Black & Yellow Tail Tamarin Wrasse

Add Anampses Wrasse to well established aquariums with plenty of rock work, cracks, caves and crevices. Anampses Wrasse are burrowers, provide a thick sandy bottom. They will bury themselves in the sandy bottom to sleep or if they are feeling threatened. Anampses Wrasse are peaceful but often timid house with other peaceful tank mates. Anampses Wrasse may not readily eat when first acclimating. If seeing unwilliness to eat add fortified live Mysis, Brine, Glass/Grass shrimp to their carnivorous diet. Wrasse are hermaphrodites meaning they start as juveniles/females but at some point, in their life may turn into a male. Provide an aquarium with a tight-fitting lid as they may jump. The White Spotted Tamarin Wrasse are also known simply as the Blacktail Wrasse. Occasionally seen in the aquarium trade. Male and female White Spotted Tamarin Wrasse will have different colorations. Males have a dark brown body and head, long horizontal yellow blotch in the middle of its body, yellow on its tail, and white spots covering it. Females look just like the males without the yellow body blotch. White Spotted Tamarin Wrasse can grow up to 5". p>We recommend a minimum aquarium size of 120 gallons or larger for this species.

Water conditions: Salinity 1.020 - 1.025, Temp (F) 72 - 78, pH 8.1 - 8.4, Alkalinity 8 - 12 dKH