Any id on this guy

[THE BEAUT]

 

[THE BEAUT]

 

[THE BEAUT]

 

[fishes2889]

looks like a malenrus wrasse but with different color....i had one in my store but we sold it. It was a completely different color than yours.

 

[THE BEAUT]

Yeah, never seen this guy before. My pics suck. He is really brilliantly colored. He has really amazing blue lines running down his sides.

 

[msman825]

Christmas wrasse

 

[msman825]

are could be a melanurus, without the 2 black spots

 

[Raptor]

Its an elegant coris wrasse, Looks to be a male as well. Nice pick up! Will turn over frags, But nothing major. MAx size is just around 4-5 inches.
Its a good fish to have in case of nudi's,flatworms ect. Its a hearty fish and will hand feed. It jas lots of personality. As you can see i have one. I like having him around. If he goes hungry he could go after your hermits. He is peacefull, and will tolorate other wrasses.

 

[THE BEAUT]

Thanks for the info. You are right about the character. Does not stop. Has not messed with anything yet. But i would imagine my hermits and snails will start disappearing.

 

[naturebat]

I had one, awesome fish and always hungry, but it decimated my clean up crew.

 

[Raptor]

He has not really picked apart my crew, But i feed my tank good. If you feed 2-3 times a week then he will go after the cleaners, But if you throw in a couple pellets 1-2 times a day then he will be ok. IMO They like to swim and always are moving. If you have a good pod population he will not pick at other critters. He will go thru them though if you don't feed regularly.
I buy 4-500 hermits at a time so i don't really care as much if he eats some.

 

[Raptor]

Ahh your in florida you can scavange your own hermits and snails.