All about Wrasses! Species Care, Feeding and More! Species Spotlight with Hilary
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- Fairy Wrasses, Flasher Wrasses, Six Line Wrasses, and more! Today Hilary breaks down the major wrasses that we see in the aquarium industry and everything you need to know to keep them happy and healthy!
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I appreciate that you're an actual marine biologist telling hobbyists how to take care of fish. LISTEN TO HILARY!!!
Amen to this!!!
:) Awe thanks, I appreciate all you help, these wouldn't be the same without all your amazing photos!
Dude I know that’s kinda cool and genius
@@WaterLoggedLife hi Hilary, I accidentally turned on my power head while my six line was sleeping. The next day he was swimming ok (lost color) but today he’s gone. Is he shrimp food now?
@@jimmypark6759 Hi Jimmy, it's hard to say, its possible that it may have passed away, sometimes when they get scared they can hide for several days, so it could be that. Consider adding something like DrTim's Aquatics First Defense. If it is still alive it will help to boost its immune system and reduce its stress.
I feel like I'm going to be a saltwater fish expert by the end of this series! Thanks HIlary!
I hope so, even if not an expert, hopefully confident enough to select the right fish for you and your many tanks 😉
she’s a marine biologist, spittin facts, and she’s pretty! lord have mercy
haha thanks I do love fish and its always a pleasure when I can share my passion with others.
marriage material for sure ;o)
Found the simp
Six-line wrasse is my absolute favorite i grew up having a six-line wrasse and it was so tough and had so much personality. I’m an adult now and I have my own tank with another six-line it brings back such a great feeling
Awesome explaination Hillary. Teaching my kids the wrasses this morning and saw your chat. Loved the way you broke it down
Great job Hilary. Great information and very professional. Really enjoyed your video! Thank You!
Thank you so much Lindsay, I appreciate that and am glad to hear you enjoyed it. Do you have a favorite group of fish?
Hands down the Mandarin is my favourite fish. Even better now that they are being tank bred. I started my first tank and let it sit for a year with 100 pounds of live rock just to own one. Amazing species. Love all of them but they are my favourite.
Hillary is an excellent presenter.
My favorite is the Lineatus Fairy wrasse
Having been in the hobby awhile now, I have had a few wrasses over the years. I really like them overall, but my favorites are the fairy wrasses. I currently have a pair of Flame Wrasses which I have in my 125 gallon reef tank. I have had them for about a year and a half. They are very beautiful and peaceful fish.
OOh lucky you! Flame wrasses are so beautiful! I have to agree with you those fairy wrasses are some of my favorites.
Some great info regarding these beauties, thank you.. I have lost 3 or 4 wrasses in the past l because of a lid that was off (my stupidity) or just a small crease where they can squeeze through. These fish are one of my favorites particularly the Labouti & Lineatus..
I am happy to hear that you enjoyed it and that you too are a fan of the Laboute. Sad to hear about your losses. It never ceases to amaze me the small holes they manage to get out of. Do you have any in your tanks now?
Water Logged Hi, I only have one melanarus in my frag tank. In my main display (600g) tank I plan to put several wrasses in there 😀
Really like the "display" of the Naokos Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus naokoae) and can spend ages watching it. Tends to spend a lot of it's time high up in the water column unlike most fish. Although stressed in the video, remember to do research.. The Dragon wrasse (Novaculichthys taeniourus) shown for example, is not reef safe and is likely to upset your rockwork (also known as the rockmover wrasse) although the juvenile looks really cool.
Ooh! Thats another one I didn't get to talk about, but is such a great looking wrasse! I haven't seen a Naokos wrasse in what seems like years. Yes! It is so important to do your research.
I love the melanurus wrasse. The ones I have had eat anything I throw in the tank. My daily food is pellets x 2-3 times per day, and brine shrimp twice a week. He also love peppermint shrimp.
Very informative thank you
Its a very pretty video. I also like wrasses.
Napoleon Wrasse is my fav.
Love my 6-line and my melanarious
Those are the same 2 I ended up adopting. My 6line is so curious, is yours?
I currently own 3 wrasses but I have owned 5 in total and still want more:
In order I owned them:
Naoko wrasse (lived about 2-3 months before it jumped into the netting too many times and died of a swim bladder issue)
Silver belly wrasse ( lived 2-3 months before it did the same thing as the naoko)
Now:
Jade wrasse (Still alive and has been for about 1-2 months)
Radiant wrasse (Introduced yesterday and has been in the store for about a week to 2 weeks)
Lubbock’s fairywrasse (same as the radiant)
Those are some of our favorites :)
Marine Depot Aquarium Supplies yeah, the radiant and lubbocks are having the time of their life and the tang ignored them after 30 minutes-1 hour of chasing
my six Line is queen. She takes care of her colony...1 ocelaris 1 flame hawk, 1 yellow tang, red or scarlet shrimp, flame angel.... they all tell me don't put nothing in here, we good over in here... unless it's another ocelaris or some beneficial coral.
I have a Flasher Wrasse. My dream fish is a Leopard Wrasse. I hope to get one eventually.
What kind of flasher do you have?
@@WaterLoggedLife I think it's the McCoskers wrasse.
Surge wrasse is my fav, but as far as reef safe wrasses, it would be my McCosker's wrasse, love him.
Dragon wrasse is my favorite. Good information on the other wrasses.
They are such cool looking wrasses! There are so many different and wonderful wrasses out there it was hard to pick such a small handful to talk about.
Love the look of them, especially the juvinile and maybe if I didn't have a reef tank... Not reef safe and are large when grown.
Could u share with us how to QT newly bought wrasses?
It’s the same as any other fish depending on how sensitive they are
Mystery Wrasse is my favorite reef fish ever
Live shrimp is my wrasse favorite food.
Good info on a very diverse species
I have a crush on Hillary 😍
my six Line loves to eat newbs... I don't try that any more. I guess I learned the six Iine wrasse way. Six lines means only 6 fish in here per
The Holmes Reef Scott’s Fairy is my favorite but it’s impossible to find.
I love the Sixline wrass but I have a 29 gallon aquarium ,so it is not possible to keep it. In the future I would like to upgrade to a 100 gallon which I think it will be a great home for this fish.
6-lines are such great little fish! That 100g sounds like a great plan, lots of space to swim and for some fun tankmates.
Hi thanks for the great vids. Tangs wrasse and how about clown fishes and gobies. And also please do clean up crews like/sand cleaning/invertes. ultarian fishes. Thanks
Glad you are enjoying them. Fear not, both of those groups are on the list of videos to make. I'm glad you mentioned the clean up crew, I've been debating if I should do one on them too. I am a big fan of having as much of a functioning ecosystem as possible. Id rather add a fish or clean up crew to take care of a pest if I can. Do you have a favorite fish?
I hear wrasse so many times, it sometimes sounds like a**. Lol, great video!!😉 my wrasse will eat everything.
That is great! What kind of wrasse do you have?
@@WaterLoggedLife it's a blue sided fairy
Fairy wrasses are probably my favorite group of wrasses just because of their colors.
Very timid but I like my yellow banded possum wrasse, he’s gotten more comfortable over the last 3 months I’ve owned him but he’s still a shy fish. He hangs around my yellow eyed kole tang a bit
I like the pirate ship; rare to see ornaments like that in a marine tank and not look tacky.
Perhaps I've missed it, so I apologize if so; but, I wonder if you could do a similar video on dragonets, especially the Mandarin Goby. Love all your informational videos! Thank you.
Love my broomtail, red breasted and gold bar pair!!!
Oh fantastic! How long have you had them?
Water Logged I have had the broomtail for just about 6 months- he is about 8”. Have had the red breasted for about a year and the pair of gold bars for 2 years. Also have a red coris, Aussie tusk, surge and dragon wrasse in the tank. It is a 650 and fortunately between size of tank and aqua scale layout haven’t had any major aggression issues. In my experience aquascaping is a powerful part of tank design to minimize aggression . Plenty of hide outs and line of sight breaks!
Yes so true! It sounds like you've got a good amount of space for everyone!
She is wonderful
Always enjoy your videos I’d like to see a video on angel fish dwarf and bigger angels 🐠 love my female Leopard wrasse
Thank you! Definitely stay tuned for the next videos, because Angels are on my list :) How long have you had your Leopard wrasse?
Water Logged I hade her a little over 2 years here name is Leah
@@bigjay4142 thats awesome! I always enjoy hearing what names other people come up with for their fish.
Water Logged I’m keeping Salt water for the last seven years But had freshwater tanks for 35+ years
so so nice 😍
I would love to add some fairy and flasher wrasses to my tank but my Super Male (appropriately names Sharkey) is not happy with other similar shaped species.
Ah yes, gotta love those super males, beautiful but so aggressive
I have a red head Solen fairy and is so pretty and if it is a male of female it is so pretty both are amazing
Do all of the fairy and flasher wrasse work well in a shoal/harem?
She just redeemed the name Hillary
You picked up a product that you said would help with a wrasse newly added to a tank but never said what the product was. It was in a bottle when you were sitting a the table in the last section of video. Something to help with their immune system I believe. What was it?
Ooh I believe that is the DrTims Aquatics First Defense... great product. Helpful for new fish or established fish who have gotten stressed. It's one of the products I like to keep on hand just in case
Hello everyone!
I have a 32g BioCube, I am new to the reef hobby, and I was looking forward to get a Wrasse so it could eat some of the pests, but I saw this video that it might not fit in my 32g tank. Does anyone have any alternate option for a wrasse that can help eat pests?
I recently got a melanurus wrasse and my tank is 3ft about 40G. Also I have half of the tank small fine sand and the other half small crushed coral type.
Am I going to be in trouble? I'm a very experienced freshwater person but newish to marine.
Also why does my wrasse destroy nori but not eat it?
I love you my female Wrasse. She was super confident the minute I put her in the tank. She stole my puffers food within 5 minutes and followed me straight away.
I also find it super cute the she has a strict bed time of 6pm lol
Great info on wrasses! Def my fav fish family. I have a few specie of fairy, flasher and leopards. They are very active and interesting to watch. Would love to try tamarins like the red tail or my dream fish blue stripe.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it! They are so relaxing to watch, what fairy wrasses do you have?
@@WaterLoggedLife I have a flame, pintail, orangeback, fiji exquisite and african exquisite. Fairy wrasses are so awesome!
Oh wow, you've got a wonderful collection of them!
Is 6 line the only that eat bristle worms/ vermatids? I am wanting to get a flasher wrasse so hoping they do the same@
What about bi color cleaner wrasses?
Would a melanurus wrasse eat clams on the half shell?
Thank you so much for the informative video! I love your videos, very helpful. What type of live copepods and brand did you show in the video can't quite read the label.
This is a little bit of an older video, so I'm not sure of the brand featured. BUT, we do have Algae Barn copepods available on the BRS website. The pods at the link below are the same type as the ones featured in this video 🙂
www.bulkreefsupply.com/tisbee-pods-algaebarn.html
Thank you so much for this information. I am going to order these :)
I have a Lunare wrasse. I am thinking of getting a 6 line wrasse. Will they get along? How are they with coral banded shrimp, turbo snails, and emerald crabs?
I’ve kept 2, a six line and a melanurus. Recently lost my melanurus to my emerald crab... and a starry blenny too. Said week LOL, finally got the crab though
Edit: is a melanurus wrasse a Christmas wrasse?
If I wanted to get a bristle worm eater I would get a bicolor goatfish if you have the right tank size I wouldn’t get it for that reason I would get it for the beauty my opinion it is an added bonus
6 line wrasse! But be careful they like to jump. Give them somewhere to hide :)
Yes! I recently adopted a 6line from a friend and he is always darting in and out of the rocks and shells
Could yall do a video on the Geometric Pygmy Hawkfish?
I will definitely keep them in mind for a future video... hawks have such fun personalities
honestly, i wish had the space for a pygmy hawk, I got a flame hawk and it has so much personality
@@skitf_001 They do!
I heard that melanurus wrasses could eat cleaner shrimp. Is that true?
I have a clown head fairy wrasse, he is about 3 inches
I had to look this one up, I've never heard them called that, but I like it better than a Red Solon wrasse, I think its a better, more descriptive name. How long have you had him?
Water Logged I’ve had him for a couple months
Your 6 line eats vermatid? Wish my Melanurus would
I haven't seen it, but they are supposed to, and the number of them in my tank has definitely gone down.
Bird Wrasse
Xx
She's a hot soccer mom and she a biologist
No rock in that tank? and a freshwater decoration .... yuck
There is a bunch of rock work, it was hidden behind where I sat. That tank is the home of my XXL Red Hairy hermit crab who likes to move the rock around and climb all over the ship...it looks pretty cool when he climbs up and sits on the top mast of the ship.
Immediately clicked off with those tank size requirements😂 you people are ridiculous if you think a 6 line requires a 55.
Quel relitto dentro all'acquario fa veramente schifo gli acquari sono belli al naturale cercando di riprodurre i reef ......
È una struttura di arrampicata per un grande paguro
She kinda looks like the AT&T girl
Going over to BRSTV better content.
Ok
Change the host
Why, do you have a problem with women that are smarter then you?
Dang Hillary is fine.
She is beautiful , makes it very easy for her to teach you, you actually pay attention to everything she says as you watch her !