bast wrass

[Neal359]

what do you think is the best looking wrass out their
ps pics would be apreciated:eek3:

[reptilicus]

OK I can't be bothered finding pics right now, if you can't find any let me know I will find some.
I have had FOWLR for almost 10 years and kept a great many wrasses in that time, they are one of my favourite fish, although I have none at the moment as I only have a reef and have no room left at present. I am actually considering adding a small Halichoeres chrysus but that is still not decided.
There are so many cool wrasses out there, it is hard to name one. So I'll name a few.
Coris gaimard (Yellow tail Coris, Red Coris, Flame Wrasse)
Thalassoma spp (there are many cool wrasses in this genus, T. lunare, T. lutescens and T. quinquevittattum are all beautiful and very fun to watch. I have also kept T. janseni
Biodanus sp. have some nice fish.
Macropharyngodon sp. are nice
Halichoeres are also great

There are so many good wrasses, it just depends what your personal taste is and what type of system you have. If I had a 180g FOWLR with fairly boisterous tankmates I'd definitely go for a Thalassoma of some kind. In a reef, I prefer quieter species such as Halichoeres chrysus. But definitely get some wrasse, just research before you buy, make sure you choose your wrasse wisely. There are enough out there I'm sure you'll find something that suits you.
Regards,
Tom

[Sker]

Flame Wrasse, male



Australian Choati Wrasse



Scott's fairy wrasse

Here are a few I could not find a picture of my favorite wrasse which is a Lineatus Fairy Wrasse (Carrhilabrus lineatus).

Sker

[idrum]

Is your tank reef or FO.

For Reef:

- Scotts Fairy Wrasse
- any of the Flasher Wrasses (Carpenter, Flame, Filament)
- Linneatus (very expensive)
- Solarensis
- any of the fairy wrasses (cirrhalabreus)
- Halichores (XMAS Wrasse, Wardleys)

Non Reef (in addition to above)

- Lunare
- Lutescens (Sunset)
- Harlequin Tusk

I just bought a fairy wrasse (cirrhalabreus) that's unidentified, but he's lime green, purple and pink - very active and very pretty.

I would suggest checking out pics on:

exoticfish.com, flyingfishexpress.com or petwarehouse.com

[chromis]

what about a six-line wrasse? Thats my favorite, do they eat snails? I was going to use it for clams but if it eats like strombus or turbos then I wont get one.

Andrew

[Penguin]

Another vote for the Yellow wrasse (T. lutescencs), but not for reef.