Orange back fairy wrasse tank mates

[Lps_lover12]

I have a Mccoskers flasher in qt right now and thinking of getting a orange back to go with it for the month. The qt is a 15 gallon and then they will be going into my display. 4ft long 2ft wide 16 inches tall 73G with a 30 gallon sump total volume 100G. In the tank now is a pair of clowns a one spot foxface a royal gramma and a pin tail fairy wrasse. And in the future I plan to add a flame hawk, melanurus wrasse, yellow coris wrasse, and a bristletooth tang. I’m wondering if
1. The orange back fairy and Mccoskers flasher would do ok together in a 15G for a month?
2. would the orange back be good once it goes into my dt and not be aggressive
There isn’t much info out there on the orange backs so any help is appreciated!

 

[Lps_lover12]

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[Lps_lover12]

Edit: looking at a pink margin wrasse instead of orange back, but same circumstances

 

[i cant think]

I have a Mccoskers flasher in qt right now and thinking of getting a orange back to go with it for the month. The qt is a 15 gallon and then they will be going into my display. 4ft long 2ft wide 16 inches tall 73G with a 30 gallon sump total volume 100G. In the tank now is a pair of clowns a one spot foxface a royal gramma and a pin tail fairy wrasse. And in the future I plan to add a flame hawk, melanurus wrasse, yellow coris wrasse, and a bristletooth tang. I’m wondering if
1. The orange back fairy and Mccoskers flasher would do ok together in a 15G for a month?
2. would the orange back be good once it goes into my dt and not be aggressive
There isn’t much info out there on the orange backs so any help is appreciated!

The Orange Back will likely kill the mccoskers in that small of a QT. These guys are known for being more boisterous and considering you have 2 shy wrasses that don’t do too well with aggression, I wouldn’t do it.

Edit: looking at a pink margin wrasse instead of orange back, but same circumstances

This changes things a lot. Pink Margin’s are more boisterous than Orange Backs IME. Pintails don’t do well with boisterous species and stress. Carpenter flashers are similar but they can stand up for themselves to some other species.

Considering your tank is unusually shallow as well, a Pink Margin gets large and the larger wrasses use more of the upper water column than other wrasses do IME. These guys also use more length and I would put these guys in a 5-6’ tank with 2’ height.

 

[Lps_lover12]

The Orange Back will likely kill the mccoskers in that small of a QT. These guys are known for being more boisterous and considering you have 2 shy wrasses that don’t do too well with aggression, I wouldn’t do it.

This changes things a lot. Pink Margin’s are more boisterous than Orange Backs IME. Pintails don’t do well with boisterous species and stress. Carpenter flashers are similar but they can stand up for themselves to some other species.

Considering your tank is unusually shallow as well, a Pink Margin gets large and the larger wrasses use more of the upper water column than other wrasses do IME. These guys also use more length and I would put these guys in a 5-6’ tank with 2’ height.

Thank you, such a bummer because the pink margin is absolutely gorgeous but I’ll just stick to the Mccoskers and maybe get another flasher in the future. Thank you so much for your help. Any other peaceful wrasses you would reccomend to add in the future?

 

[Baldguy]

I've got an Orange Back, Pink Margin and a McCoskers as well as a couple more flashers in a 4ft tank. The Pink Margin chased the Orange Back briefly but now all is peaceful. I agree the 15g is qt is too small for those two.

 

[i cant think]

Thank you, such a bummer because the pink margin is absolutely gorgeous but I’ll just stick to the Mccoskers and maybe get another flasher in the future. Thank you so much for your help. Any other peaceful wrasses you would reccomend to add in the future?

There are way too many peaceful wrasses you could have haha.
It’s best if you make a list and then we can sort through it

 

[Lps_lover12]

There are way too many peaceful wrasses you could have haha.
It’s best if you make a list and then we can sort through it

Ok awesome thank you, I’m sure I’ll be messaging you soon lol