How many wrasses in a 75gallon

[ConnorG]

For my 75 stocking list I was thinking about putting 2 leopard wrasses (eating brine) with a long fin fairy wrasse. Is that ok? Will they fight?

 

[small alien]

Probably fine. My male and female meleagris leopards do not get long. Male constantly chases the female.

 

[ConnorG]

If they are in pairs at the store is it best to keep them in pairs? And is it beat to only get 1 long fin?

 

[MCCOOL]

I previously had a H. melanurus, M. meleagris and C. rubriventralis together in my 65g. The melanurus and rubriventralis were both too aggressive for my liking ( I'm sure this was compounded by the small tank size). The leopard never acted natural until both were removed, now I have the leopard and a C. jordani that get along great. In my experience, the rubriventralis will end up being a bully.

 

[small alien]

How did you remove them?

 

[MCCOOL]

2L dr. Pepper bottle with the top 1/4 cut off and inverted, filled with mysis shrimp. Both were pretty easy since they were the dominant fish in the tank.

 

[ConnorG]

I decided to take out the flashed all together and just get 2 leopards.

Would this work?

Stocking list

1 chocolate mimic tang
2 clown fish
1 tailspot blenny
2 leopard wrasse
3 lyretail anthers
1 pink spotted sand sifting goby

 

[Monkeyfish]

IMO that's a heavy bioload for a 75. I wouldn't put Acanthurus pyroferus in a 4 ft tank.

 

[kirkaz]

IMO that's a heavy bioload for a 75. I wouldn't put Acanthurus pyroferus in a 4 ft tank.

Agree....You could probably get by with a Tang from the Ctenochaetus genus (Kole Tang, Tomini Tang), but that would be it.

 

[ConnorG]

Oh really? the tank sizes for surgeonfish on the forum said 75 for them, I was gonna put them in my 90 that I was gonna upgrade to instead of the 75 but then I decided to just do a 75 instead and it would've been fine in the 90 which is what everyone was telling me, and then I asked about it on here and everyone said it was fine. And from my understanding a 75 is about 4 inches shorter then a 90 and I didn't think fish swam up and down?

 

[Monkeyfish]

You're correct Connor; a 90 is no better than a 75 for fish that need swimming room. Mind you I'm on the conservative side. Besides the bioload and tank size - A. pyroferus can be quite aggressive once it matures and the rest of your fish(excluding the Squammis) are peaceful.

 

[ConnorG]

Thanks for all your guys' help. What could I add to balance it out? I am really looking for alot of color?

 

[Monkeyfish]

Check out the fairy and flasher wrasses. Most are on the peaceful side and have a lot of color.

 

[DarthSimon]

You have a strong protein skimmer??