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About Ornate Wrasse
The Ornate Wrasse is a small, vibrant fish with a distinctive green body overlaid with bright blue and yellow vertical stripes running along its flanks. Males display more intense coloration than females, with blue-green heads and orange-red accents on the body. The body is streamlined and laterally compressed, typical of wrasses, with pointed pectoral fins used for precise maneuvering through reef crevices.
Key facts
- Common Health Issues
- Parasitic infections (ich), nutritional deficiencies if fed inadequate live foods, stress-related disease
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific region, ranging from the Red Sea and East Africa through Indonesia to the Hawaiian Islands and the Great Barrier Reef.
- Appearance
- The Ornate Wrasse is a small, vibrant fish with a distinctive green body overlaid with bright blue and yellow vertical stripes running along its flanks. Males display more intense coloration than females, with blue-green heads and orange-red accents on the body. The body is streamlined and laterally compressed, typical of wrasses, with pointed pectoral fins used for precise maneuvering through reef crevices.
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Max Size
- 7
- Family
- Labridae
- Water Parameters
- Temperature: 72-78°F pH: 8.1-8.3 Salinity: 1.023-1.025
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Diet Details
- In captivity, feed frozen mysis shrimp, small frozen crustaceans (copepods, amphipods), and high-quality carnivore flakes. Supplement with live microfauna by maintaining a refugium or allowing copepod populations to establish on live rock.
- Care Level
- Moderate
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