative fish.... hopefully I never get them but just hard to control. Love your vids bud!!
Had horrible experience with two 6 line wrasses (not at same time). Never get one!!! Second worst experience was with scarlet pin stripe wrasse. I got him about 2 1/2 in when he grew to 3+ in it got extremely aggressive. Would fight with my big cleaner shrimp and Bengali cardinal. And was getting more aggressive to rest of tank mates. Had to get give him back to my LFS and purchased mystery wrasse which was a pretty penny.
Awesome review CJ thanks for sharing your beautiful tank & ur wrasse collections. I am a big fan of wrasses also, as i started to collect them because of their unique beauty and many different patters & colorations.
My current setup has the following wrasses: -Green Wrasse -Yellow Wrasse -Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse (Male close to max size) -Hooded flame Fairy Wrasse (Juvenile/Female) -Six Line Wrasse -Multi-color Lubbock's Wrasse (Tri-color Wrasse) Only issues was the green wrasse chasing the yellow wrasse for about a week and now they are best buds who search rocks together. The Six line hates the Multi-color Lubbock's but doesn't usually try anything after getting hit by the Lubbock's one time. I've used to own a McCosker's Flasher, Linespot Flasher, Nebulous Wrasse and a Vrolick's Wrasse before a tank crash, and all were outstanding reef safe fish except the linespot hated my old yellow tang.
As one of the smaller wrasse species for me my six line wrasse absolutely smashed everything from clams to shrimp to even the feather dusters me working at a aquarium store and seeing how often people bring these guys back I’d never keep one again
The forums talk about the blue head wrasse. Most agree to avoid for mixed tanks. Also my yellow Coris wrasse is also a model citizen. He went from a small 2 inch guy a year ago to a 4 inch super I'd say. His face is very pronounced. Pictures would never do him Justice.
Nice tank! Yeah I totally agree with your statement! I love Wrasses though, and at one time or another I have kept each species you have. My favorite being the blue headed wrasse. However he killed my China Wrasse, and then went after my leopards. I traded him in to my LFS. My male melenarous went after my new Kuiters Leopard Wrasse. So I traded him in a few weeks ago. Mixing wrasses is never an exact science. I see you have a powder blue tang! How is he? I have a purple tang, and a Passer Angel. Do you think they will all get along? I would love a powder blue tang!
My damn cleaner wrasse is snail killer, it's killed multiple snails, i didn't realise at first but i really wanted a few conch snails but put one in and my cleaner wrasse attacked it till It died, lucky it does such a good job on keeping my fish clean lol
Great video. Thanks for the first hand account, always better than what’s reported at live aquaria or the lfs. I’ve had nothing but leopard wrasses (blue star, choati, and jeweled); all were/are model citizens.
Hi CJ. I have a small tri color fairy wrasse and it is a model citizen - never bothers anybody and looks great. I also have a Christmas Wrasse (looks similar to a Melenarus) and he terrorizes my cleanup crew. I can't keep snails for long, and I'm pretty sure he took out my porcelain crab while I was on vacation. He doesn't bother the other wrasse though and he's constantly on the hunt (and has wiped out) pests, so I'm hesitant to get rid of him. He's by far the biggest fish in my tank (5 inches) and keeps the sand bed turned at least. Maybe if I downsized I'd have better luck with keeping snails? 🐌 Anyway, great video as always.
I only have one Solar Fairy Wrasse at the moment...he or she is in my quarantine tank. Should be able to move it to my main tank next week. He gets along well so far with my clowns, but they are in QT too LOL. Im looking forward to seeing how it gets along with the firefish, clown goby, and the lawnmower blenny. Not sure If I will add more than one wrasse to this tank.
Happy new year cj. im seeing a trend inReef tanks. seem to be a big tank with varieties of fish. I would have alot of twenty for spawning pairs. And one big reef (pond with window) for the fry. But I'll need to looks and see reef fry videos. All I've seen were clown fish fries. Basically good video. I wonder if I should try my twenty gallon tall, as a one fish reef. After I finish organising and things. And a big reef looks to draw good opinions.
I have a leopard wrasse and he is awesome I believe he is reef safe but i do have some casualties on snails and hermit crabs also my peppermint shrimp are gone, but don't want to blame him! Haha
Worst Wrasse experience? Well, of my smaller species, my 6 line went ape over Fairy I tried to introduce on two occasions. Tormented them into hiding and eventual starvation. Couldnt get them out w/o dismantling the tank! I have a Dragon/Rock Mover about 4.5" long and he Also destroyed a Coris I tried to introduce. Now I have a 5" Lunare male, and he doesnt mess with the BIG boy lol. The Purple tang-6" and the Lunare go chasing same as with your PB Tang. All in all, the Wrasse species are beautiful, are very entertaining, but Im constantly on edge when they get punky lol. The 6 line is the only Wrasse in my 50gal column. The tangs, Triggers and BIG Wrasses are in the 120 fowlr tank.
Usually as long as u add the cleaner shrimps b4 u add any wrasse that preys on shrimp they should leave them alone. But if u try to add any new shrimp in the system after the fish is already in there and maturing in the tank they will kill every new shrimp added. This happened with my Mystery Wrasse I couldn't figure out why he would kill every cleaner shrimp I put in even tho I had sum in there already. Well that was the reason it was bcus those shrimp were in the tank b4 he was.. Check out the mystery wrasse there very beautiful fish maybe u can add 1 to the reef..
Any thoughts on the Lunare Wrasse? I bought one but have heard different things, so I am hesitant on putting in my banded coral shrimp, peppermint shrimp, snails, hermit crabs...
I have a 5 inch pinkface, 5 inch yellowtail corris wrasse, 6 inch Harlequin Tusk and a 8inch Green Bird Wrasse in my 8ft tank with bunch of other angel, butterfly, tiggers ... all semi-aggressive type .. no aggression in tank. Can I add a Flasher wrasse? I am looking for active large fish or active school of birght color fishes that I can add with semi-agressive ...
Hey CJ, you said it pretty much dude.. The bigger they get and the fatter they get (basically as they grow physically and in comfort), they change.. And I've had and love wrasse.. I've had and love the coris, the melanarus(two of them), and a few others that you have. And dude, they are going to eat the inverts.. You can keep them full, and fat, and they will do it for sport.. They are kind of like triggers, in which they can and do flip the switch overnight.. So just be very ready.. And a wrasse fight, if they really want to fight is a very messy and nasty fight to the death... Even after they are dead. I have never seen anything like it.. So just be warned. And some of those Tangs (the Tomi especially) can be nasty too. Just be on the lookout.. And my most dangerous by far was the lunar, but I had a tusk that was pretty rough also at times.. But the lunar actually made me dislike wrasse for years...
I have a flasher wrasse and introduced a fairy wrasse of supposedly compatible species The flasher accepted the fairy without issue after acclimation, but now that the fairy has grown a little it chases and bullies my flasher a bit Very unfortunate
So i have added the jade wrasse (green coris wrasse) and the christmas wrasse to my tank and one of them has eaten two of my cleaner shrimp and one coral banded shrimp. I have had these shrimps for 2 years. They were big and fat. I suspect it was the green coris wrasse that did them in. Now i have to make a decision. Do i remove them so i can put back my cleaner shrimp or not? I love the behavior of the cleaner shrimps but I also love the job the wrasse was doing? Not sure how this will go. I feel your shrimp may be in danger
I’ve stopped keeping wrasses as time goes by they will change colour to a brighter and shinier colour and they will be carnivorous that our corals will be a snack for them
Love your tank and videos! I'm shocked you don't catch the blue head and get him out of there...as they don't do anything for pest control. I agree with all your other wrasse choices, as I have a big ol' yellow corris wrasse in my tank (5-6"), he and my big leopard wrasse do an awesome job as pest hunting in my tank. My yellow corris wrasse and be kind of a bully some times, but never hurt any of my other wrasses. Check my videos for some old videos, I too am a wrasse junky. I need to make a new video, tank has gown quite a bit. I need to learn to make videos as good as yours with my phone. I've watched your video on it, but just can't get it down well.
Hey, i habe a question. Is it ok to keep two trigger fish? I have one at the moment. I don't recall the type but it's one of the reef safe triggers and i really want to add the blue jaw... just not sure if that's a good idea lol
I have get 13 warss, 9 species in my 300l tank. yellow warss longfin fairy wrass X2 clown warss X2 2 kind of candy cany warss pencil warss and few other fairy wrass i can't tale the name.
What are your Worst Wrasses experiences? Lets get the unofficial "Avoid at all cost List" on this post.. First hand experience only
Thanks for watching everyone!
Well at one point live aquaria had harlequin tusk fish classifies as a wrasse and reef safe with caution....hahahahahah that boy devastated every shrimp,crab,snail,clam
CJ'S AQUARIUMS: hey cj been following you form tour old tank, what's ur plans for the new yr with the tank, are u just going to maintain or add more, I just start my first salt water tank today, what do you think about Dr Tim for cycling my tank or should I just wait it out...
TRAY NICE Dr Tim live bacteria works very well, I use that product when i started my tank. And i also set up the tank 4 days ago
Im a fan of waiting it out.. but ive heard people have success with it... my plan is to add 20-30 more corals then start growing out the tank.. jam packed with color and movement!
CJ'S AQUARIUMS: yea I like the right side of your tank nice color blending...
Coral Reef, Fish and Barry White style voice. Surely this is THE MOST perfect fish video on RUclips? lol!
That green wrasse, still my fav even though he has a thirst for snail blood!
I love wrasses... they're beautiful! I've only ever had a yellow coriss wrasse though. My elongate Dottyback does the same when I add new CUC members but leaves them alone for the most part after a while. She can be quite vicious toward inverts so I gotta keep an eye on her too. 👀💙🐠
good video buddy, I'm just about to set up a wrasse based tank myself. They are cool fish but like you say they need to be chosen carefully.
have you thought about trying breed wrasses? Would be so awesome. My dream has always been a wrasse tank, they are by far my favourite fish and its really a shame that even today most of the fish are still taken from the ocean. I guess with a little bit of effort and reading marine biology papers, many species could be captive bred nowadays. Unfortunately I haven't had a marine aquarium in many years.
Wow! Nice tank. I just started my first saltwater tank and I'm learning a lot.
I just got my first wrasse! Melanurus Wrasse. He's a beauty. Only fish I added that didn't hide and didn't get bullied by anyone. Did try picking at a nassarious snail.
Thank you
Brilliant. Thanks
Leopard wrasse kept attacking my mandarin was horrible to see both moved on when we moved house so now I'm patiently now for my new tank i say that but all I do is watch tank videos like this 😂 keep up the good work CJ
Great video. I have 12 or more wrasses in my tank. My Divided female hates my new Green Supermale Leopard and just started tolerating my Timor. Seems after time they co habitate. I just added an Oriental Maori and Hardwicki. Those two have adjusted well so far. I have several fairies and flashers as well.
That radiant wrasse is SO cool looking. It's interesting what you were saying about some wrasses not needing sand. I thought I couldn't have one since my substrate is crushed coral but it sounds like I might want to look into fairy wrasses!
LUNAR WRASSE!!!! Was a beast
Absolutely stunning display! Love my Wrasses too, but we got to be careful. Ive found that like Tangs, its best to add them all at the same time.
Very nice. The tank is really coming along. The only erase I kept in a reef was a six line. I named him Omar like the character in the wire. At first he was very timid as I added him to a tank with only a few fish and a established pecking order but in about a year he earned his name. He was able to eat anything he wanted swim in whoever's territory. When they seen him coming no one made any aggressive moves. No one crossed Omar. Unfortunately though Omar committed suicide and jumped out of the tank.
sick tank, i just got a twin spot wrasse that is a great dither fish, now all the fish that were hiding like Anne Frank now are out
Love the way that paddle wrasse looks...tank over all 👍
yea cant wait till it gets mature colors... thanks for watching man!
Very good video. Thanks CJ for this clip on wrasses. Since I have added my wrasses I don’t see my fire shrimps as well as coral beauty shrimp....but it’s ok as they are a key to keep those pests at bay....
had a green dragon wrasse once, ate anything that looked like a shrimp or a crab. all the dead hermit shells were turned over every day and checked, just in case he missed one. he was very ocd about the hermit shells. left snails alone though. would stare down the purple lobster every day but would never do anything. i think he was just waiting to get bigger before that fight.
Great footage of the savages CJ. I’ve got a small yellow corris wrasse and a tiny yellowtail tamarin wrasse. Apart from chasing each other around they are perfectly well behaved.
Got to say the 120 is really starting to come together dude. When those SPS colonies start to grow out it’s going to look awesome...
Great video! Just got a radiant wrasse from my local fish store. The guy knows a got corals and he only recommends reef safe to me always. And now that I get home I'm looking at videos and reading about it. And he is expert only on some websites .. non reef rafe and reef safe on others. I don't know what to believe!. How did it go with yours 3 yrs after this video!🤣 Thank you.
One of the best video on description of types of wrasses fishes. Keep it up cjs
Like the new tank man I had the ai prime for 2 years and my blue bulb burnt out switching to the a80
Love the aquascape bro. I just set up a 120 as well so I can definitely appreciate👍🏻 a good scape.
Thanks for the video on wrasses because it’s one of the types of fish I want to keep. Now I know who to avoid. 👍🏽
You should to some sort of talk radio. You are gifted in many ways, including understanding what people will think and ask ahead of time. Great voice of course. Great production. Good Job.
Going to make my 125 a wrasse tank. Thanks for the examples.
I’m surprised you don’t have any leopard wrasse....they are absolute model citizens in my tank...The blue star leopard is my favorite and the Potters is a beauty.....Also my Mystery wrasse is absolutely beautiful and he’s a model citizen as well....he same family as the newest addition you have...that pink wrasse...same personality...I call him the creep of my tank...he’s always on creep mode...so slick he always finds a way to creep his way into a situation
I agree with the size thing when it comes to shrimp, get the largest shrimp you can if you want to greatly decrease your odds of your wrasse eating them. I have a large melanarus I keep because it does a great job at eating pests, he will eat smaller shrimp but any large size shrimp he pays no attention to and honestly he's somewhat skittish of them. My coolest wrasse I've ever owned and also the most dangerous was the mystery wrasse, thing was like a straight alligator in my tank but looked awesome! He didn't give AF what size any invert was so sadly I had to eventually trade him in.
I love all those beautiful wrasses!!! I haveva six line wrasse and was told I may never be able to add another wrasse in my tank because the six line is just so mean. It is my favorite fish in my tank though. I could never get rid if him. Plus he is my flatworm preventative fish.... hopefully I never get them but just hard to control. Love your vids bud!!
Had horrible experience with two 6 line wrasses (not at same time). Never get one!!! Second worst experience was with scarlet pin stripe wrasse. I got him about 2 1/2 in when he grew to 3+ in it got extremely aggressive. Would fight with my big cleaner shrimp and Bengali cardinal. And was getting more aggressive to rest of tank mates. Had to get give him back to my LFS and purchased mystery wrasse which was a pretty penny.
Tank looks great man. I know next to nothing about reef tanks and fish but maybe over time they might get used to each other and calm down
Good tips for sleeping CJ. Tank looks amazing dude. Love it
Awesome review CJ thanks for sharing your beautiful tank & ur wrasse collections. I am a big fan of wrasses also, as i started to collect them because of their unique beauty and many different patters & colorations.
Love my wrasses. They give great movement and are always on the job. Great Video CJ
Great overview of your wrasses CJ, tank is looking great!
My current setup has the following wrasses:
-Green Wrasse
-Yellow Wrasse
-Ruby Head Fairy Wrasse (Male close to max size)
-Hooded flame Fairy Wrasse (Juvenile/Female)
-Six Line Wrasse
-Multi-color Lubbock's Wrasse (Tri-color Wrasse)
Only issues was the green wrasse chasing the yellow wrasse for about a week and now they are best buds who search rocks together. The Six line hates the Multi-color Lubbock's but doesn't usually try anything after getting hit by the Lubbock's one time. I've used to own a McCosker's Flasher, Linespot Flasher, Nebulous Wrasse and a Vrolick's Wrasse before a tank crash, and all were outstanding reef safe fish except the linespot hated my old yellow tang.
As one of the smaller wrasse species for me my six line wrasse absolutely smashed everything from clams to shrimp to even the feather dusters me working at a aquarium store and seeing how often people bring these guys back I’d never keep one again
The forums talk about the blue head wrasse. Most agree to avoid for mixed tanks. Also my yellow Coris wrasse is also a model citizen. He went from a small 2 inch guy a year ago to a 4 inch super I'd say. His face is very pronounced. Pictures would never do him Justice.
Nice tank! Yeah I totally agree with your statement! I love Wrasses though, and at one time or another I have kept each species you have. My favorite being the blue headed wrasse. However he killed my China Wrasse, and then went after my leopards. I traded him in to my LFS. My male melenarous went after my new Kuiters Leopard Wrasse. So I traded him in a few weeks ago. Mixing wrasses is never an exact science.
I see you have a powder blue tang! How is he? I have a purple tang, and a Passer Angel. Do you think they will all get along? I would love a powder blue tang!
Your paddlefin wrasse is awesome!
A couple of wrasse to try are pylei, pink margin, meleagris if you can get nice males of them they are awesome fish. Wish I never got rid of mine.
Good video the tank is coming along nice cant wait to see the sps grow in.
My damn cleaner wrasse is snail killer, it's killed multiple snails, i didn't realise at first but i really wanted a few conch snails but put one in and my cleaner wrasse attacked it till It died, lucky it does such a good job on keeping my fish clean lol
The reef is really starting to take off now dude.
Great video. Thanks for the first hand account, always better than what’s reported at live aquaria or the lfs. I’ve had nothing but leopard wrasses (blue star, choati, and jeweled); all were/are model citizens.
Just found this channel instantly addicted your tank looks sweet 👍
Awesome CJ! Thanks again. Just ordered a shirt too!
Been waiting for a video like this all year THANKS BRO
Hi CJ.
I have a small tri color fairy wrasse and it is a model citizen - never bothers anybody and looks great. I also have a Christmas Wrasse (looks similar to a Melenarus) and he terrorizes my cleanup crew. I can't keep snails for long, and I'm pretty sure he took out my porcelain crab while I was on vacation. He doesn't bother the other wrasse though and he's constantly on the hunt (and has wiped out) pests, so I'm hesitant to get rid of him. He's by far the biggest fish in my tank (5 inches) and keeps the sand bed turned at least. Maybe if I downsized I'd have better luck with keeping snails? 🐌
Anyway, great video as always.
I only have one Solar Fairy Wrasse at the moment...he or she is in my quarantine tank. Should be able to move it to my main tank next week. He gets along well so far with my clowns, but they are in QT too LOL. Im looking forward to seeing how it gets along with the firefish, clown goby, and the lawnmower blenny. Not sure If I will add more than one wrasse to this tank.
u can try Red Corsi wrasse ... its really a beautyful fish
Your tank is coming along great! Keep the vids coming!
Nice tank setup! the warsse looks nice!
Miss your Reef channel brotha! Hopefully your back soon.
Nice video
Righteous tank CJ
Happy new year cj. im seeing a trend inReef tanks. seem to be a big tank with varieties of fish. I would have alot of twenty for spawning pairs. And one big reef (pond with window) for the fry. But I'll need to looks and see reef fry videos. All I've seen were clown fish fries. Basically good video. I wonder if I should try my twenty gallon tall, as a one fish reef. After I finish organising and things. And a big reef looks to draw good opinions.
Great info and fantastic footage!
chick this gie out he knows what hes tocking about 🤣sweet keep up the good work keep them comeing happy new🎆 year
I have a leopard wrasse and he is awesome I believe he is reef safe but i do have some casualties on snails and hermit crabs also my peppermint shrimp are gone, but don't want to blame him! Haha
Great video, lots of good wrasse info
Worst Wrasse experience? Well, of my smaller species, my 6 line went ape over Fairy I tried to introduce on two occasions. Tormented them into hiding and eventual starvation. Couldnt get them out w/o dismantling the tank! I have a Dragon/Rock Mover about 4.5" long and he Also destroyed a Coris I tried to introduce. Now I have a 5" Lunare male, and he doesnt mess with the BIG boy lol. The Purple tang-6" and the Lunare go chasing same as with your PB Tang. All in all, the Wrasse species are beautiful, are very entertaining, but Im constantly on edge when they get punky lol. The 6 line is the only Wrasse in my 50gal column. The tangs, Triggers and BIG Wrasses are in the 120 fowlr tank.
You do a great job 👏🏾
Usually as long as u add the cleaner shrimps b4 u add any wrasse that preys on shrimp they should leave them alone. But if u try to add any new shrimp in the system after the fish is already in there and maturing in the tank they will kill every new shrimp added. This happened with my Mystery Wrasse I couldn't figure out why he would kill every cleaner shrimp I put in even tho I had sum in there already. Well that was the reason it was bcus those shrimp were in the tank b4 he was.. Check out the mystery wrasse there very beautiful fish maybe u can add 1 to the reef..
My melanaris wrasse is probably the reason for all of my mysterious dead snails. hahaha
Happy New Year and nice update
I have a special place in my heart for fairy and flasher wrasses
Any thoughts on the Lunare Wrasse? I bought one but have heard different things, so I am hesitant on putting in my banded coral shrimp, peppermint shrimp, snails, hermit crabs...
Great review...ty 👍
Love the wrasse my flasher wrasse the bomb he’s so active in my tank and the six line beautiful but he hides too much.
I have a 5 inch pinkface, 5 inch yellowtail corris wrasse, 6 inch Harlequin Tusk and a 8inch Green Bird Wrasse in my 8ft tank with bunch of other angel, butterfly, tiggers ... all semi-aggressive type .. no aggression in tank. Can I add a Flasher wrasse? I am looking for active large fish or active school of birght color fishes that I can add with semi-agressive ...
Thinking of adding a Melanurus how did yours turn out.... worried about my wife’s cleaner shrimp... it’s been in the tank since it started!
Good video as always.
I ordered off of live aquaria an adult red coris wrasse my dream fish and they sent me a Formosa wrasse juvenile.
Hey CJ, you said it pretty much dude.. The bigger they get and the fatter they get (basically as they grow physically and in comfort), they change.. And I've had and love wrasse.. I've had and love the coris, the melanarus(two of them), and a few others that you have. And dude, they are going to eat the inverts.. You can keep them full, and fat, and they will do it for sport.. They are kind of like triggers, in which they can and do flip the switch overnight.. So just be very ready.. And a wrasse fight, if they really want to fight is a very messy and nasty fight to the death... Even after they are dead. I have never seen anything like it.. So just be warned. And some of those Tangs (the Tomi especially) can be nasty too. Just be on the lookout.. And my most dangerous by far was the lunar, but I had a tusk that was pretty rough also at times.. But the lunar actually made me dislike wrasse for years...
(jade) Green wrasse are awesome, but they lose their color as they get older. Mine killed a tail spot goby when it got full size.
Juicy video, well done!
What's your take on a dragon and luner wrasse
I have a flasher wrasse and introduced a fairy wrasse of supposedly compatible species
The flasher accepted the fairy without issue after acclimation, but now that the fairy has grown a little it chases and bullies my flasher a bit
Very unfortunate
Hey CJ! Thanks for sharing! My question is i bought a blue head fairy wrasse. Is this the same you were talking about on your number 1 wrasse?
Love the Radiant Wrasse. Heard they were difficult to keep?
So i have added the jade wrasse (green coris wrasse) and the christmas wrasse to my tank and one of them has eaten two of my cleaner shrimp and one coral banded shrimp. I have had these shrimps for 2 years. They were big and fat. I suspect it was the green coris wrasse that did them in. Now i have to make a decision. Do i remove them so i can put back my cleaner shrimp or not? I love the behavior of the cleaner shrimps but I also love the job the wrasse was doing? Not sure how this will go. I feel your shrimp may be in danger
Nice Job CJ!! Good info where would you rank a six line?
6 line for sure worst but I have a mystery wrasse right now and is awesome
What coral dips have you used CJ?
I’ve stopped keeping wrasses as time goes by they will change colour to a brighter and shinier colour and they will be carnivorous that our corals will be a snack for them
Great video loving all ur colorful fishes. Do you know wat is causing your Rose Bubble tip to split?
My wrasse destroy my clean up crew. Crazy
I’m sure I’ll eventually buy a tank for a salt water system. Really torn on size. Should a stay small or just get size out of the gate?
Go big as your budget and space allows
@@CJSAQUARIUMS what will 35 bucks get me? Joking. That’s what they all say, must be true. Thanks for the input. 👍
6 line
Happy New year's
A dragon wrasse is crazy
Love your tank and videos! I'm shocked you don't catch the blue head and get him out of there...as they don't do anything for pest control. I agree with all your other wrasse choices, as I have a big ol' yellow corris wrasse in my tank (5-6"), he and my big leopard wrasse do an awesome job as pest hunting in my tank. My yellow corris wrasse and be kind of a bully some times, but never hurt any of my other wrasses. Check my videos for some old videos, I too am a wrasse junky. I need to make a new video, tank has gown quite a bit. I need to learn to make videos as good as yours with my phone. I've watched your video on it, but just can't get it down well.
Love your content. Have you ever kept a China Wrasse? They are considered advanced because it is hard to get them to eat.
Yes died outta nowhere
love the scape!
do you mind telling what mode your gyres are running on and at what %?
Lawrence %40-%50 pulse mode anti synced .8 seconds for a standing wave
CJ. I have 2 fire shrimp in my tank. good size. do think think I could safely add a Yellow Coris wrasse to my tank?
Tim's Tank yes of shrimp are already established you should be fine
Hey, i habe a question.
Is it ok to keep two trigger fish? I have one at the moment. I don't recall the type but it's one of the reef safe triggers and i really want to add the blue jaw... just not sure if that's a good idea lol
How is the flame angel doing so far? I want to add one but heard it nips on corals.
I have get 13 warss, 9 species in my 300l tank.
yellow warss
longfin fairy wrass X2
clown warss X2
2 kind of candy cany warss
pencil warss
and few other fairy wrass i can't tale the name.
can i know ur tank size by inch or feet
My worst wrasse is my common cleaner wrasse he used to dive boom my snowmflake eel and killed another cleaner wrasse infront of me. Heartless