Which wrasse for a bare bottom??

Supreme Reefs · Apr 4, 2010

Im new to wrasses so can anyone suggest some nice reef safe wrasses for a bare bottom?? Also which ones can stay with each other? Im looking for really neat colorful ones that arent aggressive.

knucklehead · Apr 4, 2010

mystery wrasse is an awesome wrasse

PnoyToiTz · Apr 5, 2010

Naoka wrasse is nice. I like my mystery wrasse also.

nayrgaijin · Apr 5, 2010

I have a Mystery Wrasse as well, they are sweet!
Most fairies should be fine in your tank really. McCoskers is a really neat inexpensive one. Solar Fairys are cool, Lubbocks, Exquisite, and LongFin Fairies. All I can think of at the top of my head, but all good ones!

Supreme Reefs · Apr 5, 2010

Mystery wrasse arent aggressive? I thought they were :/

Solar Fairys are cool, Lubbocks, Exquisite, and LongFin Fairies.
All of these can live together?

Yeah i saw the McCoskers and i want!

Also looking for wrasse that will eat bad critters.

knucklehead · Apr 5, 2010

eating bad critters i would get a yellow coris wrasse or something like that..

Supreme Reefs · Apr 5, 2010

knucklehead said:
eating bad critters i would get a yellow coris wrasse or something like that..

Yeah im thinking about getting one, but i wont need sand for them? I had one before and i see that they love to bury in the sand.

nayrgaijin · Apr 5, 2010

knucklehead said:
eating bad critters i would get a yellow coris wrasse or something like that..

IDK if I would get a Yellow Coris for a bare bottom though? They do bury themselves.

You know i've heard Mysteries can be aggressive too. Anyone chime in on this?

Supreme Reefs · Apr 5, 2010

i really want to get a yellow corris... anyone out there have one in their bare bottom?

Or what about a leopard wrasse?

nayrgaijin · Apr 5, 2010

Leopard Wrasse' bury themselves to sleep too

From my understanding, all fairies just cocoon and hide in rocks when they sleep.

Supreme Reefs · Apr 5, 2010

nayrgaijin said:
Leopard Wrasse' bury themselves to sleep too
From my understanding, all fairies just cocoon and hide in rocks when they sleep.

I guess this is the downside to having a BB

I know sixlines dont bury themselves but they get aggressive...

knucklehead · Apr 5, 2010

my mystery has not been aggressive one bit..

Aquascaper · Apr 5, 2010

Here is a shortlist, I compilied from Bob Geomans Library, that include reef friendly wrasses- many wrasse families are not included in this list due to substrate needs/ dietary needs/ or behavior less suitable for a community.

Cirrhilabrus- Fairy non sand burying
C adornatus (Debelius Fairy Wrasse)
C aurantidorsalis (Orangeback/Goldback Fairy Wrasse)
C balteatus (Belted/Girdled Fairy Wrasse)
C bathyphilus (Deep Sea/Hooded/Coral Sea/Holmes Fairy Wrasse)
C beauperryi (Beau's/Blue-belly Fairy Wrasse)
C claire (Clair's Fairy Wrasse)
C condei (Red Fairy Wrasse)
C cyanopleura (Blue-sided/Blueheaded Fairy Wrasse)
C earlei (Earle's/Orange-striped Fairy Wrasse)
C exquisitus (Exquisite Fairy Wrasse)
C filamentosus (Whipfin Wrasse)
C flavidorsalis (Yellowfin/Red-bar Fairy Wrasse)
C joanallenae (Joan's/Pennant/Pulauweh Fairy Wrasse)
C johnsoni (Johnson's Wrasse)
C jordani (Hawaiian Flame Wrasse)
C katherinae (Katherine's/Black-striped/Greenback Fairy Wrasse)
C katoi (Kato's/Bigfin Fairy Wrasse)
C laboutei (Labout's/Magenta-streak Fairy Wrasse)
C lanceolatus (Lanceolate/Longtail Fairy Wrasse)
C lineatus (Purplelined Wrasse)
C lubbocki (Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse)
C lunatus (Crescent-tail Fairy Wrasse)
C luteovittatus (Yellowstreaked Fairy Wrasse)
C marjorie (Marjorie Fairy Wrasse)
C melanomarginatus (Redfined Wrasse)
C morrisoni (Morrison's Fairy Wrasse)
C naokoae (Yellowfin/Red-bar Fairy Wrasse)
C punctatus (Finespotted/Dotted Fairy Wrasse)
C pylei (Pyle's Fairy Wrasse)
C randalli (Randall's/Shoals Fairy Wrasse)
C rhomboidalis (Rhomboid/Golden/Diamond-tail Fairy Wrasse)
C roseafascia (Rose-band/Pink-banded Fairy Wrasse)
C rubrimarginatus (Red-margin Fairy Wrasse)
C rubripinnis (Redfinned Fairy Wrasse)
C rubrisquamis (Red-scaled/Rosy-scaled Fairy Wrasse)
C rubriventralis (Social Fairy/Redfin/Longfin Wrasse)
C sanguineus (Red-blotched/Wine/Purple-stained Fairy Wrasse)
C scottorum (Scott's Fairy Wrasse)
C solorensis (Redheaded/Solar Fairy Wrasse)
C temminckii (Threadfin Wrasse)
C tonozukai (Redfined Flasher Wrasse)
C walindi (Walindi Fairy Wrasse)
C walshi (Walsh's/Samoan Fairy Wrasse)

part 1

Aquascaper · Apr 5, 2010

Wrasses Continued- Part 2

Paracheilinus - Flasher non sand burying
P angulatus (Angular/Lyretail/Triangle Flasher Wrasse)
P attenuatus (Attenuate/Seychelles/Diamond-tail Flasher Wrasse)
P bellae (Bell's Flasher Wrasse)
P carpenteri (Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse)
P cyaneus (Blue Flasher Wrasse)
P filamentosus (Filament Flasher Wrasse)
P flavianalis (Yellowfin Flasher Wrasse)
P hemitaeniatus (Half-banded/Madagascar Flasher Wrasse)
P lineopunctatus (Spot-lined/Dot-and-Dash Flasher Wrasse)
P mccoskeri (McCosker's Flasher Wrasse)
P octotaenia (Eightline Flasher Wrasse)
P piscilineatus (Elegant/Curved-line Flasher Wrasse)
P rubricaudalis (Red-tailed Flasher Wrasse)
P togeanensis (Togean Flasher Wrasse)

Pseudocheilinus- smaller secretive non burying
P evanidus (Secretive/Disappearing Wrasse)
P hexataenia (Sixline/Pajama Wrasse)
P ocellatus (Whitebarred/Mystery Wrasse)
P octotaenia (Eightline Wrasse)
P tetrataenia (Fourline Wrasse)

jaytizzle · Apr 5, 2010

'Scaper got the list for you there. Basically you would do best to stick with anything in the Paracheilinus or Cirrhilabrus genera. Ideally, if your tank is big enough, pick a few of them and add them all at the same time. I have several in my 120 and they are a lot of fun to watch. They aren't very aggressive unless there are some already settled in the tank and you try to make a new addition. You have to be significantly more careful then.