Mixing flasher wrasses

[lee_d_m]

Hi,

I have a male carpenters flasher wrasse and have the opportunity to pick up a male McCoskers from a tank close down.

What are the chances of these two getting on together, the tank volume approx. 160 US gallons and is 4.5ft long.

Thanks

Lee

 

[Nina51]

i woulda had the same combination had ups delivered the shipment to the right house!! the carpenter's died, the mccosker's is goin' a hundred.

both of them are supposed to be peaceful fish and i would have put them together in my 75g. 160g is more than twice so i would think it would work fine.

 

[Marshall O]

They should be just fine together, especially in that large of the tank. I would still use an acclimation box for at least 24 hours (wait until the P. carpenteri doesn't show much interest). Release the new one at night, just before lights out. Once they are together, they will likely flash each other, with some occasional chasing, but that should be it.

 

[hogfanreefer]

I had a McCosker's and a Yellow Fin Flasher in a 6' 155 gallon and they got along great and were constantly flashing at each other. Alas my Yellow fin jumped while I had the cover off to feed and I accidently stepped on him. He was my favorite fish in the tank! :-(

 

[aquaph8]

Flashers do well together on most occasions. I even have two Mccoskers due to Bluezoo not knowing the difference between Mccoskers and carpenters.

 

[lee_d_m]

Hi guys,


Thanks for all your responses, sounds like I should be ok to get the McCoskers then.

Cheers

Lee

 

[snorvich]

They should be just fine together, especially in that large of the tank. I would still use an acclimation box for at least 24 hours (wait until the P. carpenteri doesn't show much interest). Release the new one at night, just before lights out. Once they are together, they will likely flash each other, with some occasional chasing, but that should be it.

Good process. I agree.

 

[snorvich]

I even have two Mccoskers due to Bluezoo not knowing the difference between Mccoskers and carpenters.

Now that is amazing. There is this book, with pictures . . . :lolspin:

 

[lee_d_m]

Hi Guys,

I added the McCoskers yesterday (unfortunately I couldn't find an acclimation box over here in the UK, so in he went whilst the lights were off). He is quite a bit smaller than the Carptenters by the way.

So, the Carpenter has been pretty aggressive towards him, lots of chasing and some biting, enough for the McCoskers to lose a few scales

Last night and today I've had a mirror up at the glass and this has kept the Carpenter at bay (he's even been flashing his reflection, which is amazing to watch). I'm not sure if he's going to calm down at the moment, so I'm just wondering how long it should take for the mirror trick to work, and if it doesn't, what other options do I have.

BTW, I also added a peacock wrasse at the same time, the peacock is roughly the same size as the Carpenter and has been subjected to what could be described as "stalking" from the Carpenter, but nowhere near as much aggression as the McCoskers has suffered.

Thanks

Lee