yellow coris wrasse

[fireman23]

I'm thinking about getting a yellow coris wrasse. Just seeing if any club member have any experience with them or thoughts on them. I was looking for a melanaurus but have been unsuccessful. I do have a cleaner shrimp and have heard mixed comments about the compatibility.

 

[ibbennyb]

i had one.. great fish but he commited suicide

 

[Dowtish]

I have had one for a long time now. He has jumped out of the tank at least 5 times, and when I moved he jumped out of the bucket too. I was just luck to be present when he jumped. So if you dont have a perfectly tight, completely covered tank, I would not get one. If the cleaner shrimp is decent sized and is already in the tank they dont seem to bother them.

Other than that he is a cool fish and no overly aggressive.

 

[Singlefin]

I have 2. They get pretty big. I got them because I had monti eating nudibranches. I've never had a problem since. They do a number on small snails too. They don't bother anything else. You should have a sandbed. They burry themselves at night.

 

[novajohn01]

I had one till he jumped out,sadly to say he didn't make it

 

[fireman23]

Chris you ever had any problems mixing wrasse

 

[Dowtish]

Chris you ever had any problems mixing wrasse

I have a melenurus wrasse with the yellow. I also have 3 other wrasses as well, but the yellow and melenurus are both the same species. They do chase each other here and there but they have been together for over 2 years.

 

[rworegon]

I have a yellow and a rather large fairy together. Both have attempted to carpet surf but both were unsuccessful. I caught the yellow on the mesh top when I had my hand in the tank doing some maintenance. The yello seems to have its own schedule. A few munites before lights out he disappears into the sand and reappears withing a half hour of the lights coming on, sometimes with a few grains of sand stuck to his face. Ver active and curious fish, always hunting. Hasn't bothered my cleaner shrimp or the pistol but both were in the tank before the yellow.

 

[fireman23]

Thanks for replies everyone. I do have canopy but open back. Also running bare bottom

 

[SmyrnaReefer]

I have one. bare bottom is bad. they sleep in the sand....

 

[NeveSSL]

There was a guy in the club in the past who said he would always have one simply because of the pests they would eat. I think they'll eat zoa spiders and several others.

Brandon