Carpenter's flasher wrasse
Paracheilinus carpenteri
It earns its name, raising its dorsal rays for short flashing runs.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 7 cm
- Smallest tank
- 120 cm
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Busy
- Water layer
- Mid water
- Care
- Easy
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 4 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres33 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres72 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres133 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Green chromis
- Royal gramma
- Clownfish
- Yellow watchman goby
- Fire goby
- Flame angelfish
- Percula clownfish
- Cherub angelfish
- Purple firefish
- Court jester goby
- Falco hawkfish
- Scooter dragonet
- Orchid dottyback
- Swissguard basslet
- Chalk bass
- Banggai cardinalfish
- Pajama cardinalfish
- Yellowstriped cardinalfish
- Yellowtail damselfish
- Azure damselfish
- Tailspot blenny
- Flame hawkfish
- Mandarinfish
- Talbot's damselfish
- and 48 more species
Caution
- Sixline wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Lyretail anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Yellow tangCrowding the same layer
- Blue tangCrowding the same layer
- Bartlett's anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Flame wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Dispar anthiasCrowding the same layer
- Yellow coris wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Lemonpeel angelfishCrowding the same layer
- Melanurus wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Scott's fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Exquisite fairy wrasseCrowding the same layer
- Lined seahorseNarrow shared temperature range
- Pyramid butterflyfishCrowding the same layer
- Scopas tangCrowding the same layer
- Convict tangCrowding the same layer
- Sailfin tangCrowding the same layer
- Naso tangCrowding the same layer
Not together
- Blue damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Domino damselfishAggressive with peaceful
- Maroon clownfishAggressive with peaceful
- Purple tangAggressive with peaceful
- Powder blue tangAggressive with peaceful
- Lunare wrasseAggressive with peaceful
- Picasso triggerfishAggressive with peaceful
- Emperor angelfishAggressive with peaceful
- Queen angelfishAggressive with peaceful
Same familyWrasses
- Sixline wrassePseudocheilinus hexataenia
- Melanurus wrasseHalichoeres melanurus
- Yellow coris wrasseHalichoeres chrysus
- Radiant wrasseHalichoeres iridis
- Scott's fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus scottorum
- Exquisite fairy wrasseCirrhilabrus exquisitus
- Flame wrasseCirrhilabrus jordani
- Mystery wrassePseudocheilinus ocellatus
- Leopard wrasseMacropharyngodon meleagris
- Cleaner wrasseLabroides dimidiatus
- Lunare wrasseThalassoma lunare