Solor fairy wrasse

The Solor fairy wrasse is a small reef wrasse in the family Labridae, native to the western Pacific around Indonesia. Males are strikingly colored with deep red to maroon bodies, bluish and green highlights on the head, and a contrasting greenish face, intensifying dramatically during courtship display; females are plainer orange-red. Like other fairy wrasses it is peaceful and active, swimming continuously in open water. It can be kept singly, as a pair, or as one male with several females, though multiple males may quarrel. A well-established reef aquarium with live rock, open swimming space, and a secure lid suits this species, as it readily jumps. It feeds on zooplankton and small crustaceans in the wild and accepts mysis, enriched brine shrimp, and quality frozen and prepared foods. It is reef-safe.