How many wrasse's?

[sciknen]

I'm starting to plan a bigger tank.. about a yr down the road..

I was thinking of doing a mostly cardinal-fish tank like Leonardo's on RC before he took it down, but now I am thinking about doing a mostly wrasse tank? The tank would be a 36*36*36 exterior dimensions

so like 170-200g tank. Its going to have alot of sps lps and zoas of course
pretty high flow.. 2 vortechs and a tunze...maybe more

I want a very good amt of fish in the tank..2 goby's 2 clownfishes
and then pairs of wrasses probably

3-4 flame wrasses
2 blue flasher wrasses
2 yellow corris wrasses


I would have to build one of those nets for the top.. but im not too worried about that this early in the game

 

[amay121]

I'm not sure that your setup would give the wrasses optimal range as far as personal space. You might be alright, but.... (hey, I'm not an expert)

 

[benny z]

2 yellow corris wrasses

*pst - there is no such thing. just fyi. :nerd:

 

[sciknen]

sorry one too many r's

https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?cid=289&pid=1031&did=1

 

[benny z]

sorry one too many r's

https://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?cid=289&pid=1031&did=1

:facepalm

they've got it listed wrong. there is no such thing as a yellow coris wrasse. that is a halichoeres chrysus.

Halichoeres

Halichoeres chrysus Randall 1981 (1), is a fish of two "good" and one bad common name. It should be called the Golden or Canary Wrasse for its bright bold sun-yellow color, but is most often listed as the Yellow Coris Wrasse (Arggghhh!, it is not a Coris genus member of course). This is an exemplary aquarium species that is suitable for peaceful fish-only and reef systems. To a mere 4 inches or so total length. Aquarium juv. (and adult below) & S. Sulawesi photos. Eastern Indian Ocean distribution. Halichoeres chrysus, Canary wrasse : aquarium

 

[TonyB]

You will have no problem keeping those fish together. I've got a pretty good collection of wrasses in a much smaller tank and have no aggression issues. Fairy wrasses are pretty passive unless you have two that look very similar.

In a 120 I have;
mystery
purple velvet
yellow wrasse (haliocheres chrysus)
laboutei
leopard (macropharyngdon meleagris)
cleaner
pink margin
solarensis
whipfin
and I had a flame that I recently lost to a bacterial infection

 

[sciknen]

do you have pairs of all of those or just one?



and had no idea about the wrong name thing.. thanks for the correctoin

 

[TonyB]

They're all individuals. That many pairs would certainly be an overload!! The purple velvet, yellow and pink margin are terminal males.

 

[sciknen]

okay i definitely need to read up on them.. i have no idea what a terminal male is lol..

I was thinking i go do around like 15 fish? mostly wrasses and get a sweet skimmer to help out with the bioload

 

[acronautical]

Lubbock Fairy wrasses remain quite small. I would consider those for your tank.

 

[sciknen]

2 canary/golden
2 mystery
2 purple velvet
2 laboutei
2 leopard
2 solarensis
2 flame

2 true percs b/w
couple gobies
1 pbt


how do you guys like that list?

 

[princesuhaib]

thats a lot of wrasse's

 

[sciknen]

Everybody loves some wrasse

 

[GPhiAce]

Any particular reason why you want pairs??

 

[sciknen]

Idk.. maybe they'll breed lol.. id figured theyd stick together?