Reef Safe Wrasses

alexrex20 said:
remember, reef safe doesn't always mean invert safe.
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^ +1

my favorite wrasse is a mystery wrasse. the only thing mine have ever bothered were shrimp that were added after it and every once in a blue moon it would mess with a snail.

flasher and fairy wrasse are all pretty docile fish. but IMHO they are too shy for me. every one i have ever had would hide in the rocks and get spooked really easy.
 
I have heard Scott's are aggressive as well as 6 lines. I have a 180 with a mystery, pink margin, solar, blue sided fairy wrasse amd a christmas wrasse. They all get along fine and bother nothing. If you keep a wrasse you will need some type of cover because they are jumpers. I have the net covering on mine and have had 2 jump on me when the top was off cleaning, luckily I was there to put them back in.
 
Mystery Wrasses can be very aggressive, and when they get large start to get no so attractive. Most Fairy wrasses will work. i would also look at regular leopard or ornate leopard wrasses.
 
My Hoeven's wrasse never jumps- I don't even keep a cover. He is totally docile, plays well with others, eats like a champ. Never seen him pick on snails or hermits, and won't go near the coarl banded shrimp.
 
yellow "coris", h. chrysus $ may eat some shrimp but that is rare, also eats flatworms
mccoskers or carpenter $
exquisite $
hoevens $ good flatworm eater
flame $$$$
labout $$$
lineatus $$$
rhomboid $$$$

six lines are the devil
mystery are good looking but their temperament is the opposite
leopard are very nice but are sometimes difficult to care for
 
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skidoctor said:
My Hoeven's wrasse never jumps- I don't even keep a cover. He is totally docile, plays well with others, eats like a champ. Never seen him pick on snails or hermits, and won't go near the coarl banded shrimp.
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youre playing russian roulette by not having some type of cover over your tank. when that fish jumps, and i mean when, you will regret not having one on there
 
I have an Aussie Tusk in my mixed reef. I've never had issues with him touching or eating anything. Results may vary, but I know other folks that have one as well with great success. Def the best looking wrasse out there in my personal opinion.
 
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