Can I add another wrasse with my current mckoskers

[Vince272992]

Hi I have a 65gal reef tank with one female mckoskers wrasse along with 5-6 other fish and I wondering if I could add another wrasse of some sort, right now I'm thinking about a male mckoskers or a cleaner wrasse, and i was wondering if this would be ok or will they tear each other apart, also if this is possible let me know if there are other good wrasses I could add with my female mckoskers
THANKS

 

[Ninong]

My choice would be a male McCosker's.

 

[Vince272992]

and they would get along fine...

 

[Ambition]

Actually, if you get a second McCosker's get another female. Chances are that your female is starting to go male... IMO, the tank isn't big enough for another species of flasher wrasse or a fairy wrasse. My vote would be a pair of McCocsker's.

 

[Vince272992]

ok and not even carpenters... cause i was thinking about getting one male carpenters or should i still stick with the mckoskers..

 

[Ninong]

Personally, I would stick with another of the same species: McCosker's. If you're confident that your female hasn't started changing to male, then you could get a final-phase male. If you're not sure, or if you want to play it safe, get another female and let your resident female change to male.

P.S. -- Paracheilinus mccoskeri, McCosker's flasher wrasse, is named in honor of Dr. John McCosker, Chief Scientist and Chair of the Department of Aquatic Biology at the California Academy of Sciences.

 

[fudrock]

I agree with the others. The safe bet is to add another female mccoskeri to your existing fish.

 

[Vince272992]

Ok then I'll go with that thanks for ur help

 

[Vince272992]

And also if I did leave my female mckoskers in the tank alone, will she turn to male forsure eventually

 

[evolved]

For sure, no telling. But most likely, yes.

 

[Ninong]

If you leave your female McCosker's in your 65-gal tank alone, without any other flasher wrasses, she will turn male. However, he won't be as colorful or as large as some other terminal phase males that were collected in the wild that grew up in the company of other flasher wrasses.

If you go through with your plans to add a male Carpenter's flasher wrasse (Paracheilinus carpenteri), that would prevent your female McCosker's from transitioning to male in your 65-gal tank. If your resident female has already started to change to male, then you might experience aggression between it and the new male. If it is still female and you add a male Carpenter's, then it will probably remain female.

Don't forget, flasher wrasses and fairy wrasses jump.

P.S. -- Paracheilinus carpenteri is named in honor of Dr. Kent E. Carpenter of Old Dominion University.

 

[reefjunkie42]

I would add more flashers. they will coexist together.