BTA / Wrasse Tank?

[Spicer]

Always wanted to have multiple wrasses in a tank (using the mirror method) and also always wanted to have multiple bta in the same tank, would this be possible?

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2085595&highlight=bta+tank

A tank similar to that, but add a bunch of wrasses slowly.

 

[marc price]

I don't have the attention span to read thru your link, no idea what the mirror method is about, but am willing to guess at the info you're after, sorry if my answer is off base. You won't have a problem mixing multiple wrasse with a colony of E. quadricolor bta's. You will need a high walled canopy or cover to keep the wrasse from carpet surfing. A sand bed will depend on the types of wrasse you're interested in but a good idea. A good amount of rock will help with a critter population for the wrasse to hunt (more like decimate). Probably the most important factor will be whether or not the tank has enough swimming room for the species you want. Hope that helped.

 

[marc price]

One more thought, (bear in mind it's after midnight here), i'm not clear whether you plan to include one or more clownfsh, i would. At the very least if space were a concern i'd get a wild caught super small "perpetually immature" maroon clownfish and hope it stays that way size sex wise. Has for me, i've had little 2" solitary wild caught maroon's stay that way for well over five years before trading them in or losing it. I'm not sure how that would work with tank bred, shouldn't be different but there may be other things going on that influence it which may be skipped having not been in the wild, just a guess i really don't know.
Also i'm not positive but it could be looked at as analogous to studies wrt male to female sex change of A. bicinctus where the male must be the dominant, at least ~4" and in the presents of other smaller A. bicinctus for the change to happen.

 

[Spicer]

Thanks Marc, the link was more just to show off that persons tank, the colony of btas.

Your answer is quite clear, thanks!

Looks like its a go!