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About Pinkface Wrasse
A small wrasse with distinctive coloration: brilliant magenta or pink face and head, transitioning to yellow-green body with a characteristic series of dark vertical bars. Maximum size around 5–5.5 inches.
Key facts
- Care Level
- Moderate
- Family
- Labridae
- Min tank size
- 75 gallons
- Difficulty Level
- Moderate - Requires some experience due to specific dietary water or tank requirements. Best suited for intermediate aquarists.
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Origin
- Indo-Pacific from the Philippines and Indonesia to Fiji and Samoa.
- Reef safety
- Reef Safe with Caution
- Diet Details
- Carnivorous planktivore. Feed a varied diet of finely chopped meaty foods, small frozen copepods, mysis shrimp, and quality flake or pellet foods designed for wrasses. Feed 2–3 times daily in small portions.
- Appearance
- A small wrasse with distinctive coloration: brilliant magenta or pink face and head, transitioning to yellow-green body with a characteristic series of dark vertical bars. Maximum size around 5–5.5 inches.
- Care Requirements
- • Minimum 75-gallon aquarium; active swimmer needs substantial space • Maintain 72-78°F, pH 8.1-8.3, stable salinity (1.020-1.025) • Requires live rock for shelter and grazing; provide varied diet of meaty foods and algae-based preparations • Prone to aggression toward smaller fish and conspecifics; best kept singly or in established groups • May nip at soft corals and sessile invertebrates despite being nominally reef-safe
- Feeding Schedule
- 2-3 times daily
- Max Size
- 5.5
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