Pink-Streaked Wrasse

Overview

The Pink-Streaked Wrasse is a small, elongated fish with a pale body marked by fine pink-red horizontal striping, making it a subtle but attractive addition to a peaceful reef community. It's a hardy, easy-to-keep species that also provides useful pest control by hunting small nuisance invertebrates such as pest flatworms and amphipods.

Its compact adult size and calm nature make it well suited to nano and small reef tanks, where its unobtrusive colouration and behaviour fit comfortably alongside other peaceful fish.

It's a confident feeder that generally adapts well to aquarium life, making it a solid choice for keepers wanting a small, functional wrasse without much fuss.

Compatibility

Pink-Streaked Wrasses are peaceful and fully reef safe, ignoring corals and invertebrates for the most part, though they will hunt small nuisance invertebrates like pest flatworms and amphipods. They generally coexist well with other peaceful to semi-aggressive community fish.

They are not aggressive toward other fish and rarely cause issues in a mixed reef tank.

Health & quarantine

This is a hardy, adaptable species with few chronic health issues, generally acclimating and feeding well without major complications. A standard quarantine period of two to four weeks is recommended, and like most wrasses it's a capable jumper, so a secure lid is important.