🐠 Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
🐠 Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse (Labroides dimidiatus)
A Pale Blue-White Body With a Bold Black Stripe Nose to Tail • A Classic Cleaning-Station Species • Trained Onto a Varied, Reliable Diet
📋 The Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse is instantly recognisable, with a pale blue-white body and a bold black stripe running from nose to tail, widening toward the rear.
It comes from reefs across the Indo-Pacific, establishing "cleaning stations" that other fish visit to have parasites removed, a fascinating symbiotic relationship in the wild. Every Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse we ship is confirmed feeding on prepared foods before it leaves us, trained onto a varied diet so it isn't dependent on finding natural cleaning opportunities in your tank.
It's fully reef safe, and does best in a large, well-stocked, established tank with plenty of other fish, since natural cleaning behaviour is part of what keeps this species settled and active long term. It's peaceful toward tankmates. It reaches up to 11.5cm, so a 190L tank suits it well, with a larger, well-stocked tank helping it thrive.
💡 Highlights
🎨 Distinctive Blue and Black Stripe: An instantly recognisable cleaning-station species
🍽️ Confirmed Feeding Well: Trained onto prepared foods before it ships
🌿 Fully Reef Safe: Won't harm corals or invertebrates
🐠 Fascinating Natural Behaviour: Removes parasites from other fish at cleaning stations in the wild
🏠 Best in a Large, Established Tank: Plenty of tankmates helps it stay settled
🧾 A Quick Look at the Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse
📛 Common Name: Blue Streak Cleaner Wrasse
🔬 Scientific Name: Labroides dimidiatus
👨👩👧 Family: Labridae
🌍 Origin: Indo-Pacific
📏 Max Size: Up to 11.5cm (≈ 4.5")
🧂 Specific Gravity: 1.020-1.025
🌡️ Temperature Range: 24-27°C (75-81°F)
🧠 Care Level: Moderate; a specialist cleaning-station fish
💖 Temperament: Peaceful
🌿 Reef Safe: Yes
🏠 Min Tank Size: 190 L (≈ 50 gallons); a larger, well-stocked tank helps it thrive
📌 Tank Level: Mid level
🧬 Stock Type: Wild-collected as standard stock
⏳ Lifespan: 4-6 years with reliable feeding
🍽️ Diet: Carnivore (parasites and mucus from host fish in the wild; trained onto prepared foods)
🐣 Reproduction: Protogynous hermaphrodite; not bred in home aquariums

















