Christmas Wrasse

Latin
Halichoeres claudia
Family
Labridae
Fishbase Url
http://www.fishbase.se/summary/Halichoeres-claudia.html
Maximum Size
9cm, 3.5"
Minimum Tank Size
101 to 250 Litres
Reef Compatibility
Yes - with caution
Group compatibility
  1. Keep singly
Temperament
  1. Peaceful
Compatibility with hard corals
  1. No Issues
Compatibility with soft corals
  1. No Issues
Compatibility with Invertabrates
  1. May eat small invertebrates
Feeding
Feed a mixture of good quality flake, pellet and frozen foods.
Diet
Carnivore
Origin (from Fishbase)
Pacific Ocean: from the Line Is. and islands of French Polynesia to the western Pacific. where it is reported from the Great Barrier Reef, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and Indonesia (from underwater photographs in Flores and Gunung Api in the Banda Sea. The species is also found in the eastern Indian Ocean at Christmas I., the Cocos-Keeling Is. (in addition to the paratypes from this locality, 1 nontype specimen is reported from the Western Australian Museum (WAM P.29064-002, 64 mm SL) and 2 from Cartier I. in the Timor Sea

General

This fish buries itself when stressed or at night, so needs a fine layer of sand at least 2-4". It is not uncommon for the fish to bury itself in the sand for the first couple of days of being introduced to the aquarium.

A relatively peaceful wrasse that will eat bristle worms in aquarium. They will also feed on pyramidellid snails and flatworms.

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