Wrasses and Mandarin Dragonette

[hamiltonguy]

Is it at all possible to keep a wrasse and a mandarin together in a 75 gallon tank? or would the wrasse eat all the pods and eventually starve out the mandarin?

 

[chimmike]

Not all wrasses eat pods. If you're thinking specifically a 6 line wrasse, yes the wrasse could outcompete the mandarin for pods.

 

[hamiltonguy]

Ah ok. So what wrasses would be safe with mandarin?

 

[Angel*Fish]

Fairy wrasses and flasher wrasses

 

[swigen]

I had a pair of leopard wrasses with my green mandy in a 50 with hob refugium and they all kept good weight

 

[Angel*Fish]

For how long? Before everybody goes an out and buys 2 leopeard wrasses and a mandarin for a 50g, please note that leopard wrasses are on the difficult to keep list on the sticky in this forum.

 

[hamiltonguy]

Personally I don't think I'll ever attempt a leopeard wrasse. I'd hate to see such a beautiful fish die.

 

[MikeandNicole]

Also be careful of the aggression factor of a six line, I know people who have had them attack and kill mandarins.

 

[listen2bob]

+1 on the aggression, I am currently in that position of a 6 line beating the tar out of my mandarin, so I spend my free time wrasse fishing. My mandarin jumped into the overflow though, so at least it is isolated with tons of pods in there, just hard to see the little girl and even harder to get her out

 

[Angel*Fish]

+1 on the aggression, I am currently in that position of a 6 line beating the tar out of my mandarin, so I spend my free time wrasse fishing. My mandarin jumped into the overflow though, so at least it is isolated with tons of pods in there, just hard to see the little girl and even harder to get her out

I love your screen name. Why didn't I think of listen to marie. Or Marie is always right. Or more accurately Marie always thinks she's right :lmao:

That's tricky getting a fish out of the over flow. I hope I don't ever have to do that again. Good luck.

 

[listen2bob]

I love your screen name. Why didn't I think of listen to marie. Or Marie is always right. Or more accurately Marie always thinks she's right :lmao:

That's tricky getting a fish out of the over flow. I hope I don't ever have to do that again. Good luck.

Haha, almost actually its a reference from a skateboarding company that printed shirts that just said "Listen to Bob Marley" on it in rasta colors. I grew up with a heavy influence of reggae music in the house, so listen2bob has been my screen name ever since.

As for the mandarin in the overflow......... not looking forward to removing the canopy, and very thankful that my Girlfriend has much smaller arms and wants to get the mandarin out:spin2:
But I will wait till i have gotten the wrasse out before subjecting the mandarin to that kind of harassment again

 

[Angel*Fish]

Haha - I'm clueless sometimes. By coincidence I was listening to Jammin' last night. The sound of his voice always blows me away -just incredible.

 

[hamiltonguy]

Ahhh the classics. Jammin'. Hope you like jammin' too.

But yea I think I'm gonna keep it simple and go with a longfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis), carpenter's (Paracheilinus carpenteri) or mccosker's (Paracheilinus flavianalis) whenever my tank is set up. Hopefully this summer. I'm just doing some prelim research.

 

[snorvich]

For how long? Before everybody goes an out and buys 2 leopeard wrasses and a mandarin for a 50g, please note that leopard wrasses are on the difficult to keep list on the sticky in this forum.

And they do eat copepods. Constantly.

 

[snorvich]

Ahhh the classics. Jammin'. Hope you like jammin' too.

But yea I think I'm gonna keep it simple and go with a longfin fairy wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis), carpenter's (Paracheilinus carpenteri) or mccosker's (Paracheilinus flavianalis) whenever my tank is set up. Hopefully this summer. I'm just doing some prelim research.

Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis can be on the aggressive side.

 

[chrisjf66]

i have a sixline wrasse and a blue maderin in the same tank and they dont starve i dont really think the wrasse will eat the copepods its mostly the manderin they are currently doing fine

 

[Winwood]

I currently have two leopard wrasses and a mandarin in a 110 without issues. Both the leopards are well fed by other means of prepared foods so I don't think they are as voracious predators as they would normally do.

 

[Angel*Fish]

i have a sixline wrasse and a blue maderin in the same tank and they dont starve i dont really think the wrasse will eat the copepods its mostly the manderin they are currently doing fine

Regardless of feeding issues, 6-lines are known to kill mandarins by picking their eyes off and making them go blind. Do they all do that? I don't know, but I wouldn't knowingly put a mandarin at risk that way.