Melanurus Wrasse?
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KillerReef
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everything i have read says yes, they like to sleep in it or bury when threatened...
WestTexasReefer
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yes the bury in the sand at night
LKGRenegade22
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I have one about 5" and he is one of my favorite fish in the tank. They are constant hunters and are always looking for food. Mine has not touched any inverts of my shrimp or snails but has taken a liking to asterina stars which is fine by me. He also has almost wiped out all my bristleworms.
Algae Growwer
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Need to know if I get one of the Melanurus Wrasse if you think it will be reef safe .Found some flatwrms in sump want to get ahead of them also have six line wrasse want to put him in display.
rkelley_10
Blue Thumb
Def reef safe. Only concern is with ornamental shrimp as they might find them tasty. As with every fish, it's more of on an individual basis. I have a melanurus and two cleaner shrimp without any problems. This guy is a workhorse. Eats all parasites. He's a funny guy, goes to bed early and sleeps in. Such a beautiful fish.
KillerReef
Wrasse-a-holic
not sure how it will do with your 6-line as i have heard those can be buggers with other wrasses, but from what i understand, the melanurus is reef safe... HTH
bumpbailey
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I have had my Melanrus now for about 3 months. Beautiful fish. Unfortunatley I can not substantiate the claims that they eat the flat worms....my tank is still riddled with them.
Curious to the compatability with oter wrasses. I had a 6-line and a pencil wrasse prior to introducing the Melanarus....both are gone now
Curious to the compatability with oter wrasses. I had a 6-line and a pencil wrasse prior to introducing the Melanarus....both are gone now
96gts
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I have had my Melanrus now for about 3 months. Beautiful fish. Unfortunatley I can not substantiate the claims that they eat the flat worms....my tank is still riddled with them.
Curious to the compatability with oter wrasses. I had a 6-line and a pencil wrasse prior to introducing the Melanarus....both are gone now
I have an Ornate Leopard, Solorensis, McCosker's and Cyanopleura with my Melanurus in a 90gal. The Melanurus gets along fine with all of them except my Cyanopleura doesn't get along well with the Solorensis.
Algae Growwer
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Def a preety fish!
KillerReef
Wrasse-a-holic
I have had my Melanrus now for about 3 months. Beautiful fish. Unfortunatley I can not substantiate the claims that they eat the flat worms....my tank is still riddled with them.
Curious to the compatability with oter wrasses. I had a 6-line and a pencil wrasse prior to introducing the Melanarus....both are gone now
sure that you don't have a lunar, they can be PITAs from what i hear...
vicent2008
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I am looking for buying one to get rid of the flatworms in mi tank
hope it's worth it
:worried:
hope it's worth it
:worried:
96gts
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I think these should work, they are listed as 1.0mm-2.0mm. I'm using the Fiji Pink, which is listed as 0.5mm-1.5mm.
bumpbailey
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Definitely a Melanarus Wrasse. Bummed that I lost the pencil wrasse..... six lines are a dime a dozen. Just wish it would start eating the flat worms.....
Can anyone out there tell me what wrasse that was on the cover of the latest Drs Foster & Smith catalog?
Can anyone out there tell me what wrasse that was on the cover of the latest Drs Foster & Smith catalog?
KillerReef
Wrasse-a-holic
I'm pretty sure it was a hawaiian flame wrasse. I don't have the latest catalog, but is this the same one?
catalog?
bumpbailey
New member
Killer,
the image did not show up when I clicked your link. just took me straight into the catalog.
bumpbailey
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My own research has determined the the wrasse on the cover of the DFS catalog is a Feminus Wrasse....incredibly beautiful fish. Definitely on my wish list!
