The Wrasse Lover's Thread!

Cbones1979 · Oct 31, 2020

saltyhog said:
Almost all flashers can be kept with other flashers. The one exception (sometimes) is the Eight Line Flasher ....not to be confused with the Pseudocheilinus species that carries the moniker Eight Line. This flasher gets larger than other flashers and can be a little aggressive. In a larger tank they are fine. If you are pushing the envelope with tank size, I would avoid them with other flashers.

I have one in a 6' tank with 3 other flashers without issues.

When you say Coris wrasses can you be more specific? Some wrasses are called Coris wrasses that actually aren't (Halichoeres chrysus for example). Most true coris wrasses get pretty large and are not reef safe....invert eating machines.
Post your planed stocking list or fish you are considering and I'm sure one of our wrasse experts will chime in.

Was looking at canary wrasse with a blue throat fairy wrasse

40g Nano · Oct 31, 2020

Can I put 2 six lines together or a six line and a carpenters or possum?

saltyhog · Oct 31, 2020

Cbones1979 said:
Was looking at canary wrasse with a blue throat fairy wrasse

The canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) is among the most laid back of the Halichoeres wrasses...very under appreciated fish IMO. He would be fine.

The Blue Throat fairy could be a problem. They are pretty aggressive and might be a problem with other fairy and flasher wrasses. How big is your tank?

14g Nano said:
Can I put 2 six lines together or a six line and a carpenters or possum?

I would not recommend a six line with any other wrasse in the tank....2 six lines? Sounds like WW3 will now commence.

. If this is a 14 gallon the only wrasse I would consider would be the possum or possibly a pink streaked wrasse. Might be a bit small even for those.

alimac122 · Oct 31, 2020

Hello!!!!

I have two wrasses currently and I am thinking about a third.
I currently have a blue sided fairy wrasse (m) and a blue star leopard (f)

I do not want a melenarus because I have lots of hermits and I hear as they get older they like to eat CUC
And I also hear 6lines can be turds

any other suggestions for a wrasse that is around $100 or less retail???

Cbones1979 · Oct 31, 2020

saltyhog said:
The canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) is among the most laid back of the Halichoeres wrasses...very under appreciated fish IMO. He would be fine.

The Blue Throat fairy could be a problem. They are pretty aggressive and might be a problem with other fairy and flasher wrasses. How big is your tank?

I would not recommend a six line with any other wrasse in the tank....2 six lines? Sounds like WW3 will now commence. . If this is a 14 gallon the only wrasse I would consider would be the possum or possibly a pink streaked wrasse. Might be a bit small even for those.

45 gallon

blue is in there alreadybad is great with current stock

saltyhog · Oct 31, 2020

Cbones1979 said:
45 gallon

blue is in there alreadybad is great with current stock

Maybe you got lucky and yours won't be a problem. Keep an eye on him though.

If it's a 3 foot tank I would go with flasher wrasses. Yellow Fin, Royal, Linespot, Diamond Tail are some of my favorites.

homer1475 · Oct 31, 2020

I really want a Mccoskers wrasse....

With that said I should be fine with my current wrasse gang?

Melagris leopard
Blue star leopard
Melanarus
yellow coris
And some unknown red fairy wrasse(I'll try and get a pic to get a proper ID on that one, but my wife came home with it one day, because "it was pretty").

40g Nano · Oct 31, 2020

saltyhog said:
The canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus) is among the most laid back of the Halichoeres wrasses...very under appreciated fish IMO. He would be fine.

The Blue Throat fairy could be a problem. They are pretty aggressive and might be a problem with other fairy and flasher wrasses. How big is your tank?

This would be for a 40

I would not recommend a six line with any other wrasse in the tank....2 six lines? Sounds like WW3 will now commence. . If this is a 14 gallon the only wrasse I would consider would be the possum or possibly a pink streaked wrasse. Might be a bit small even for those.

mattzang · Oct 31, 2020

homer1475 said:
I really want a Mccoskers wrasse....

With that said I should be fine with my current wrasse gang?

Melagris leopard
Blue star leopard
Melanarus
yellow coris
And some unknown red fairy wrasse(I'll try and get a pic to get a proper ID on that one, but my wife came home with it one day, because "it was pretty").

looks like a katherines perhaps? i'd get an ID on that from evolved or saltyhog and go from there

my sand burying wrasses don't seem to notice fairies exist so i think you'd be good on the others

Cbones1979 · Oct 31, 2020

saltyhog said:
Maybe you got lucky and yours won't be a problem. Keep an eye on him though.

If it's a 3 foot tank I would go with flasher wrasses. Yellow Fin, Royal, Linespot, Diamond Tail are some of my favorites.

Yeah it’s 3 feet by 2 foot high

homer1475 · Oct 31, 2020

Googling images of kathrine's, I don't think it's that, but thank you for the help none the less.

Crabby48 · Oct 31, 2020

Flame and Rhomboid in 20 gallon before going in display tank with the others. Rhomboid is about 1 1/4” and flame isn’t much bigger. They need to grow before transferring to display
Wrasse stock list
Potters
Vivien
Meleagris
hemitaeniatus
Filamented
Pintail
Flame
Rhomboid
Iridis

Aheinz · Nov 1, 2020

looking forward to getting my tank up and running, ive been reading up on the reef safe wrasse guide =)

Cbones1979 · Nov 1, 2020

Cbones1979 said:
45 gallon

blue is in there alreadybad is great with current stock

So in conclusion I should not mix a blue throat with a canary wrasse?

saltyhog · Nov 1, 2020

Cbones1979 said:
So in conclusion I should not mix a blue throat with a canary wrasse?

Since they are different genera there's a good chance they will be ok together. In a larger tank I would feel more confident.

Crabby48 · Nov 1, 2020

Cbones1979 said:
So in conclusion I should not mix a blue throat with a canary wrasse?

In a 4’x2’ a friend had to catch his blue throat when it got bigger do to being a jerk. Not every fish is the same.

Crabby48 · Nov 1, 2020

I don’t want to use copper on my Rhomboid but think I would like to treat for flukes. I fresh water dipped and didn’t see any flukes but would like to treat if it is low risk for Rhomboid.

What would be a good protocol that is easy on a Rhomboid? I always got my fish Qt’ed so this is my first

mattzang · Nov 2, 2020

Crabby48 said:
I don’t want to use copper on my Rhomboid but think I would like to treat for flukes. I fresh water dipped and didn’t see any flukes but would like to treat if it is low risk for Rhomboid.

What would be a good protocol that is easy on a Rhomboid? I always got my fish Qt’ed so this is my first

copper doesn’t do anything against flukes, use Prazipro or general cure

Crabby48 · Nov 2, 2020

mattzang said:
copper doesn’t do anything against flukes, use Prazipro or general cure

I’m aware copper won’t do anything for flukes. Guess I’m wondering what is better GC or prazi
Thank you for the reply

mattzang · Nov 2, 2020

Crabby48 said:
I’m aware copper won’t do anything for flukes. Guess I’m wondering what is better GC or prazi
Thank you for the reply

i like GC personally, but it is a lower dosage of praziquantel. good for wrasses, but if you run into those prazi resistant flukes i guess it'd be non ideal