melanurus

[tweetyfish]

Would a melanurus be a good first addition to my 180 gallon after the cycle is complete? I will have somewhere around 2-3 inches of very fine sand.

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[tkiry1]

They r a little territorial when adding new fish in.. At least mine is

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[nereefpat]

in general, yes. very popular, coral safe wrasse. What does the rest of your stocklist look like? the only trouble you might see is if you try to add another Halichoerus wrasse in the future, although that's usually fine too in a 180 gallon.

 

[tweetyfish]

Haven't really decided on a complete stocking list yet, but I am not planning on any other wrasse at this time. Main thing is I wanted to check for possible problems later when adding more livestock. I used to have a melanurus years ago and he was very compatible with his other tank mates. Of course I added him after other fish.

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[BigBlueTang]

Haven't really decided on a complete stocking list yet, but I am not planning on any other wrasse at this time. Main thing is I wanted to check for possible problems later when adding more livestock. I used to have a melanurus years ago and he was very compatible with his other tank mates. Of course I added him after other fish.

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They can sometimes be aggressive. Any reason why you want it to be your first fish? Something smaller and peaceful like a watchman goby maybe? Are you planning on a more aggressive tank?


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[MMacro]

Halichoeres wrasses are generally very peaceful, even among other H. wrasses. Melanurus are one of the more aggressive out of the bunch, however.
There are much more colorful/timid species such as H. ornatissimus, H. timorenses, H. lapillus, etc etc.

 

[Reef908]

I have one and he could care less about other fish. It's the biggest of my wrasses at about 4 inches and was the first wrasse in the tank out of the ones in there currently.

 

[evolved]

Halichoeres wrasses are generally very peaceful, even among other H. wrasses. Melanurus are one of the more aggressive out of the bunch, however.
There are much more colorful/timid species such as H. ornatissimus, H. timorenses, H. lapillus, etc etc.

melanurus is typically in the middle of the spectrum when it comes to Halichoeres aggressiveness. However, ornatissimus is certainly much more aggressive, and definitely on the aggressive end of the spectrum. (On the other hand, H. claudia is quite peaceful.)
And despite the technical classification of lapillus, most everyone agrees it is a Macropharyngodon.

 

[scooter31707]

IMO, if you are planning to add any more wrasses, I would wait to add them all together. Mines would not let any new wrasses into the tank. I had to take him out and introduce them all together.

 

[MMacro]

melanurus is typically in the middle of the spectrum when it comes to Halichoeres aggressiveness. However, ornatissimus is certainly much more aggressive, and definitely on the aggressive end of the spectrum. (On the other hand, H. claudia is quite peaceful.)
And despite the technical classification of lapillus, most everyone agrees it is a Macropharyngodon.

I always thought ornatissimus was more peaceful for some reason, my bad!
I posted lapillus as Halichoeres due to technical classification.
My apologies.
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[hotdogoramer]

My wife had a melanarus years ago. He was a bastard. Destroyed her Duncan colony because he would rip the food out of its mouths. Every new fish we added got bit for the first few days. Killed 2 mandarins that way. He also chased my yellow coris and ruby headed fairy wrasses to their death. I gave them to her for her birthday. She was devasted. So I trapped him and walked into the lfs, and handed him to the first saltwater customer I saw. He was huge. Had to be over 4 inches. This was in a marineland 93 cube