Halichoeres stocking

Bryce73 · Apr 29, 2019

Is it possible to keep multiple species of the Halichoeres family in a 125 gallon tank?
6 feet.
Current tank stock
Purple tang
White tail bristled tooth tang
Diamond goby
Starry Blenny
2 Engineer goby
2 Green chromis
Neon dottyback
Clarkii clown
Blue cleaner wrasse
Halichoeres melanochir
Halichoeres melanurus
I would like to add if possible.
Halichoeres marginatus
Halichoeres biocellatus
And maybe the Halichoeres richmondi if I could ever find one. But definitely the Dusky wrasse and Red lined wrasse.
Thanks

evolved · Apr 29, 2019

Bryce73 said:
Is it possible to keep multiple species of the Halichoeres family in a 125 gallon tank?

It is, if you pick right and introduce them properly.

Bryce73 said:
Halichoeres marginatus

But this one is pretty risky (and big, ~7") if it's a reef tank. Can be pretty hard on motile inverts once mature.

Bryce73 · Apr 29, 2019

Thanks, for your input. I have learned with my Hoeven’s wrasse. He wiped out every shrimp I had. Blood red fire shrimps, Saron shrimps, and Peppermint shrimps all wiped out. Only 1 emerald crab left. A few rock flower anemones that keep multiplying.

Jesterrace · Apr 30, 2019

If added at the same time it can work, although the Melanurus might get aggressive to fellow members of the Halichoeres Species. So are you looking at adding another Melanurus to the one that you already have then? Or just the one you have currently?

mort · Apr 30, 2019

evolved said:
But this one is pretty risky (and big, ~9") if it's a reef tank.

Not questioning your wrasse knowledge at all but was surprised the marginatus gets that big as I've never seen one listed at more than 7". Makes little difference to its care or limitations in a reef however.

evolved · Apr 30, 2019

mort said:
Not questioning your wrasse knowledge at all but was surprised the marginatus gets that big as I've never seen one listed at more than 7". Makes little difference to its care or limitations in a reef however.

No; you're correct at 7" - had a lapse in my quick mental conversion.

Thanks!

saltyhog · Apr 30, 2019

evolved said:
No; you're correct at 7" - had a lapse in my quick mental conversion. Thanks!

Those centimeters to inches just mess me up!

I was going to say H. melasmapomas but they do get up to 9" according to fish base. Mine is a gentle giant though and doesn't bother anything in the tank.