Strong wrasses!

[Luwe2008]

Hey guys, I have really been wanting to add a wrasse to the tank. The problem is, I have a pair of clowns, a hippo tang, chevron tang, & barbonious anthia. All these fish have established their dominance in the tank, so whenever I add a new peaceful fish the clowns have at it. So I was wondering what are some cool wrasses that are reef safe and can hold their ground?
Thanks guys!

 

[d-man]

Acclimation box for them. Within a few days both the old fish will have hopefully settled down and the wrasse feels more at home.
Red velvet wrasse, labouti, lineatous are all fairly bold and beautiful wrasses.

 

[Buzzword]

Melanurus wrasse beautiful and tough.

 

[aandfsoccr04]

What size tank are we talking? I'd agree with the lineatus wrasse as well. A few pricy fish in your tank so this is another gorgeous higher dollar fish that would fit in beautifully with your stocklist.

 

[Luwe2008]

What size tank are we talking? I'd agree with the lineatus wrasse as well. A few pricy fish in your tank so this is another gorgeous higher dollar fish that would fit in beautifully with your stocklist.

Whoops. I thought I wrote the tank size. It's a 200

 

[Luwe2008]

Are yellow corris wrasses strong?

 

[BossHoggin]

I have a sizable yellow coris that takes no bull from my occelaris or coral beauty angelfish. Given the comparable behavior, niche and territoriality of tangs to angels i think the wrasse should do ok. Just make sure it is not smaller than the established fish and follow d-mans advice.

 

[BossHoggin]

The yellow corris IME is one of if not the best wrasse for coral pest control. Many keep them as a work fish in frag tanks. Mine went from skittish diving into the sand every time i put my hand in the tank or moved quickly past the tank to swimming through my fingers eating what i stir up moving rocks or coral

 

[Luwe2008]

The yellow corris IME is one of if not the best wrasse for coral pest control. Many keep them as a work fish in frag tanks. Mine went from skittish diving into the sand every time i put my hand in the tank or moved quickly past the tank to swimming through my fingers eating what i stir up moving rocks or coral

Awesome! I have been reading about how great yellow corris wrasses are in terms of helping out with the tank. Sounds pretty awesome to me!

 

[triggreef]

You can do a pair of them easy too. I got one from blue zoo & r2g at the same time & they paired in qt immediately. My plan was each to his own tank after qt, but I had to keep them together. Glad I did.

 

[Luwe2008]

Any other wrasse suggestions guys?

 

[Guygettnby]

Melanurus wrasse beautiful and tough.

+1 melanurus wrasse is one of the best for pest control IMHO... If you ever have flat worms, they will all but wipe them out in time. They are also very tough fish that will hold their own. only thing I can say might be a problem is they might eat your CUC and are very aggressive eaters. Mine would ter apart the nori sheets up before my tang had his fill.

 

[BossHoggin]

a mystery wrasse would be a fair bit more pricey but very cool

 

[AJ69]

how about a pigmy possum wrasse? Leopard wrasse??

 

[Buzzword]

+1 melanurus wrasse is one of the best for pest control IMHO... If you ever have flat worms, they will all but wipe them out in time. They are also very tough fish that will hold their own. only thing I can say might be a problem is they might eat your CUC and are very aggressive eaters. Mine would ter apart the nori sheets up before my tang had his fill.

Amen to that, my melanurus and mystery destroyd my flat worm problem in no time! And neither of them ever bothered any of my CUC including my 1inch Blue coal banded shrimp. Both have bad reps but were model citizens.

 

[MacWilliams]

I have a Yellow Wrasse as well and it is awesome. The first few days are some what stressful because you don't really see it at all. It burrows in the sand and will stay there for days at a time. But now that its been in the tank a few months. It will eat out of my hand and swim around my arm when I cleaning or flipping a snail.

 

[xtlosx]

You can do a pair of them easy too. I got one from blue zoo & r2g at the same time & they paired in qt immediately. My plan was each to his own tank after qt, but I had to keep them together. Glad I did.

I identified a male, and what I thought was a female at our LFS as well.. They put them in the same tank, observed them for a bit then gambled with them in the DT... Paired up, and months later, are still going strong. Beautiful fish, they do not take bull from anyone, and always out! Love our yellow wrasses.