Canary wrasse opinions

[Ljaus]

Hey everyone, what are your opions/ experiences with keeping a canary wrasse? What size minium size aquarium would you recommend for one. I am just looking at future fish for a new build, tank is 47 gallons which I'm on the opinion of might be to small for a canary wrasse, I would like a yellow fish of some sort.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Neon Jungle]

I have my Canary Wrasse in a 75 reef tank with a sand bed and he seems very happy. I'm not sure if a 47 is good. I guess if its wide enough and has a lot of places for him to hide and explore with sand he should be fine.

 

[Ljaus]

I think I might cross him off the list, just for the fact of tank size.

 

[Ljaus]

So any suggestions for a yellow reef safe fish, tank is 36 x 15 deep x 18 high. Will contain 2 clowns a lawnmower blennie and a pair of cbs from my current tank.

 

[Mike_J]

Yellow assessor basslet might be a good choice. A smaller reef safe fish that is known to swim upside down. Good luck and happy reefing!

 

[Ljaus]

Yellow assessor basslet might be a good choice. A smaller reef safe fish that is known to swim upside down. Good luck and happy reefing!

That was my first choice but they are becoming hard to find where I'm from. Can't remember the last time i seen one

 

[eatbreakfast]

I think 36" will be fine for a yellow coris. As said a yellow assessor will work, as will a golden/yellow tile, yellow clown gobies, midas blenny.

 

[Ljaus]

I think 36" will be fine for a yellow coris. As said a yellow assessor will work, as will a golden/yellow tile, yellow clown gobies, midas blenny.

Awesome thanks for your input

 

[wkscott]

Be careful with the yellow coris and other digging wrasses if this is going to be a reef tank. They won't eat your coral and are good about eating nuisance worms, however if you have corals or clams on your sand bed, they can dig under them and knock over these inverts. Also, when exiting the fine sand, your inverts may get a shower of this sand which they may not appreciate and they will express this by not opening up.

 

[Ljaus]

Be careful with the yellow coris and other digging wrasses if this is going to be a reef tank. They won't eat your coral and are good about eating nuisance worms, however if you have corals or clams on your sand bed, they can dig under them and knock over these inverts. Also, when exiting the fine sand, your inverts may get a shower of this sand which they may not appreciate and they will express this by not opening up.

Thanks, it's 50/50 on the wrasse at the moment. I really want my new build to be bare bottom but I would also like to have a wrasse so I would have a substrate. I'm very undecided at the moment

 

[Triggreef]

Careful with the "canary" wrasse I've seen people call the Thassaloma "banana" wrasse by that name as well which would not be a good small tank choice or reef tank choice in my opinion. Too big, too aggressive.

Yellow coris on other hand great reef fish, very passive, could be good pest control although none that I've had have been, and i wouldn't worry about it kicking up sand at all.

 

[Ljaus]

Thanks everyone. I've actually made my decision and I'm going to try to get an assessor, my lfs said they will be able to source one for me. Thanks again

 

[Webslinger]

Make sure you have a cover with the canary Mine jumps a couple time a week.