All About Reef Safe Wrasses in Aquaria

[OrionN]

are Melanurus that aggressive? I am thinking of adding one to my 320 but I will make sure that he/she is the last one added. Thanks.

 

[eatbreakfast]

are Melanurus that aggressive? I am thinking of adding one to my 320 but I will make sure that he/she is the last one added. Thanks.

Some are more aggressive than others. Most aren't that bad, a few can be pretty bad.

 

[Makers Marc]

Melanurus last. Beyond that the order doesn't matter much.

10g is borderline for a Wetmorella or pink streak wrasse. But I wouldn't trust a reef lobster with any fish in that small of a tank.

Eatbreakfast,

So wouldnt a large male Iridis be similar to a large male Melanurus?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Eatbreakfast,

So wouldnt a large male Iridis be similar to a large male Melanurus?

Not really. Within the genus Halichoeres there are a few complexes of species that differ in behavior. Iridis and melanurus are in different groups and iridis is in a more peaceful complex.

 

[Jeremy K.A.]

Thats what I figured. I have a Chromis in there with him, it was bullied and starved in my 55 by the other Chromis. Now he's healthy again and surprisingly not bothered by the lob

 

[Sashaka]

ome are more aggressive than others. Most aren't that bad, a few can be pretty bad

Wow, I didn't know that. All the Melanurus I've owned (I've owned three) have just kept to themselves ignoring other wrasses and fish in my tanks. I guess I've been lucky.

 

[OrionN]

In a 320 with a number of wrasses, should I risk adding a second Blue Flasher wrasse? The Yellowfin, McCosker and Carpenter does not seem to bother each other at all other than flashing. I would love to have two Blue Flasher trying to intimidate each other, short of injur each other.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

In a 320 with a number of wrasses, should I risk adding a second Blue Flasher wrasse? The Yellowfin, McCosker and Carpenter does not seem to bother each other at all other than flashing. I would love to have two Blue Flasher trying to intimidate each other, short of injur each other.

If it’s the same as with diamond tails I don’t think you can.

 

[evolved]

Wow, I didn't know that. All the Melanurus I've owned (I've owned three) have just kept to themselves ignoring other wrasses and fish in my tanks. I guess I've been lucky.

Relatively mild is the norm, IMO. But the 30-40% that are bad actors tend to be pretty aggressive.

In a 320 with a number of wrasses, should I risk adding a second Blue Flasher wrasse? The Yellowfin, McCosker and Carpenter does not seem to bother each other at all other than flashing. I would love to have two Blue Flasher trying to intimidate each other, short of injur each other.

I wouldn't. Many different species is fine, but two of the same species tends not to go well.

 

[paphater]

^ I concur with both of them.

I'm having a hard time finding anyone local that want's one unless it's practically free. I might be able to get store credit for one, which I would pretty much only use for food. If worst comes to worst, would it be better to have a trio or a pair?

@eatbreakfast

 

[eatbreakfast]

I'm having a hard time finding anyone local that want's one unless it's practically free. I might be able to get store credit for one, which I would pretty much only use for food. If worst comes to worst, would it be better to have a trio or a pair?

@eatbreakfast

A trio would allow for more diffusion of aggression. But ultimately it would eventually be reduced to a single specimen.

 

[evolved]

Either way most likely ends in a single fish. 2 or 3 just changes the time it takes to get there.

 

[HairyGary]

I'm having a hard time finding anyone local that want's one unless it's practically free. I might be able to get store credit for one, which I would pretty much only use for food. If worst comes to worst, would it be better to have a trio or a pair?

@eatbreakfast

Send me one.

 

[paphater]

Send me one.

If I only I could comfortably ship it!

I've got someone interested in one so hopefully I can take the other one in for store credit. Then the question is, which one to keep. Here is the listing picture. Obviously one is bigger.

 

[HairyGary]

If I only I could comfortably ship it!

I've got someone interested in one so hopefully I can take the other one in for store credit. Then the question is, which one to keep. Here is the listing picture. Obviously one is bigger.

I take it they are all eating well. Take the fattest and best eater. Although the slightly larger one would be appealing for your large tank.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

I kept a pair in the pass I love me some flame wrasse

 

[OrionN]

A LFS in San Antonio put three female Flame Wrasse in their 8'X4'X2' tank (center overflow). 18 months later they have a male, a sub male and a female. They seem to do well in this huge tank. I guess you can keep more that one if your tank is huge.
The reason the wrasses still there is because they cannot catch them out. They have already sold the wrasse but they still there in the tank after all this time.
IMO, catching them would be easy enough. They just need to use a movable divider to parturition the tank into smaller manageable section and then remove all the rock in that section, but I don't work for the store so the wrasse become beautiful show specimens in their coral tank.

 

[evolved]

If I only I could comfortably ship it!

I've got someone interested in one so hopefully I can take the other one in for store credit. Then the question is, which one to keep. Here is the listing picture. Obviously one is bigger.

I always tend to go for the smallest which is likely to be the youngest. Fattest or best eater isn't a bad way to go either.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Goodnight all,

How well will a Magma fairy get along with other fairies and flashers ?

 

[eatbreakfast]

Goodnight all,

How well will a Magma fairy get along with other fairies and flashers ?

They are pretty well behaved.