next fish - wrasse?

[bkiba]

Ok I've recently had 2 of my fish die for different reasons. I had a scooter that was 1 of 2 that was rather large and sadly it seems he was to big for the tank and starved .
Second I had a jawfish that met the end of his lifespan.

So I've only got 4 fish now in my 72. A pair of false percs, a royal gramma, and the smaller 2 of 2 scooter blenny which is happy and fat.

I saw a 2 spot wrasse at the store the other day and I wondered if I could add it safely to my system. I'd be most concerned with the gramma, as he is ok but still a bit territorial.

If a wrasse isn't a good idea can you please make a suggestion that would work (most likely) in this small community?

thanks!

 

[Ironsheikh]

royal grammas are pretty tame, as long as they have a 1ft territory -- I have 2 together in a 60 w/ a solar wrasse as well. Meanest fish in that tank is a blue damsel -- beat up 2 damsels that they floated in the top corner and begged for me to net them out

 

[Kahuna Tuna]

If the two spot wrasse you are talking about is the Coris aygula, the two spot or clown coris, dont even think about it. It will grow from a cute little juvenile into a big, ugly, two foot long tank rearranging monster. Here's a link. http://www.fishbase.org/Photos/ThumbnailsSummary.php?ID=5624

Any of the flasher or fairy wrasses should be fine in that tank but they are jumpers.

 

[bkiba]

thanks kahuna, I found some information regarding this little monster - I was gonna let this post die, but I appreciate the concerned response. This was the twin spot wrasse, a sweet looking little juvenile. I read that they can get up to 26", eat all forms of mollusks, shrimp, and echinos so I decided to pass on that guy. Still looking to add another fish, maybe one of the reef safe wrasses or a dart fish of some sort.

thanks again.

 

[Ironsheikh]

exquisite wrasse --those have nice color --I should've went with that instead of my solar