Fairy wrasse Photo Library

[bronco7777]

Solar Fairies
Scott's Fairies
Temmnick's Fairies
Blue Scaled Fairies
Black-finned fairies
Exquisite Fairies

All these fish tend to lose their colors a bit if they don'y have a harem of females. When I say they lose colors its primarily their beautiful nuptial or courtship colors. Obviously without a mate to court the darker colored fairies (blue's/browns/greens) tend to
fade.

The in-between group - this means they may fade a bit but not alot:

Rhomboid Fairy
Pyle's Fairy
Pink-Margin Fairy
Goldbar fairy
Yellow-flanked fairy

Here are the fish that tend to keep their colors well, regardless of wether or not there is a harem:

Labout's
Flame
Social Fairy
Conde's Fairy
Lineatus Fairy
Yellowfin Fairy
Lubbock's Fairy
Rosy-fin Fairy
Orange Back fairy

(It seems to me that the fish that have the red-orange coloration or the hot pinks & yellows tend to keep their colors better than the blues & greens)

Please note that the fish listed in this post are the only fish I have had experience with or owned.......if a fish is not listed here, wether it be as a color fader or not, then I cannot confirm if they are faders or not.

[kmc]

Thanks, Bronco777. Great and informative post. The pics and posts you've given us in the past inspired me to buy a pair of lineatus wrasses this week. I've got questions about them which I've posted in this forum, but I won't put them here -- wouldn't want to get the thread off-track.

Keith

[Chris777]

So Exquisite Fairies they just wont have the bright colors they would bring up when they would be trying to atracted a female? Like the picture you have up do you mean it will dull out or i dont exactly understand what you mean i guess.

[tacocat]

HEy my laboutei doesn't have that yellow stripe sbove the eye. I wonder if mine is a female.

[Chris777]

I was wondering if you know what type of fairy wrasse this is? I could seem to get a good picture of him cause sometimes he will change his color when he/she is looking at his/herself in the side of the tank.Heres one picture





Heres one more:

[Jus Reefin]

Awesome thread. I purchased my first Fairy wrasse ( carpentars) a couple weeks ago. I have never seen it since it went into the tank

I really love these fish and was planning on mainly having them only in my tank. Now I am skeptical cause of what happened

[bronco7777]

Chris777,

Its hard to tell from the pics. But I would take a guess and say its a female Conde's Fairy looking at the shape and colors. More pictures may help.

However, if its a juvenile fairy it may be undestinguishable until it matures more. Several juvenile fairies are identical when they are young and sometimes hard to recognize.

[FishF00d]

Jus Reefin, what are the other fish in your tank? The same thing happened to me when i got my scotts fairy. I went to a wedding the next weekend and came back and he was gone? I had a purple tang who was rough on new fish and i also had a six line which according to bronco will not react well to any of the fairys.

[Jus Reefin]

The only other fish are a purple dottyback and mandarian goby. It's a 179g tank. I was really upset cause these fish are not common at my LFS so I had to order it.

[FishF00d]

I think the Dottyback may be the problem. Bronco777 might be able to shed more light on it but i recall him telling me in a PM to stay away from the dottybacks that they will attack them.

"Otherwise outside enemies include: Pseudochromis (except orchids), sixline wrasses, Some Anthias, Carpet anenome's (Notorious wrasse catchers at night)." That is what he posted earlier in the post.

[tacocat]

A carpenter is a flasher wrasse. these are similar to fairy wrasses, but they are more passive, and have a higher proclivity to jump.

[Jus Reefin]

My bad I though the Flasher wrasse were in the "Fairy" family. There is no where for it to jump accept for into the overflow and down the drain. A peppermint took the ride but no fish.............yet

[bronco7777]

Dottybacks are known for attacking fairy and flashers wrasses. Flasher wrasses tend to be alot smaller than fairy wrasses.

If you have a purple or strawberry dottyback, those things are just plain mean to fairies. Now there is one exception.....a orchid dottyback looks just like a strawberry but has a very mild desposition. So mild in fact that you can actually keep more than one in the same tank.....which is something you would never do with say a neon dottyback or strawberry.

[Chris777]

I have more pictures i just need to edit them so they will upload onto here.

[bronco7777]

Temminck's Fairy Wrasse - aka (Peacock Fairy or Blue-Stripe Fairy)
cirrhilabrus temminckii
Come from: Japan / Malaysia / Indonesia / Western Austrailia
Fairy Size Category: Medium (3.9" as adult)
Colors: HIGHLY VARIABLE - These fish are so widespread and their colors vary quite a bit from sea to sea. Mainly available in the trade are the ones pictured below:
Brown underside, red-orange upper body. Red trim on fins and small blue dots everywhere. Males get a yellow stripe down the length of the body. When they flash their nuptial colors are bets are off....just about any color can be demonstrated.
Availability: Occasional
Here's a picture of one I had with a male Pyle's next to it.

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[Chris777]

Bronco7777,

Try going here you should be able to veiw it and make the picture bigger if not let me know.

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/soh_sk....net/my_photos

[bronco7777]

Rosy-Fin Fairy Wrasse
cirrhilabrus (undescribed)
Comes from: Coral Sea very deep water
Fairy size category: Small (3.2" as adults)
Colors: Red and Yellow with black and magenta trim on the dorsal. Blue pink and black trim on the tail.
Availability: Rare

These are a young juvenile pair. At this age not much distinguishes one from the other.

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In this picture a rhomboid comes to check out the new additions:
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[bronco7777]

Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse
cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Comes from: Philippines / Flores Seas
Fairy Size Category: Small (3.0" as adult)
Colors: Two types. The most common as pictured below is a metallic combination of purple, orange, yellow, and pink. Females are mostly pick with some yellow trim.
Another type of lubbock's that comes from the Sangihe Islands is a light lavender body color with with two black stripes. The face is purple orange.
Availability: Common

[bronco7777]

Chris,

I can't get in to that Yahoo page. Its login accessible only

[Chris777]

ok well that didnt work how i wanted it to. Do you know anywhere i can upload them to so i dont have to edit them it takes forever to do.

[Flipturn88]

This is a wonderful thread! I love fairy wrasses!!

[Jus Reefin]

He was a little smaller then the dotty. It's funny cause the dotty seems like the most shyest,passive fish I have ever owned. Do you think I would be ok if I got 2-3 wrasses at a time???

[Chris777]

Bronco7777,

You should be able to view the site now i had it set so it was private now it is public so you should be able to look now.


http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/soh_s...l.net/my_photos

[zaslax]

How many fairies and what kind of fairies can i put in a 46g bowfront? I can't afford the expensive ones. Thanks. Siders

[Chris777]

From what ive looked at most fairy wrasses are cheap in no sense. Cheapest Fairy wrasse i have seen was like $40