Roomates for green mandarin!

[celamb89]

Hi everyone!

I wanted to check before adding any other fish that will compete for the copepods with my mandarin. It's a 150gal tank with a small fugue with LR and chaeto, the fuge was built only to keep the mandarin since my params are in check needles of the chaeto.

Current stock:
2xOcellaris
Orange shoulder tang
Blue lined scribbled rabbitfish
Watchmen goby

I wanted to add:
Yellow wrasse
2x flasher warasse
2x fairy wrasse

Thanks for the input!

Regards

 

[snorvich]

Assuming a mature tank, you should be fine.

 

[celamb89]

Tank is an upgrade from a 75gal I upgraded 1.5years ago and the original tank had been setup several years ago, I currently have around 200 pounds of LR. I've had the mandarin for 3months now and it's fat and happy, also I can easily see the pods at night all around so no problem with the population so far, I just don't want the mandarin to have competition, that's why I havent added any wrasses.

 

[betamed]

yellow wrasse will take down a lot of pods. they're great predators. the flashers and fairy's will be easier on the pods.

 

[celamb89]

how about a spotted wrasse?! will the mandarin be cool pod wise?

 

[billyzbear]

Did you mean a fine spotted fairy wrasse? He should be fine.

 

[celamb89]

I actually meant anampses melanurus, white spotted wrasse. I believe this would the correct id, I think he'll be fine. I want to add this wrasse and a flasher, but they are out of flashers at the LFS.

What do y'all think?

 

[celamb89]

So.....
Im gonna get the spotted wrasse today, hope i dont get a late post saying it was the worst thing ever hehe

 

[billyzbear]

looks like this? http://www.bluezooaquatics.com/productDetail.asp?did=1&pid=935&cid=289 looks like a pod eater. Couldn't find more info, expert only? Fairy and flashers are ok make sure you have a lid, they like to jump.

 

[celamb89]

Thats the one! And it's in the tank, it was introduced this afternoon to the tank and it has shown a shy behavior as usual for new fishes... Hopefully everything will go well!

 

[RealReef7]

my melanurus is very aggressive towards anything in similar size or any other wrasse..

 

[celamb89]

Thanks for the posts! That doesn't sound like good news for a flasher wrasse hehe.... Do you think I'd introduce the flasher soon enough it'll be ok? Or simply wrasses are out for good.

 

[prop-frags]

Keep us posted. You should be fine assuming a strong pod population. We have blue stars and don't think we would try a mandarin unless it was eating frozen and pellets with vigor. Our blue stars are uber pod hunters.

 

[celamb89]

So far not seen the new guy... I guess he's buried in the sand taking it easy!
As of my pod population its pretty good i think, even with the mandarin i can see a lot of pods at night with a flashlight, i hope it stays that way with the new wrasse.

when the wrasse come out ill try to get a pic, like i said TRY hehe

 

[swencel]

Why not try a yellow assesor instead of the wrasse? I don't think they are much interested in pods compared to the wrasse.

 

[T ANGel Nut]

i have one currently. have you seen the red mandarins? those are amazing as well.

 

[celamb89]

Yes the blue and red mandarins are my favorite, but they had the green spotted one at the LFS and had been there for like 7 days eating nothing, it was really skinny and since I wanted a mandarin I figured I'd take him home instead of waiting for a blue/red one

 

[jkfuel]

I prefer the green spotted guys as well. Any pics?

 

[celamb89]

PICS:

the spotted wrasse has been coming out some more but is still kinda shy and fast! so pics are blurry