Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse
Photo by Jake Graas
Hawaiian Cleaner Wrasse, Rainbow Cleaner Wrasse
Labroides dimidiatus
Size: 4 inches
Minimum tank size: 30 gallons
Reef safe: With caution. When maturity is reached some may nip at small polyp stony polyps and clam mantles.
Diet: Meat based foods
Temperament: Social
General: Cleaner wrasses are generally hard to keep healthy due to the nutritional requirements only available from cleaning fish. They fair best in larger tanks with enough inhabitants to clean for diet supplementation. Hawaiian cleaner wrasses are particularly beautiful specimens, but they are also very sensitive to shipping. Be sure to carefully examine a specimen eating before purchase. Cleaner wrasses may be used to slow down the infection of marine ich, but should never be purchased for this purpose alone.
Photo by Jake Graas
