Thalassoma Wrasses

[daveverdo]

According to Scott Micheal this genera tends to eat some snails, mantis shrimp ...

How would a Moon, Bluehead, OR Rainbow wrasse do with a skunk cleaner shrimp, trochus snails, a tuxedo urchin, and scarlet hermits?

Would one of these be OK with a Halichoeres wrasse (e.g. Canary, Christmas, Ornate, ...)?

Dave

 

[Srixon]

Lost here but watching......Good luck Professor

 

[jdoenumber2]

What size tank do you have?

 

[daveverdo]

What size tank do you have?

90g 48x18x24

 

[belgian_waffleman]

Thalassoma Wrasses are a bad choice for reef tanks. They are mean but they look awesome. I asked the same question a few weeks ago.
They are better suited for FO

Waffleman

 

[jdoenumber2]

My Thalassoma lunare would destroy every shrimp or crab i had. Model citizen till one day he snapped. Killed 5 fish in one day. They swim fast. I am waiting till i get at least a 6 foot tank before i attempt another Thalassoma. Probably a Thalassoma lutescens. Dont mix Thalassoma unless you can catch the weaker one before it gets totally beaten to death. The weaker ones will jump. Is your tank covered? As far as my experience with having Thalassomas and Halichoeres is fair. Not sure which i added to my tank first. They faired out well together till the mass exodus. Keep in mind that this was a 75 gallon Wrasse tank. Larger the tank the less stress on the Thalassoma. My Lunare was SO BEAUTIFUL. I just had learned this week and aggression among pseudocheilinus. Another costly mistake. Good luck. Wrasses are my favorite.

 

[mynock11]

I have a bluehead now for 6 months and i have a fire shrimp and coral banded shrimp with 3 peps eventhough i havent seen the peps my son swears they are still alive. but i doubt it. All these shrimp have been in the tank b4 the wrasse except the fire shrimp i have only had him 3months. The wrasse has eaten any smaller shrimp i tried to add like a sexy shrimp and a skunk cleaner. with that said i love my wrasse he hasent eaten any hermets but has eaten small nassaris snails i added. he is a good bristle worm hunter and those little starfish are a nice little snack for him. If you get a bluehead get a small one. JMO

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Thalassoma should be avoided in reef aquaria

Thalassoma should be avoided in reef aquaria

there are so many other nice wrasses to choose from!

 

[johno4]

My lunar wrasse is one of the meanest fish I have ever owned. He has pick off more snails and hermits than all of my other fish combined; including a picasso trigger, niger trigger and a dogface puffer. If you want to keep snails, shrimp and crabs stay away. The only luck I have had with a clean up crew is very large turbo snails and large hermit crabs that are also no reef campatible.

 

[GMaquarium]

rainbow wrasse is my favorite from the bunch. I think as babies or juvies some shrimp may be too large but as they grow, its only a matter of time. Its kinda fun to watch them eat a snail out of a shell.