Several male flashers as tankmates?

[raphmac]

I’m a big fan of leopard and flasher wrasse.
I’ve had a 2-1/2 inch blue star(juvenile/female) that loves her pellets for a few months now in my 155 gallon reef tank and noticed that i could use more open swimming fish as both the tank and its filtration can handle it.
I immediately thought about flashers being peaceful active hardy colorful and reef safe.
After some research I learned that a harem can work but getting my hands on females is -as much as I hate this word- impossible considering where I live.
However I’d love to have a small group (3-5) of flashers in my display.
So, my question is :can i keep a few males in my tank?
Other inhabitants include:
Blue tang
Yellow tang
2 Ocellaris clowns
Female red dragonet
Pajama cardinal
I’m also thinking of adding a sleeper or a shrimp goby as well as a firefish
Any advice is appreciated...

 

[mtfish]

You do not mention tank size but keeping males of different species of flasher wrasse should not be a problem and they should have more flashing behavior overall. The largest flasher will probably be dominant but usually just chasing behavior with no damage to other fish.

 

[raphmac]

My bad. It’s a 155gal tank with a 60gal sump

 

[saltyhog]

By 155 gallon....any chance this is a DSA 155 (72x24x21)? If so, I have the exact same tank and I am up to 4 flashers with plans on adding one more. I don't think there would be any problem, just use an acclimation box.

 

[raphmac]

By 155 gallon....any chance this is a DSA 155 (72x24x21)? If so, I have the exact same tank and I am up to 4 flashers with plans on adding one more. I don't think there would be any problem, just use an acclimation box.

Nope it’s actually 54x24x30 making it more of a 164 gal now that I’m double checking using a converter app since I use the metric system . I must’ve messed up my liter to gallon conversion by a decent amount previously.[emoji51]
Are your flashers all males? If so are they from the same species? Or is keeping males of the flasher genus only doable if they are from different sp. ?
Btw many thanks for your fast responses guys.

 

[saltyhog]

Nope it’s actually 54x24x30 making it more of a 164 gal now that I’m double checking using a converter app since I use the metric system . I must’ve messed up my liter to gallon conversion by a decent amount previously.[emoji51]
Are your flashers all males? If so are they from the same species? Or is keeping males of the flasher genus only doable if they are from different sp. ?
Btw many thanks for your fast responses guys.

Yes, all males. Never more than one specimen of a species. You can buy females and they will transition in to males but I rarely see female flashers offered except for Eightlines and maybe McCosker's.