A pretty, but easy to keep wrasse.
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Myles
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If you want to try something different, bird wrasses are extremely easy and will not bother corals. On the downside they are not trustworthy with shrimp and other mobile inverts.
Otherwise I agree with Peter that Halichores wrasses are easier and live longer than fairy wrasses but you may need to deepen your sand a little depending on size.
Myles
Otherwise I agree with Peter that Halichores wrasses are easier and live longer than fairy wrasses but you may need to deepen your sand a little depending on size.
Myles
Megatrev62
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Glad most have had wrasses survive and thrive. Had a yellow finned fairy and a threadfin wrasse at differnt times, and both just disappeared without a trace. Both doing well and eating everything? Never trying wrasses again.
Rapide
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But both species get quite large, about 10" max, and need a lot of room to do their wrassy wrasseing.
To be honest I think a 140gallon tank isn't big enough for Bird wrasses...
a.browning
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I would not mix a sixline wrasse with any other wrasses. They generally are very aggressive to other wrasses, and can just be huge jerks in general even to non wrasses. You'll want to watch it with the mystery as well. They can be aggressive to other wrasses too, but I've seen it pulled off. Personally I would stay away from that whole genus, and stick to fairies/flashers and halichoeres/leopards if you have sand. The other wrasses on your list should mix well.
Rapide
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IMO Sixline is a wonderful fish, but often kept in too small tanks!
Some small fishes require a lot of room despite their size. Just like Dottybacks!
My Cleaner even grooms my Sixline, and the Sixline is a real model citizen.
Coris gaimardi has eaten a few shrimps, but I blame myself 'cause I do feed them live Palaemon elegas-shrimps, so they are just programmed to function that way... I collect the shrimps myself and can recommend them as a live food source for all large predatory fishes!
I love the Mystery wrasse!! One of the most beautiful wrasses I know!
But the two I'm still getting are Choerodon fasciatus and Thalassoma amblycephalum
Some small fishes require a lot of room despite their size. Just like Dottybacks!
My Cleaner even grooms my Sixline, and the Sixline is a real model citizen.
Coris gaimardi has eaten a few shrimps, but I blame myself 'cause I do feed them live Palaemon elegas-shrimps, so they are just programmed to function that way... I collect the shrimps myself and can recommend them as a live food source for all large predatory fishes!
I love the Mystery wrasse!! One of the most beautiful wrasses I know!
But the two I'm still getting are Choerodon fasciatus and Thalassoma amblycephalum
evolved
Wrasse Nut
Pseudocheilinus wrasses don't play well with other wrasses.
2" of sand is plenty for any sand dweller.
Hoevens, melanurus, et. al. There's lots of variability in common names.
Precisely.
+1 to everything here.
Just not multiple males of the same species; of different species is fine.
You can; pairs/trios can work well.
Correct.
Not if you pick your species wisely and, most importantly, introduce new additions properly.
Not at all a species I'd recommend for a reef tank.
Skip BOTH of those Pseudocheilinus wrasses; see first comment.Linespot flasher wrassse
Red tail flasher wrasse
Mystery wrasse
Six line wrasse
Orange-Back fairy wrasse
McCoskers Flasher wrasse
This is my final list I hopeNow I just got to figure out which ones are compatible and in stock.
Your results are not typical here. IMO, any wrasses of the Thalassoma genus and (almost all) Coris genus don't belong in reef tanks. It can be done, but you really need to know what you're getting into in order to have the proper preparations.IMO Sixline is a wonderful fish, but often kept in too small tanks!
Some small fishes require a lot of room despite their size. Just like Dottybacks!
My Cleaner even grooms my Sixline, and the Sixline is a real model citizen.
Coris gaimardi has eaten a few shrimps, but I blame myself 'cause I do feed them live Palaemon elegas-shrimps, so they are just programmed to function that way... I collect the shrimps myself and can recommend them as a live food source for all large predatory fishes!
I love the Mystery wrasse!! One of the most beautiful wrasses I know!
But the two I'm still getting are Choerodon fasciatus and Thalassoma amblycephalum
That's better.
OP, give this thread a read.
Rapide
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Hunter, I do know a little something about fishes 
I just don't make that much noise about it. I would like to, but I have no time because I'm already doing it in 2 other languages on other forums 
Don't worry, I know what I'm doing... After all, you still remember this? I really had you on that one, didn't I?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2264913
I just don't make that much noise about it. I would like to, but I have no time because I'm already doing it in 2 other languages on other forums Don't worry, I know what I'm doing... After all, you still remember this? I really had you on that one, didn't I?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2264913
evolved
Wrasse Nut
Ah yes. That one.Hunter, I do know a little something about fishes
Don't worry, I know what I'm doing... After all, you still remember this? I really had you on that one, didn't I?
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2264913
I didn't intend to imply you didn't know what you were doing. A 660g tank helps you get away with a lot which other can't, and I'm sure all your corals and Aquascape are well secured. Yes, it can be done, but I cringe everytime I see some throw a Thalassoma wrasse in a 120 gal tank (or less) then wonder a few months later why this fish is causing them so much grief...
Was indeed a good one.I'm going to print that and put in on my basement sump rooms wall
