Care guide at a glance
Paracheilinus octotaenia
Description
A Red Sea flasher wrasse striped in eight fine orange lines over a red body. Peaceful, active and endemic to the Red Sea.
Feeding
Planktivore. Frozen mysis, enriched brine shrimp and fine marine pellets, twice daily.
Compatibility
Reef safe and peaceful. Best as one male with several females. Can be bullied by aggressive wrasses such as the six line.
Behaviour and personality
Swims constantly above the rockwork. Males flash intense display colour, most often in the late afternoon.
Before you buy
A sealed lid is essential, as fairy wrasses are committed jumpers. They do not bury in sand, so no deep sand bed is required.
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