Wrasse tank stocking

[saltyhog]

I'll be moving in a few weeks, hopefully for the last time. The new house has a large finished basement which will be the aquarium room/man cave. My plan is to keep my current 72x24x21 tank and make it a wrasse tank (not that there won't be wrasse in the other tank) and add a 8 or 10' tank on the wall next to the "fish room". The larger tank will be SPS, angels, butterflies and wrasse.

The wrasses I'm going to keep from my current tank are:

C. jordani
C. isoscoles
P. attenuatus
M. geoffroyi

I'd like to add :

C. lineatus
C. rhomboidalis

P. octotaenia
P. lineopunctatus
P. angularis

H. chrysotaenia
H. biocellatus

Would love to add a single Anampses and what ever additonal Cirrhilabrus species that there would be room for. Wouldn't mind an additional Macropharyngodon either. How many more would be doable and which ones would fit with these?

 

[eatbreakfast]

I'll be moving in a few weeks, hopefully for the last time. The new house has a large finished basement which will be the aquarium room/man cave. My plan is to keep my current 72x24x21 tank and make it a wrasse tank (not that there won't be wrasse in the other tank) and add a 8 or 10' tank on the wall next to the "fish room". The larger tank will be SPS, angels, butterflies and wrasse.

The wrasses I'm going to keep from my current tank are:

C. jordani
C. isoscoles
P. attenuatus
M. geoffroyi

I'd like to add :

C. lineatus
C. rhomboidalis

P. octotaenia
P. lineopunctatus
P. angularis

H. chrysotaenia
H. biocellatus

Would love to add a single Anampses and what ever additonal Cirrhilabrus species that there would be room for. Wouldn't mind an additional Macropharyngodon either. How many more would be doable and which ones would fit with these?

Depending on filtration and maintainance routine, a few more could certainly be added.

Some of the better Anampses include neoguinaicus, chrysocephalus(female, not male), meleagrides, twistii, and femininus.

 

[saltyhog]

Thanks TJ! A. femininus is definitely on my radar, it's probably the most beautiful fish in the ocean to me. How difficult are they? I can save and justify (read rationalize) the $ for one if I have a good chance of success. Is the female /no male with chysocephalus because of the males poor shipping/acclimating or something else? Do they change sex often in aquaria like the wrasses we are more familiar with?

Would an C. earlei be ok with this bunch?

 

[4FordFamily]

You can break a lot of rules with a ton of wrasse! Love this idea cant wait to see it!

 

[eatbreakfast]

Thanks TJ! A. femininus is definitely on my radar, it's probably the most beautiful fish in the ocean to me. How difficult are they? I can save and justify (read rationalize) the $ for one if I have a good chance of success. Is the female /no male with chysocephalus because of the males poor shipping/acclimating or something else? Do they change sex often in aquaria like the wrasses we are more familiar with?

Would an C. earlei be ok with this bunch?

Femininus do fine once through qt.

Anampses can change gender, but aren't as ready to do so as many other wrasses. Chrysocephalus males never seem to last in captivity, wasting away quickly, even if qt’d. Though I am not certain if that would still hold true for one that transitioned in captivity.

An earliei would do just fine with that mix of wrasses.