Yellow Coris Wrasse

MikeNapoli · Mar 17, 2008

Just got one to take care of my feather duster problem. I read in the fish book that they will go after fan worms/feather dusters. Hope the book is right.

So I acclmated him for 2 hours and I just put him in the tank. After about 1/10th of a lap he burried himself in the sand ... completely disappeared.

Not sure if he's just scared of the 3 large tangs and the watanabe I have but I hope he comes out of the sand hungry.

blange3 · Mar 18, 2008

They bury themselves at night. He'll be out and working in the morning.

Careful, they are expert carpet surfers!

MikeNapoli · Mar 18, 2008

blange3 said:
They bury themselves at night. He'll be out and working in the morning.

Careful, they are expert carpet surfers!

Yeah, and I don't have covers on my tank.

I may cut up some eggcrate just incase.

MikeNapoli · Mar 19, 2008

Found my Coris Wrasse playing with my anemone this morning ... no he was not alive.

Subliminal · Mar 19, 2008

Explain 'feather duster problem'?

???

MikeNapoli · Mar 19, 2008

I have featherdusters, small, little, black, ugly featherdusters all over my rocks.

Subliminal · Mar 19, 2008

Gotcha. So its not that they're problematic, it's just that you don't like them.

I was a little confused as I'd always thought they were harmless filterfeeders that actually do more help than harm, and whose population would ebb with the available foodstuffs.

I just looked at your mac site...your tank looks great!

blange3 · Mar 19, 2008

Sorry about the wrasse, Mike.

Mine lived alongside my LTA with no problems, until he went carpet surfing.

MikeNapoli · Mar 19, 2008

I don't think it was the Nem that got him.

After looking at the body I noticed his tail had been torn up. I think he was being harrassed by the Tangs and after he final died he happened to land in the Anemone.

I'll never know though.

Hawkeye · Mar 19, 2008

MikeNapoli said:
I don't think it was the Nem that got him.

After looking at the body I noticed his tail had been torn up. I think he was being harrassed by the Tangs and after he final died he happened to land in the Anemone.

I'll never know though.

that stinks.... :'(