Loading my tank up with wrasse to help with pests...how many is too many?

[2wheelsonly]

Current tank:

300 Gallon

Current Fish:

3 yellow tang
1 powder blue
1 sailfin tang
1 blue tang
2 clown fish
1 royal gramma
1 malanaurus
1 spotted watchman goby

Other than the sailfin and the pbt getting scrappy once in a while for a few seconds it's a fairly peaceful tank.

I was thinking of adding the following wrasse:

1 Yellow Coris
1 Green Coris
1 6 Line

I would assume there would be enough room for them considering the tank doesn't have a HUGE stock for it's size (96x30x24). Is there a thing with having too many wrasse?

 

[JaimeAdams]

I like the melanurus wrasse over the 6 line any day.

 

[2wheelsonly]

I like the melanurus wrasse over the 6 line any day.

I have the melanurus now though, I know 6-lines can be mean but I do know from having them in the past they eat bugs!

 

[TangingOut]

The melanurus may not take kindly to those other wrasses being added. Maybe catch it out first and re-introduce it with the rest.

 

[Zatoichi]

Thumbs up on the cpris wrasse they are good colorful workers I don't care for six line wrasse I really like mystery wrasse

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[UTCReefer]

What are you trying to get rid of?
I love wrasses except for when i want to spot feed something. I dont care if there is a cloud of food around them they always go for whats sitting on the coral, ALWAYS.

 

[2wheelsonly]

What are you trying to get rid of?
I love wrasses except for when i want to spot feed something. I dont care if there is a cloud of food around them they always go for whats sitting on the coral, ALWAYS.

I have red bugs, nudibranches and AEFW

Been taking my monti's out and dipping but there is alot of encrusted remnants I can't get off my rock. I go in every single night and search and destroy with a tooth brush but am not winning the battle.

Zeo Flatworm stop *MAY* be working against my AEFW (on month 2.5 of treatment) as I have seen less and less bite marks on my acro's and one tri-color acro seems to have recovered completely.

Jury still out on red bugs but once I catch my shrimp I am going to dose Dr G's coral dip into the display (same ingredients of interceptor).

I want an army of wrasse to help with all of the above as there are plenty of encrusting corals and large pieces I can't remove. One monti is so big it won't fit through the openings in the top of the acryllic tank.

 

[Alfrareef]

I prefer the hexataenia. More efficient and not so agressive

 

[billdogg]

IMHO, the yellow coris will be fine. IME, the green coris and the 6 line WILL go rogue at some point. Trying to catch either in a tank that size will be at best difficult.

I have a pair of Blue Star Leopard Wrasses that tore through my flatworm infestation in short order, even carefully plucking them from my Elegance coral without disturbing it at all. They spend their days cruising the reef hunting for morsels to eat.

As an added bonus, I think they are absolutely stunning to look at.

 

[deputydog95]

Will these wrasses mentioned actually eat red bugs?

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[CrayolaViolence]

I have two malunarus. I really like them. They are very efficient at catching pests. I've found that females are much better than males (at the job of catching pests). The males seem to be split between showing off their colors and staking territory and catching yummy morsels.
I've also had a yellow coris. Very good fish too. I've also used the blue springer damsel fish for flat worms with great success.

 

[deputydog95]

Are all these jumpers? I have an open top.

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[CrayolaViolence]

Are all these jumpers? I have an open top.

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I had both a yellow and mal with open tops (and shallow tanks) and they were okay.

 

[johnike]

IMHO, the yellow coris will be fine. IME, the green coris and the 6 line WILL go rogue at some point. Trying to catch either in a tank that size will be at best difficult.

I have a pair of Blue Star Leopard Wrasses that tore through my flatworm infestation in short order, even carefully plucking them from my Elegance coral without disturbing it at all. They spend their days cruising the reef hunting for morsels to eat.

As an added bonus, I think they are absolutely stunning to look at.

Yep. Thanks Bill, love my pair of Hawaiin Potters!
And they ALL jump.

I have a pair of Melanarus and a Solar in the big tank, not a pest anywhere.
(Except the 6 line)

 

[Many Waters]

The melanurus may not take kindly to those other wrasses being added. Maybe catch it out first and re-introduce it with the rest.

I agree. My wrasses have been funny with addition of new wrasses- my ornamental/Christmas wrasse was ****ed when I tossed a 6 line in my 180- eventually she calmed down, but the 6 line had to spend a good week hiding in the shadows for safety [emoji15]


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