Cleaner Wrasse

Cleaner Wrasse

Labroides dimidiatus

Also known as: Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse, Common Cleaner Wrasse

🧂 Saltwater ✌️ Peaceful 🔴 Advanced 🥩 Carnivore Reef Safe

Famous for its symbiotic cleaning behavior — it sets up cleaning stations where other fish queue to have parasites removed. Blue body with a black horizontal stripe running from snout to tail.

Tank Size

55 gal
minimum (75+ preferred)

Temperature

74–82°F
23–28°C

pH Range

8.1–8.4
water acidity

Max Size

4"
10.2 cm

Lifespan

2–4 years
typical in captivity

Swim Level

Middle
preferred zone

Care Notes

Difficult to keep long-term in captivity. Many starve without enough client fish to clean. Best suited for large, well-stocked reef systems. Consider captive-bred specimens when available.

Feeding

Frozen mysis, enriched brine shrimp, and finely chopped seafood. Training to accept prepared foods is essential for survival.

Compatible Tank Mates

Blue Green Chromis 3" Pink Skunk Clownfish 3.5" Skunk Clownfish 4" Orange Skunk Clownfish 4.5" Talbot's Damselfish 2.5" Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse 3" Melanurus Wrasse 5" Yellow Coris Wrasse 5" Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse 3" Firefish Goby 3" Yellow Watchman Goby 4" Diamond Goby 6"

Use Caution With

Ocellaris Clownfish 3" True Percula Clownfish 3" Yellowtail Damselfish 2.5" Blue Tang 12" Yellow Tang 8" Kole Tang 7" Clarkii Clownfish 5" Tomato Clownfish 5" Scopas Tang 8" Naso Tang 18" Convict Tang 8" Azure Damselfish 2.5"

Incompatible With

Maroon Clownfish 6" Blue Devil Damselfish 3" Powder Blue Tang 9" Achilles Tang 10" Purple Tang 10" Three Stripe Damselfish 3" Domino Damselfish 5" Four Stripe Damselfish 3" Jewel Damselfish 6" Clown Tang 15" Catalina Goby 2.5" Volitan Lionfish 15"

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