Reef safe wrasse question.

cweber

cweber

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Im looking for a reef safe wrasse for my 135g. I have a couple picked out but need some info. I had a six line wrasse until it jumped out of the tank. I didnt replace it because i wanted a mandarin, and didnt want to chance the 6line eating all the food for the mandarin. Are all wrasses like this? Should i even worry about it since its a larger tank? I do have a 29g sump/fuge and the fuge is packed full of different pods. Any suggestioins would be awesome. Thanks
 
MANDARINS WILL EAT OTHER FOODS!!

"I see the what size tank do I need for my mandarin too have a enough pods" thread way too often.

I wouldn't recommend a sixline though because of their attitude get something peaceful like a flasher or fairy or leopard wrasse. Some of the fairies will get good size and have tons of color.
 
Some mandarins will eat other foods but that would not be sufficient to maintain them. These fish graze constantly and you simply cannot feed the tank often enough. If you have sufficient copepods, you can maintain a mandarin, if not, they will eventually starve.
 
Oh, for the original poster, many/most wrasses jump and egg crate will not keep them in. If you want them be sure your tank is covered.
 
That is false. Many people have them breeding by solely feeding them prepared foods. I have formed multiple pairs and most of them have been maintained in tanks that have very little rock let alone live rock and they still thrived.

That is like saying what size tank do I need for my tang to have enough algae for it to eat. Eventually they will decimate the pods and relying solely on pods is a way to doom your fish not trying to feed it. Thats ridiculous.
 
So assuming my mandarin never eats anything other than pods, will a fairy or flasher wrasse out compete the madarin for food?
 
People are able to keep leopards, fairies, and flashers together, so I would assume that a fairy or flasher is going to be fine (on food source) with a mandarin. I personally have not kept both in the same tank, so I obviously can't speak from personal experience, just what I've seen with others.
 
I have had multiple wrasses with mandarins do just fine. At one time I had 4 christmas wrasses, a six line and a four line and also two yellow wrasses as well as a mandarin in the tank.

The wrasses do hunt for pods etc, but readily accept other foods and so do not predate out the manadarins foods.

My personal choice for best reef safe wreasses would be yellow wrasses of the halichoeres (I think thats right) species.

The christmas wrasses will eat algaes ( such as nori) as well.

Yellows are great if you have clams as wthey eat pyramid snails. Christmas and six lines will eat flatworms.

All are beautiful.

Paul.
 
If it helps you any.... I kept a scooter blenny and a carpenter's flasher wrasse in my 75 gallon reef I had a few years back. Both did great.
 
Solarensis
Flame wrasse
Purple velvet
Yellow
Exquisite
Lineatus
Red/Pink margin
Iridis
Tamarin

Those are some of my favorites and all are relatively hardy. I left off the leopards because they can be very finicky eaters.
 
I wondered that myself but didnt ask because i have a full canopy over the tank. Although my 6line did jump through a hole just big enough for the overflow box.
 
for anyone who's having trouble with fish jumping out, I suggest this: Go to Home Depot, outside in their lawn & garden area--the aisle that's closest to the store wall--there is a product that is used for putting down in your flower beds to keep weeds from growing; it is a black plastic netting that gives a bit, but it's very thin. Zoanuts called it "minnow netting," lol, but it really works. I have this secured to my canopy with velcro strips so that I can remove it at any time. It really works well and doesn't hinder ventilation or access to the tank. If anyone's interested in what it looks like on my tank just pm me and I'll get a pic taken.
 
I really like wrasses and you should be able to keep them with the mandarin.

In addition to the ones Paul recommended, I also like the flasher and fairies. They have some very beautiful colors. You can either buy or borrow from the club this book: A Pocket Guide to Marine Fishes. It is excellent for learning about fish and making a want list. :)
 
The one i really want is about $150 so i will count that one off the list. Thanks again for the replies.:)
 
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