melanurus wrasse

Hey reefers, I have a large 6” male Melanurus Wrasse that simply is too large for my tank now. He is free to go to a new home with adequate tank size. Currently devours mysis shrimp. Hasn’t killed any inverts maybe besides a few snails that flipped upside down. He’s already been caught and in...

Purchased him from LiveAquaria in September 2022. He went into QT for six weeks and made it through just fine. He's perfectly healthy, but I'm sick of him picking off my snail population. He's currently in an isolation box in my display so if you come to pick him up you can observe the others...

Breaking down my tank sale, everything must go. ONLY YELLOW TANG AND MELANURUS WRASSE LEFT Selling the following livestock Hawaiian Yellow Tang 4.5" - $175 RBTA and clown - SOLD Melanurus wrasse - $40 Acan colonies - Red and Green at least 80 heads each - sold Frogspawn colony, at...

I’ve had a juvenile leopard wrasse in my tank for about 2 months now. Doing great and always fat. I just added a larger male melanurus wrasse the other day and when she saw him she ran for the hills. Even though he showed no signs of aggression at all towards her. She hid in the sand bed for a...

Healthy and large size melanurus wrasse. Super vibrant colors pictures don’t show how nice! Selling due to downgrading tank size. Local pick up only boca Raton Florida. $60

I just treated with focus + kanaplex + metroplex for 14 days then 14 days of copper and now 14 days of observation. During this period, I have been doing frequent water changes bringing copper down to 0.33ppm. I am preparing for 2 melanurus wrasses and I’m wondering how I can get copper to a...

I want to know if these fish/inverts will all work out together in a 32 Gallon: 2 WW clownfish 1 YWG 1 Small Longnose Hawkfish 1 Midas blenny 1 Male Melanurus Wrasse 1 Large Cleaner Shrimp Basic CUC Mainly LPS coral/ some SPS

Approximately 4” healthy melanurus wrasse. Free to responsible reefer. Must pick up. Located just outside Lebanon, PA. I recently purchased a small female divided leopard wrasse and the melanurus is being too aggressive towards her. I have had him for approximately six months and he was...

My new melanurus wrasse just came out of hiding today and I noticed it possibly “flashing” against a rock. When it turn I noticed it had what might be cuts on its body, but I didn’t know if it would still attempt to brush the rock if it was truly a cut. My lfs kept him for 4 weeks and states...

Has anybody had experience with melanurus wrasses or any other halichoeres wrasses going after cloves or similar coral? My only thought is maybe he saw something on the frag, but when I watch it looks like he's going after the coral itself. Could he be mistaking it thinking it's a tube worm...

Hi all, I'm getting out of saltwater aquarium hobby so it's with a heavy heart that I will have to re-home my fish. These 5 fish are my absolute favorites and are well-taken care of. They have been housed in a 125 gallon up to now. The fish are: Purple Tang - about 5.5" (My favorite and will...

I have a fairly new 120 gallon FOWLR. I had recently (2weeks ago) transferred a 90 gallon into the new 120. I used new live sand and added additional live rock. Total live rock: 100 pounds. I’ve been monitoring the water closely and have seen no anomalies. I brought a Melanuras home from my...

Looking for a well established, healthy melanurus or Christmas wrasse for pickup in Los Angeles. Don't have a quarantine system so don't want to risk a LFS fish.

hello all I have a question about my melanuras wrasse (butchered the spelling). I know they are generally peaceful and are considered reef safe. I love shrimp and I had 2 cleaner shrimp in my tank a few months back. One died mysteriously after having a few broken antennas. A few weeks later my...

Most of the research I've done says that generally Melanurus are generally peaceful. Well mine is a jerk. I just put the clown tang in yesterday and don't want to take him back out unless I have to. Is there a way to curb this aggression so that they can eventually get along? The next thing I'm...

Hello! I have a 90 gallon DT and I would love to get some wrasse. I will be adding coral in the future so I would prefer if they are coral safe, but I really wanted to get Melanurus wrasse. However, I promised the GF she could pick a wrasse for the tank. Are Melanurus wrasse compatible with...

hey everyone is looking for a few last suggestions for cool fish in my 50 cube. So far I have 3 fire fish, Banggai cardinal, melanurus wrasse, sand sifting goby, and a stary blenny. All fish are fat and healthy. I’m looking for a few more fish to complete my stocking list. I know I can get...

So I got a Melanurus wrasse about 3 days ago. He’s a cool fish eats well and very active with one small problem. He hides in the sand bed when my daylights are on. I work overnights so my daylights run from 130-1030pm. During this time the wrasse is hiding in the sand bed even when I feed. I’m...

Welcome to my 75 gallon tank build thread! I hope you enjoy the progress of my tank that I started in August of 2017. First we'll begin with all the tank info on this post (with pictures), and the start of my tank on the second. See the last post for the most recent update. Thanks for viewing...

Hello Fellow Reefers! I'm a new reefer and now my reef has been running for 05 months. Since the beginning i came across amyloodinium ocellatum (killed all my fish), valonia algae (under control so far with mitraculus crab) and flatworm (normal ones, GOD i hope to not comme across AEFW onde...

Will a melanurus wrasse pester a spinney oyster?