Wrasse Choices for a 40 Breeder?

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Hi all, I currently am overwhelmed by the amount of wrasses to chose from to replace my returned to the LFS 6 line. I'm reading varying reports on what's ethical in a 40B.
I really like rainbow wrasses and that's what drew me to the six line. Single color wrasses like the Yellow Coris just don't really float my boat. Pinked streaked seem like a decent choice but they're the opposite of hardy. I like the look of the mccosker's flasher wrasse.
Based on my googling one forum says get a fairy wrasse, the next says get a flasher wrasse, I'm just so confused on this.
What are some 3+ color wrasses that can ethically go in a 40B peaceful community mixed reef?
 
I just returned mine for store credit after it tried to murder both of my clownfish. It lived peacefully with them for a month until I added a YWG that didnt make it. I was one like you, a 6 line believer. Until it snapped on me after being a model citizen.
Sixlines are smart. Perhaps it knew something about those backstabbing, back biting two-faced clowns?
 
For a 40 breeder:
Any of the possum wrasses (Wetmorella spp.)
Pseudocheilinops ataenia (Pink Streak Wrasse)
Paracheilinus filamentosus
Paracheilinus carpenteri
Paracheilinus mccoskeri
Macropharyngodon spp. (If tank is mature and you can find a healthy specimen)
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Halichoeres chrysus
Halichoeres leucoxanthus
Halichoeres iridis
Halichoeres timorensis
Halichoeres biocellatus
 
For a 40 breeder:
Any of the possum wrasses (Wetmorella spp.)
Pseudocheilinops ataenia (Pink Streak Wrasse)
Paracheilinus filamentosus
Paracheilinus carpenteri
Paracheilinus mccoskeri
Macropharyngodon spp. (If tank is mature and you can find a healthy specimen)
Cirrhilabrus lubbocki
Halichoeres chrysus
Halichoeres leucoxanthus
Halichoeres iridis
Halichoeres timorensis
Halichoeres biocellatus
Forgot to add:
Cirrhilabrus isosceles

Make sure you only put 1 of the Halichoeres OR Macropharyngodon in a tank that size, and preferably as the last wrasse if you are mixing it with any others.
 

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