Tricolor Fairy Wrasse, Multicolor Lubbock's Wrasse

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Tricolor Fairy Wrasse

Scientific Name

Cirrhilabrus lubbocki

Reef Compatible

Yes

Care Level

Beginner

Disposition

Peaceful

Min. Tank Size

30 gallons

Mature Size

3 inches

Diet

Carnivore

Range

Indo-Pacific

Size Class

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Curator's Note

Wrasses are known to jump from aquariums. Be sure to have some sort of covering with no large open holes that they can escape from.

Other Common Names

Multicolor Lubbock's Wrasse, Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse

Description

The Tricolor Fairy Wrasse is a great schooling fish with all the fancy color and none of the stringent feeding requirements that other colorful schooling fish have. Able to be kept in mixed groups of 3 females to every 1 male, these water column swimmers prefer to be in groups of 3 or more females and will seek the safety of the sand when they are frightened or need a place to hide. Ranging in colors from Pink, red, purple and even yellow in fully grown adults. The males tend to have more vivid and striking color patterns than the females. Males and females will usually schoal together with the occasional exception of some fish preferring to make separate schoals.

Diet

Easily adjusts to captive diet. Feed a varied diet consisting of finely chopped chunks of meaty foods. These foods include krill, raw table shrimp, squid, clam and mussel. It is also a good idea to occasionally supplement with some type of herbivore diet. Will learn to eat flake, pellet and other commercial foods.