Debelius Wrasse MED

Debelius Fairy Wrasse

The male Debelius Fairy Wrasse is whitish to pale pink in color with yellow on their faces. It has two large bright red blotches under the dorsal fin at the top of the body behind the head. They also have red on their dorsal fins and sometimes a blue edge to the dorsal and anal fins.

The adult male has brighter coloration than the females and juveniles.

The male wrasses will show their colors and behavior to the best advantage in the presence of a female.

The Debelius Fairy Wrasse is relatively new to the aquarium trade.

These wrasses are only found in one area in Indonesia that is known of currently.

Tank Recommendations for Debelius Wrasse

The ideal setup for the Debelius Wrasse is an established marine aquarium of at least 189 liters (50 gallons).

Wrasses like rubble piles and rockwork and so you should include plenty of rock and live rock in your tank for them to hide amongst. As well as plenty of open spaces for them to swim.

These wrasses are perfect for reef aquariums. The Debelius Wrasse is reef safe as it will not harm corals, polyps or most invertebrates. However, it should not be kept with very small crustaceans like Sexy Shrimp. Wrasses are known to be jumpers, so a covered aquarium with a well-fitting lid on the tank is a must.

Suitable Tank Buddies

These wrasses are peaceful and so they should be housed in aquariums with other peaceful tankmates that won’t harass them. Otherwise, your Debelius wrasse is likely to spend most of its time hiding.

Usually Compatible

The best tankmates for wrasses are Large Angelfish, Damselfish, Tangs, and Boxfish.

Sometime Compatible

Be cautious when picking tank mates for wrasses with the usual guidelines of ensuring that none of it’s tank mates are likely to eat them. Also with other wrasses, it’s often a good idea to try and ensure that different wrasses are visually different enough to not be mistaken for their own species to avoid fighting between males especially.

Rarely Compatible

Wrasses tend not to mix well with Rays or Sharks who are likely to eat them. Pipefish and Seahorses don’t like to share a tank with these fish as they’re faster swimmers and will stress them out. Also, don’t keep invertebrates or crustaceans with these wrasses are they are likely to eat them.

Feeding Your Debelius Wrasse

Once these wrasses get settled into the aquarium they will normally accept most types of small foods. They can be fed a varied diet of flake and pellet foods, frozen and live foods like copepods, cyclops, brine shrimp, and mysis shrimp.