Wrasse care suggestions

[fishguy597]

3 weeks ago I picked up a melanurus wrasse and is doing pretty well. I feed him daily with mysis and rods food with an occasional garlic marinade. Yesterday I picked up a radiant wrasse. After aclimating it I put him in the tank he swam around for five min or so then disappered in the sand for a few hours. By the end of the night he was out and about. Both of them are pretty cool and very active. I have them in a 200 gal with a bunch of other peacefull tank mates. The only jerk of the bunch is a neon dottyback( I hate this fish) but both wrasses are bigger then him so he doesn't pester them too much. I've been reading about nets above the tank. I have a 2.5 foot high canopy that has an open top. Should I put a net above the tank? Can I add anymore wrasses down the road? The reason I started getting them is because of aefw are there any others that hunt for aefw? Any tips or suggestions on the care of them would be great. I have done research on them but might as well ask people that have them. Thanks...

 

[Toddrtrex]

I can't speak about having more, but I would get a net over the tank as soon as you can.

 

[fishguy597]

Yes I'm going to get some screen and staple it to the top of my canopy. Haven't seen the radiant yet today lights on at 2 pm and it's 630 now. Hope he's ok.

 

[fishguy597]

Well the radiant came out about 5 min befor the lights went out. So I left the lights on and tried to feed him some mysis but no dice. Thawed out some blood worms and he went nuts for them. Hope he comes around to the mysis.

 

[fishguy597]

I wounder since it's from Africa that his time clock is off or something and that's why he comes out so late

 

[MCCOOL]

Halichoeres generally aren't picky eaters, I'm sure it'll eat mysis in no time.

 

[effin]

I also have a melanurus and a radiant wrasse together in my 90G. I got them at the same time (about a year ago) and they both took a couple of weeks to adjust to my lighting schedule. Both eat everything I throw into the tank, from pellets to mysis to algae sheets. There has been no conflicts between them at all. They are jumpers, though, as I've been splashed when the radiant hit the netting covering my tank.

 

[fishguy597]

I hope it's just an adjustment period. I have only seen the radiant on Thursday night once again just befor lights out. Went out Friday night anddidnt see him so far same thing Saturday by midday. This thing is like a Sasquatch you hope he's there but is he? It makes me nervous. I had a leopord wrasse do the same thing and he didn't last long. The melanus wasnever hidding.