Reef safe wrasses that are not pod eaters?

steallife904

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I have a 5 ft 150gal tank but have a pair of dragonets in there so I try to stay away from fish that are primarily pod eaters so they have no competition. I do put in new pods at least once every 2 months and both of my dragons have learned to eat frozen Mysis. Anyway as far as wrasses I only have 1 so far, a solar wrasse. What other wrasses could I add that wouldn't primarily go for pods??? of am I fine to add any as long as I am adding pods every so often?

As far as my feeding habit I feed frozen rods food every day and mix in frozen Mysis every other (the rods has some in it or krill, not sure which). So they will have that to eat.

Just trying to get some wrasses into the tank now, i have a canopy so jumpers are now ok. Other fish are blue tang, sailfin tang, starry blenny, long nose hawk, 2 dragonets, solar wrasse, 2 clowns. thanks for the help.
 
Any Fairy or Flasher Wrasse would be my first suggestions. They are column feeders and will not hunt for pods. Stay away from Leopards (Macropharyngodon), Halichoeres, Possum (Wetmorella), Anampses, Lined (Pseudocheilinus), Pseudocheilinops... Just to name a few off the top of my head.

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^Yup, you'll be looking for fary and flasher wrasses.

Skip the above mentioned groups, as well as pencil wrasses, the genus Pseudojuloides.
 
I agree with the others. Looks like you even have one fairy wrasse. The Rhomboids, Lineatus, and Flames are pretty cool too.
 
They should be fine to mix in most cases, though I recommend using a social acclimation box to introduce new wrasses to established ones.
 
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