{"id":13729,"date":"2026-02-18T01:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/product\/true-banana-wrasse-thalassoma-lutescens\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T01:19:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T01:19:45","slug":"true-banana-wrasse-thalassoma-lutescens","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/?product=true-banana-wrasse-thalassoma-lutescens","title":{"rendered":"True Banana Wrasse Thalassoma Lutescens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>True Banana Wrasse Thalassoma Lutescens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"\">The True Banana Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens) is a vibrant and iconic wrasse species for marine aquariums. Originating from the Indo-Pacific region, this wrasse can grow up to 12 inches in length when fully mature. <\/span><span class=\"\">Both male and female Banana Wrasses exhibit bright orange markings on their heads, faces, and fins. <\/span><span class=\"\">The Banana Wrasse is an active and bold fish that is known to hunt and forage for small invertebrates, worms, and crustaceans in the aquarium.<\/span><span class=\"\">\u00a0They are considered moderately aggressive and should be introduced to an established tank after other inhabitants are already acclimated.<\/span><span class=\"\"> It is recommended to house the Banana Wrasse with other medium to large-sized, semi-aggressive fish species.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">For optimal care, the Banana Wrasse requires a minimum aquarium size of 100 gallons with a deep substrate layer and plenty of live rock for hiding spots.<\/span><span class=\"\"> Water parameters should be maintained at a temperature of 72-82\u00b0F, pH of 8.1-8.4, and specific gravity of 1.020-1.025.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"\">This wrasse is suitable for intermediate to advanced marine aquarists with some prior experience in keeping similar species<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>True Banana Wrasse Thalassoma Lutescens The True Banana Wrasse (Thalassoma lutescens) is a vibrant and iconic wrasse species for marine aquariums. Originating from the Indo-Pacific region, this wrasse can grow up to 12 inches in length when fully mature. Both male and female Banana Wrasses exhibit bright orange markings on their heads, faces, and fins. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13728,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[127],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13729","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-marine-wrasse","8":"first","9":"instock","10":"taxable","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"purchasable","13":"product-type-simple"},"group_of_quantity":0,"min_quantity":0,"max_quantity":"","exclude_order_quantity_value_rules":"no","exclude_category_quantity_rules":"no","combine_variations":"no","exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product\/13729","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_brand&post=13729"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_cat&post=13729"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquadistribution.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fproduct_tag&post=13729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}