Fairy Wrasses

[Buddyboy]

Hi!

I'm looking for a good pest hunter (flatworms, etc) for my tank. I would really like to get a six-line wrasse for my tank but really love my shrimp (skunk and peppermint). Apparently, six-lines often go nuts and start killing fish, shrimp, etc. I have heard that fairy wrasses are more peaceful and more suitable for a reef tank. Would a fairy wrasse be more shrimp safe in my tank but go after the same pests that the six-line goes after? ie small pest snails, flatworms, etc? I REALLY want a wrasse in my tank, not only for their beauty and behavior, but also to eat pests in the tank. Do the six-line and fairies have similar diets?

Current inhabitants:
2 percula clowns
1 midas blenny
2 skunk cleaner shrimp

and 2 peppermint shrimp SOON to battle some Majanos that have been popping up

Thanks for any information and your time!

Bud

 

[anydarnthing]

Fairy wrasses eat stuff in the water column I have 9 fairy wrasses and have never seen them eat anything off the glass or liverock. I have 6 peppermints and still have majanos...all the aiptasia is gone but they don't touch Majanos', peppermints are from the caribbean and so is aiptasia, majano is from the pacific.

 

[Buddyboy]

Ok, thanks for the info! That's what I thought. Since we are on the subject, how have you been dealing with your majano problem? Is there anything that eats them?

 

[anydarnthing]

Butterfly fish but they're a risk in reefs and most require larger then 55gals for a tank, try Joe's juice it kills them and since your tank isn't that large it shouldn't take you too long to kill them off.

 

[UH_OH_5_OH]

Whats a majano...? Isn't that a drink with Tequila...?

 

[yeldarbj]

I've got 4 peppermint shrimp in with a 6-line wrasse - no problems so far. I just added a Carpenter's Fairy Wrasse too.

 

[jiggy]

yellow coris wrasse is what u need.

 

[Buddyboy]

Is the yellow coris wrasse more shrimp safe than a sixline?

 

[RichConley]

Pretty much anything from halicoeres will eat flatworms and other pests. The larger ones arent safe with smaller stuff though.

Ornatissimus/Iridis/maybe Crysus are the safest I think

 

[snorvich]

If you have a sixline wrasse, you will not have fairy or flasher wrasses for long. Fairy wrasses are totally safe with shrimp.

 

[SuperNerd]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7947459#post7947459 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by UH_OH_5_OH
Whats a majano...? Isn't that a drink with Tequila...?

You mean mojito, that drink with mint leaves in it?