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Currently I have a 36 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump. Stocking I have a clownfish, flasher wrasse, blue streak cleaner wrasse, and an indigo dotty back. Will adding a yellow coris wrasse be too much bio load or will the wrasses be aggressive?
 
Currently I have a 36 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump. Stocking I have a clownfish, flasher wrasse, blue streak cleaner wrasse, and an indigo dotty back. Will adding a yellow coris wrasse be too much bio load or will the wrasses be aggressive?
They're different wrasses so will likely be fine together. However, the tank is too small for the Chrysus long-term.
 
Also the cleaner wrasse. They rarely live long in anything other than a large, heavily stocked tank.

Consider some less active fish like a basslet (like a royal gramma), damselfish, and cardinals.
 
Currently I have a 36 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump. Stocking I have a clownfish, flasher wrasse, blue streak cleaner wrasse, and an indigo dotty back. Will adding a yellow coris wrasse be too much bio load or will the wrasses be aggressive?
Should be ok if you have a sand bottom for him
 
They're different wrasses so will likely be fine together. However, the tank is too small for the Chrysus long-term.
Do you know of any other wrasse that’d be a good size for the tank and colorful. I feel like a lot of the smaller fish that my LFS has shown me haven’t been very colorful.
 
Also the cleaner wrasse. They rarely live long in anything other than a large, heavily stocked tank.

Consider some less active fish like a basslet (like a royal gramma), damselfish, and cardinals.
My blue streak is over 2 years now with me. He cleans everybody that wants a scale pedicure.
 
What Flasher do you have? @Slocke might be able to recommend another Flasher variety or a Fairy.
 
Also the cleaner wrasse. They rarely live long in anything other than a large, heavily stocked tank.

Consider some less active fish like a basslet (like a royal gramma), damselfish, and cardinals.
The cleaner wrasse has been living in the tank for probably close to two years now. It eats a lot of pellets everyday. What time line were you thinking for not living long in a small tank? Just curious so I know what to expect
 
What Flasher do you have? @Slocke might be able to recommend another Flasher variety or a Fairy.
Honestly not 100% sure. The store said that they don’t know the exact name because there’s so many different types of flasher wrasse. I’ll post a picture tomorrow when the lights are on. Thank you all for your help too!
 
The cleaner wrasse has been living in the tank for probably close to two years now. It eats a lot of pellets everyday. What time line were you thinking for not living long in a small tank? Just curious so I know what to expect
It’s an incredibly active fish and grows to 6”. You did really well to get it to eat pellets but is too big and active for a small tank like that.
Do you know of any other wrasse that’d be a good size for the tank and colorful. I feel like a lot of the smaller fish that my LFS has shown me haven’t been very colorful.
Mystery wrasse, six line, four line. Really most wrasse are too active for that size tank. A Pseudocheilinus species or the Pseudocheilinops are good. As are possum wrasse.
Honestly not 100% sure. The store said that they don’t know the exact name because there’s so many different types of flasher wrasse. I’ll post a picture tomorrow when the lights are on. Thank you all for your help too!
Flasher wrasse need a 3ft tank minimum to perform their natural behavior and flash. These are free swimming fish. For a tank that size you need fish that stick to small territories.
 
It’s an incredibly active fish and grows to 6”. You did really well to get it to eat pellets but is too big and active for a small tank like that.

Mystery wrasse, six line, four line. Really most wrasse are too active for that size tank. A Pseudocheilinus species or the Pseudocheilinops are good. As are possum wrasse.

Flasher wrasse need a 3ft tank minimum to perform their natural behavior and flash. These are free swimming fish. For a tank that size you need fish that stick to small territories.
I agree with this however I think it depends on the tank set up with enough rocks for them to dart in and out of. My DT is only 65g and I had 5 wrasses in there with no issues but I attribute that to a lot of rockscape and caves to satisfy their natural pest hunting curiosity. Currently have 3 now along with 9 other fish.
 
Currently I have a 36 gallon tank with a 10 gallon sump. Stocking I have a clownfish, flasher wrasse, blue streak cleaner wrasse, and an indigo dotty back. Will adding a yellow coris wrasse be too much bio load or will the wrasses be aggressive?
What are the dimensions?

Short term I’d say any wrasse will work but long term this tank is too small for any of the 3 wrasses.
 

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