Wrasse ID (and reef compatibility) needed

[Jcohen9999]

I bought this guy/gal a while ago to help me with a flatworm issue and somehow he survived some very extreme conditions when I ended taking my remote dbs/fuge offline for a week to treat it with Levasole the for those very same flatworms when I realized that one wrasse could not keep up. Amazing since I lost 3 other fish during that process and they were in the DT.

Anyway....what is it? How aggressive is it? and where does it belong (my reef tank? my FOWLR that will be up and cycled next month? Sushi bar?)

TIA

Jeff

 

[BeanMachine]

That looks like a christmas wrasse ( Halichoeres ornatissimus)

It might eat your inverts but safe with corals.

 

[Jcohen9999]

Using that ID and another as Halichoeres margaritaceus I found this: Halichoeres nebulosus which looks to be a dead ringer.

 

[BeanMachine]

Using that ID and another as Halichoeres margaritaceus I found this: Halichoeres nebulosus which looks to be a dead ringer.

Very nice great coloration. Give it a shot.. I've got 3 halichoares (melanurus, dusky, and yellow & purple) in my reef tank and they really don't bother anything. They do knock frags over all the time though while they are on the hunt.

 

[Jcohen9999]

Very nice great coloration. Give it a shot.. I've got 3 halichoares (melanurus, dusky, and yellow & purple) in my reef tank and they really don't bother anything. They do knock frags over all the time though while they are on the hunt.

What do you think about this guy in with a Fairy Wrasse?

 

[BeanMachine]

What do you think about this guy in with a Fairy Wrasse?

They only fairy I have is a lineatus and he's a big piggy but not really aggressive. Like with any fish sometimes they won't mix, but I have pretty good success mixing the genus. I have a male leopard that has become pretty aggressive since it changed and now is a big bully and doesn't like newbies.

I think adding them at the same time would help with any initial aggression.