marine betta question

[Nick]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod ... pcatid=551
green mandarin?

[kilofey]

no but those are pretty.... arent they SUPER hard to feed? or am i thinking of something else

[CarmenH]

I was at the LFS yesterday and thought of your question...could this be it? Six Line Wrasse? They are really pretty, and fun! We thopught one was sick but it was just playing by surfing in the current, over and over again!

[kilofey]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes!!!!!!!!!! thats it! thanks!

[Mek0ng]

Ahh, that is a great fish. At the begging of this thread I talked of a fish that would steal food from the betta, that is the type of fish that did it.

They are little food seeking missiles, very active and fun fish. They can be aggressive towards other wrasse and can scare timid fish, like a betta.

[kilofey]

so i couldnt have a tank of just those? lol darn cause i so would have

[CarmenH]

They really were so pretty and fun. Would you consider them reef safe? Are they best kept as singles, schools? I've got an empty-of-fish marine 90g and have no idea what to get! I have a fair number or soft corals, zoas and polyps I'd prefer to not have eaten Although part of me still wants to roll the dice on a valentini or GSP

[kilofey]

get one of those six lines for me! lol, you keep it in your tank, and just post pix here and there so i can look at your gorgeous fish xD

[CarmenH]

Lol, we'll see. I have to decide where I'm going with the tank. Definitely nothing exotic/expensive/difficult but ??? I've been doing fw for so long, I have a really good idea what goes with what and what the basic requirements most fw fish have but in the marine section, I'm still the wide-eyed newby without a clue

[Mek0ng]

They really were so pretty and fun. Would you consider them reef safe? Are they best kept as singles, schools? I've got an empty-of-fish marine 90g and have no idea what to get! I have a fair number or soft corals, zoas and polyps I'd prefer to not have eaten Although part of me still wants to roll the dice on a valentini or GSP

Single, and no other wrasse. Considered reef safe, but will eat worms and small stuff like that, not interested in corals. Mine pulled my Hawaiian feather dusters out of their tubes. They can jump, so have some sort of protection for that. Mine jumped out of the tank one day when I was feeding, into the cup that had the krill and mysis... They control flat worm and small pest snails, great to have!

Check out others of the same genus:

[Brent]

I really like that first picture there... What is it?

[kilofey]

whats the seccond to the last?? hese pretty! and the first one is funny looking he looks like hes got a big ole smile on his face hehe... very pretty but comical too

[kilofey]

im glad i started this thread, found some gorgeous sw fish to consider when i finally get the guts to start a sw tank lol... and because its fun once in a while to go off on a tangent and talk about whatever pops in my head like pretty wrasses

[Flutter]

That's what I was thinking. You need a marine tank now

[Mek0ng]

They are all Pseudocheilinus wrasses, just like the sixline, pretty much the same temperament and care.

First to last:
Mystery Wrasse
Scarlet Pin Stripe Wrasse
Four line
Pink-Streaked Wrasse