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About Melanurus Wrasse
The Melanurus Wrasse is a small, slender-bodied wrasse with an elongated profile. Adults display a distinctive bi-color pattern with the anterior body (head and front half) blue to blue-green and the posterior body and tail vibrant yellow or orange-yellow, creating a sharp color transition. Juveniles often show different coloration patterns and may exhibit more muted colors.
Key facts
- Common Health Issues
- Ich, marine velvet, parasitic infections, stress-related diseases
- Diet Details
- Feed a varied diet of high-quality carnivorous foods including mysis shrimp, brine shrimp, small marine fish, and quality sinking pellets. Offer food 1-2 times daily in appropriate portions. They will pick at copepods and small crustaceans naturally present in the aquarium.
- Max Size
- 7
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, including areas from the Red Sea through East Africa to the central Pacific, with populations in Hawaii and other tropical Indo-Pacific coral reef systems.
- Diet
- carnivore
- Min tank size
- 55 gallons
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Appearance
- The Melanurus Wrasse is a small, slender-bodied wrasse with an elongated profile. Adults display a distinctive bi-color pattern with the anterior body (head and front half) blue to blue-green and the posterior body and tail vibrant yellow or orange-yellow, creating a sharp color transition. Juveniles often show different coloration patterns and may exhibit more muted colors.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 55 gallon tank with plenty of live rock and rubble for foraging and refuge • Maintain temperature 72–82°F, pH 8.1–8.3, and salinity 1.020–1.025 • Provide substantial hiding spaces and sandy areas where they naturally forage for small invertebrates • Generally peaceful but may nip at small ornamental shrimp or delicate inverts; monitor behavior with crustacean-dependent aquascapes • Feed 1-2 times daily with varied carnivorous foods including mysis and brine shrimp
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
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