Wrasse Recommendations!

[vaguelyreeflike]

Good luck getting a non-snail eater to eat other pests…
The best way to do that is through getting snails that are either Nocturnal or can flip themselves.

The downside to pinkies is;
1. They’re a nightmare to get unless you’re looking for them in the season’s they’re available
2. They only eat the smaller pests, if you have huge Flatworms/Nudibranchs you will want to get a different species of wrasse.

This is a very good point

 

[i cant think]

This is a very good point

Honestly, a pink streak is better keeps as a display fish more than a pest eater.
I have an article on Halichoeres wrasses and it does mention what sorts of snails are best to use

 

[Tcook]

I would get the 6-line. Might be aggressive towards the mollies but oh well. I assume this being a frag tank that there is no top and is shallow. Chysus and others in that genus would be too much of a jump risk. What are the specifics of the frag tank?

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

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I would get the 6-line. Might be aggressive towards the mollies but oh well. I assume this being a frag tank that there is no top and is shallow. Chysus and others in that genus would be too much of a jump risk. What are the specifics of the frag tank?

Its actually not a conventional frag tank and does have a tightly fitting lid, and is quite a deep tank just a standard 125gal so jump risks are fine.

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

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Its actually not a conventional frag tank and does have a tightly fitting lid, and is quite a deep tank just a standard 125gal so jump risks are fine.

And if its nippy towards the mollies thats not the end of the world, theyre literally only in there to keep a higher bioload because we have constant low nitrate and dosing will be very pricey, so were trying to just stock it decently and then I also over feed.

 

[Tcook]

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Its actually not a conventional frag tank and does have a tightly fitting lid, and is quite a deep tank just a standard 125gal so jump risks are fine.

Then I would go with H. chrysus. Very mellow wrasse. Some would say mellow yellow. Except @i cant think. He likes lemon meringue.

 

[i cant think]

Then I would go with H. chrysus. Very mellow wrasse. Some would say mellow yellow. Except @i cant think. He likes lemon meringue.

If you compare a chrysus male to a leucoxanthus male, there is no competition

 

[KING KONG]

Pair of yellow coris wrasse. I hv kept and they always play together. They come out together and eat together. Such a peaceful fish

 

[i cant think]

Pair of yellow coris wrasse. I hv kept and they always play together. They come out together and eat together. Such a peaceful fish

The downside to pairs is eventually you’ll have two males that hate eachother.

 

[Tcook]

If you compare a chrysus male to a leucoxanthus male, there is no competition

I won’t. I’ll compare both to my vivien

 

[i cant think]

I won’t. I’ll compare both to my vivien

If we’re playing that… Compare them to a shutmani male, yellow is nothing compared to that red

 

[Tcook]

If we’re playing that… Compare them to a shutmani male, yellow is nothing compared to that red

Pics! Or you don’t got one! I’ve been thinking hard on that magma since jordani is no longer available. Someone just posted a really nice earl’s (guy from SD?) so it’s a difficult choice. The reds are fantastic though.

 

[i cant think]

Pics! Or you don’t got one! I’ve been thinking hard on that magma since jordani is no longer available. Someone just posted a really nice earl’s (guy from SD?) so it’s a difficult choice. The reds are fantastic though.

I wish I had one!
It’s high on my want list as jordani is the poor version IMHO. Ever since seeing even just a female in the LFS when I worked there, this wrasse has shown it’s better than jordani.

But lubbocki males are better than chrysus as well

 

[Tcook]

I wish I had one!
It’s high on my want list as jordani is the poor version IMHO. Ever since seeing even just a female in the LFS when I worked there, this wrasse has shown it’s better than jordani.

But lubbocki males are better than chrysus as well

I have yet to see a magma in person so I will hold off on if it is better than my first male jordani.