Wrasse for Pest Control

[Dugless]

How many of you guys implement wrasses for AEFW or likewise pest control? If so, what species are your favorites?

 

[oscar.millan]

Melanurus wrasse is a good pick. Love to see mine hunting all day.

 

[Nanighan]

Yellow candy hogfish. I have personally witness these guys devour AEFW. I had a red bug incident from new frags about 2 months ago, and there are none to be found today. One drawback is they attack snails, and will kill the small ones.

 

[Spirofucci]

So far my six line, aka, Throckmorten, has been great. I didn't have any AEFW but had some other type of flatworm and some pesty straight bodied pods. All gone now.

 

[Shells4]

My solar wrasse quickly took care of a flat worm problem. He also decimated a beautiful rock covered in small fan worms. Gotta pick your battles.

 

[fishmanstan]

Yellow coris wrasse

 

[FranktheTankTx]

Yellow coris wrasse

Does this one nip at corals? I have heard so...

 

[fishmanstan]

Nope

 

[Chaotic Reefer4u]

Sixline wrasse

 

[gig]

For sure, I have a yellow coris, elegant wrasse, a mystery wrasse and a lubbocks. The first 3 are great hunters. I used to have one wrasse, who was a mean SOB, a yellow fin fair wrasse, a great hunter, jumped out of the tanks and I suddenly had an issue with monti eating nudi's, since. Added the wrasses, no issues.

 

[gig]

Radiants and melanarus are good choices as well

 

[dowtish]

I have a yellow coris, a melenurus, and 3 other flasher type wrasses in my tank. And still had a large outbreak of AEFW. Not saying they dont help, but they definitely cant get everything.