SPS fish

[Pico1]

What do you guys think is the most beneficial wrasse (or fish) to have in an SPS tank? I’ve heard mixed answers and was wondering what you guys thought.

 

[gemini aquarius(t)]

i think a six line

 

[delv]

I like my juvenile Dianna Hog and Disappearing Wrasse. Both are constantly picking at the undersides of my colonies...Makes me worry less about flatworms.

Can't stand Six Lines....too agressive...pertty though.

d.

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

Six-Line Wrasse Agression...

Six-Line Wrasse Agression...

i have'nt had any agression issue's with my six-line being agressive, where do you get that comment from? all the six-line's that i've had in my tank's have never been agressive... in my opinion i would go with a six-line or a mystery wrasse.

 

[JRaquatics]

I have never had sixline agression either, never even heard of them being agressive. Love my sixline.

 

[delv]

I've had mystery and 6 both chase other small fish/wrasses out of tanks. They can both be relentless. They are, however, more species/shape dependant....they attack similar fish. I suppose I keep very high fish populations (currently 30 in a 150) and am very fond of wrasses...both are a no go for me.

d.

 

[dvanacker]

I have seen my sixline kill a long nose hawk fish and a false clown...it doesnt like new comers.

 

[Joe Cool]

My six-line was extremely aggresive to my clowns, i had to move him to another tank.

 

[Rays]

Ditto the aggression, I couldn't get it out of the tank quick enough!

 

[RichConley]

6 lines are little terrorists. That being said, theyre not even that good pest eaters.

Halichoeres wrasses do a much better job.

 

[JRaquatics]

My sixline eats planeria "flat worms"

 

[Kinetic]

i want a radiant wrasse. but they need a sand bed and will jump (my tank is bb and open top... braceless to be exact).

they look beautiful, eat all sorts of bad stuff, double as cleaners to fish, and are pretty hardy.

 

[epon]

depends on what you define as beneficial, but my favorites are the Leopards and the Melanurus. Leopards do a great job on those pesky pods and require a sandbed for sleeping in.

 

[volivier]

you have a leapard? i tried years ago with one, no success.

 

[epon]

I do not. Friend had one and it was awesome.

 

[ApexPredator]

I have found in my past systems that a lot of those wrasses that "require" sand to sleep in really do not. Most wrasses that need sand to sleep in are just as comfortable sleeping within the rockwork. I would not recommend this with leopard wrasses as they are hard enough to get to eat with the sand but almost all other hardy wrasses will be ok in a bare bottom tank as I have kept a number of them.

 

[Kinetic]

wow, maybe i'll try a radiant wrasse afterall with my bb tank

 

[md14fish]

I had a six line that I had to remove due to aggression. It was relentless on clowns and pseudocromis freidmani. I gave it to Atlantis Marine World.

 

[nwrogers]

My six line was mean too. I would never get another one! I have read that Halichoeres wrasses are really good but I have also read that as they get older they will eat your shrimp, crabs, and snails. I don’t have any personal experiences with them but I know others on this forum do…

 

[Pico1]

Guss this has turned into a "worst SPS fish" thread. What about a mystery wrasse?