Pintail Fairy Wrasse - Medium

Pintail Fairy Wrasse

The Pintail Fairy Wrasse is a beautiful combination of colours. Its body is a blend of orange and yellow, with darker pink lines. The fins are a translucent yellow colour. Colours vary depending on mood and the male's colour will intensify during courting.

The Pintail Fairy Wrasse is hermaphroditic. The largest female in a group will change sex if the dominant male dies and needs replacing.

Their natural environment is in the Western-Pacific. Including Indonesia, the Philippines, Japan, and Taiwan. They inhabit reefs over rubble and rockwork.

Tank Recommendations for your Pin Tail Fairy Wrasse

This species needs a tank that is at least 90 gallons (340.6 litres) capacity.

The Pintail Fairy Wrasse can be housed in a reef or fish-only aquarium. They aren't a threat to corals or invertebrates. A suitable tank should contain plenty of rubble, rockwork, and crevices for them to hide.

A tight canopy should cover the top of the tank as this species is capable of jumping out of the tank.

Suitable Tank Buddies

The Pin Tailed Fairy Wrasse is peaceful but may be aggressive with conspecifics. They aren't as boisterous and outgoing as other wrasse species such as Flasher Wrasse. There might be problems with aggression if they are housed together.

A male can cohabit with females if the females are introduced before, or at the same time, as the male.

Usually Compatible

Pintail Fairy Wrasse can cohabit with a variety of fish. Suitable companions include Tilefish, Gobies, Fairy Basslets, small Cardinalfish, and Butterflyfish,

Sometime Compatible

Conspecifics should consist of a male and a number of females. A group should be introduced at the same time, or females added beforehand. Small aggressive fish should be introduced beforehand. Larger Docile or semi-aggressive fish should be introduced after.

Rarely Compatible

Aggressive predators that can eat the Pintail Fairy Wrasse should be avoided. Examples include Lionfish, Frogfish, and Groupers. Large semi-aggressive fish like Angelfish and Tangs may threaten the Pintail Fairy Wrasse. This can lead to them hiding and stopping eating. Slow movers such as Seahorses and Pipefish won't be able to compete for food.

Feeding your Pintail Fairy Wrasse

The Pintail Fairy Wrasse is carnivorous. They will consume various fresh and frozen meaty foods. Suitable products include vitamin-enriched brine shrimp & Mysis shrimp, copepods, cyclops, and krill. Flake food is also suitable. These are active fish that need to be fed several times per day.