What type wrasse that does not disturb sandbed?

[DOGGIE750]

Cleaner wrasse?
Flasher?
Fairy?
Some yellow wrasse (unknown name)?
???

Please advise. Thank you.

 

[CoralNerd]

Flasher wrasse are kick xxx, get two and watch the flash show.[emoji6]

 

[ca1ore]

Flashers, fairys, and cleaners are not burrowers. Dunno about yellow coris, never kept one.

 

[CoralNerd]

Yellow coris do go to the sleep in the sand but not a big deal. I have two yellow corris, two flashers, and two pygmy wrasses.

 

[DOGGIE750]

My goal is not to have my DSB disturbed so I would like to know any other unmentioned wrasse that would meet my needs. Cheers

 

[eatbreakfast]

Fairy, flasher, cleaner, wetmorella, and pink streak don't utilize a sand bed to sleep. Neither do wrasses in the genus Pseudocheilinus, but they can get aggressive. Yellow coris wrasse will bury.

 

[miranda1960]

agree with flashers and fairy's.. even i like the flashers more ... :reading:

 

[brett559]

My mystery wrasse doesn't bother my sand at all. Really cool fish. Very peaceful and easy-going, as long as you aren't a fire shrimp....

Me [To the guy I bought the mystery wrasse from]: Dude, I thought you said this mystery doesn't eat shrimp.
Buddy: Yeah, I kept him with a cleaner shrimp for years.
Me: He ate my fire shrimp.
Buddy: You sure it didn't just molt?
Me: Only if he molted in half.....

 

[brett559]

I've kept both flashers (McCoskers and Carpenters) and fairies (orange-back). The flashers didn't do it for me. I never saw them flashing, not much personality. And they just LOVED to jump out of the tank when I took the mesh top off to feed. I had to rescue my Carpenter's a few times from the carpet.

Bummer you don't like burrowers, because the Halichoeres are some of the coolest in my opinion.

Good luck!

 

[Sapelo]

Our Red Velvet Fairy Wrasse does not dig in the sand, sleeps under a rock. He's lovely.