How long will fish...

[JRod]

chase each other around.

I have a 120 and 3 wrasses in there for over 8 months.
An XMas, Solarensus and a Red Bodied Wrasse. About 1 week ago I added a Labouti Wrasse that the wrasses chase. I have had fish chase before but not this long. The Labouti comes out occasionally but runs back in.

How long will this chase continue?

 

[marrone]

How long will this chase continue?

Until the one fish dies. It's best to remove and get rid of the new fish or one of the others.

 

[masterswimmer]

Mike, I don't know how feasible it is for JRod, but would rearranging the rockwork help? I know sometimes it's a territorial issue.

swimmer

 

[marrone]

Wrasses are very aggressive toward other wrasses and moving around the rocks really isn't going to do much. I'm very surprised at this point that the wrasse hasn't jump out or been beaten up very badly. The only chance would be to remove the other wrasses and give the Labouti a chance, then re-introduce the other wrasses. What may happen though is that the Labouti may then attack the other wrasses. Usually if it doesn't work it's best to remove one of the wrasses before you lose one.

 

[House of Laughter]

MAsta, mike is right on this one - he has too many of the wrong wrasses (albeit really nice ones) in the same tank.

Jrod - who sold you the labouti and did they know you had many other wrasses in the tank and it's size? I would be bummed.

Anyhow, good luck with them -

House

 

[masterswimmer]

Good insight Mike. I ask because I added two wrasses (recently) about a week apart. They are EXTREMELY similar, body shape and coloration. The only difference actually is one of them has a yellow dorsal fin. Both are flasher wrasses.

The original one jumped. Luckily I saw him in the tank. Walked around to the back, and saw him surfing. He couldn't have been out of the water for more than 10 seconds. I scooped him up and put him back in. That was well over a week ago. He's been fine, as if nothing ever happened. I have since taken precautions to prevent further surfing.

The two wrasses are getting along fantastic. What is the criteria/requirements/expectations for wrasses to co-exist peacefully? Quantity, type, stocking levels, etc.?

JRod, I hope this isn't too off topic. I thought it might be a good thread to post it in. Hope you don't mind.

swimmer

 

[marrone]

The best is to keep a harem of the same type of wrasse, flasher, with one male and a bunch of females. If the tank is large enough you maybe able to keep 2 males but one probably would be in change and even then it could still be a crap shot. You maybe able to get away with a couple different types of flashers but it may work or it mayn't. The biggest problem is they jump very easy so if they're being attacked they could jump before they have a chance to settle in. The best possibility is to add the different wrasse together at the same time.

This is true for the Flasher and Fairy type wrasses, the Hogs and Thalassoma are altogether different. You can mix different Hogs together as long as there is a size differenc as they usually will stay away from one another with the large one being in charge. With the wrasses in the Thalassoma family it's best to keep one per tank as they will usually kill any other wrasse in the Thalassoma family.

 

[JRod]

I have my tank covered with glass so the jumping out is not an issue.

The Labouti I got from a friend, and I love the fish, so I took a shot.

So the question, how the hell do you catch a wrasse in an established tank?
The Labouti will stay, I will remove the Solarensus will go, being he is the most aggressive chaser, the other two, occassionally will chase.

I love wrasses the most, so hence the 5 in a tank. I have a hooded wrasse also that noone bothers.

 

[JRod]

Swimmer,

Not a problem jumping in on the question, we are all family here.

 

[heuerfan]

I know a solution, get more wrasses

Just kidding, how big are the wrasses? Honestly in a 120 the chasing will eventually stop but if the Laboutei is getting hurt bad then you must intervene.

Solorensis are mean, i added a small one in my tank for this reason. Is the Laboutei bigger than the Soloarensis?

You can make a fish trap out of a plastic container and fishing line. I will post a picture later. I caught every single fish in my tank with this method.

 

[JRod]

My Labouti is about 3" long and the the Solarensis is about 4". Would definately love to see the trap, one is definately coming out and its not the Labouti.

The Labouti is not really getting hurt, it will come out and swim around, but when the solarensis gets "bored" he'll chase him back into the rock again.

Before getting them all in the tank, I read up on WetWebMedia and they didn't think there would be an issue, but as we all have learned, things sometimes are different in our own personal tanks.
Thanks.