recommend me a reef safe pest killing wrasse

[gholtmeyer]

I love the look of the leopard wrasse. Who has been able to keep them long term? What are you tips for doing that? Is there a specific part of the ocean that they come from that do best in our tanks? I want one, but will not get one until my tank is at least a year old. So I have lots of time to prep for it. Thanks.

 

[knugenx]

i like the possum wrasse

 

[thirty6]

based on these responses, its possible to keep more than one wrasse per tank? thats great to know, I would like to get another one

 

[Awibrandy]

I currently have a: 2 yellow line possum wrasse, 4 line wrasse, and a mystery wrasse. I use to have quite a few more until I added the Mystery. Thinking they died because of my neglecting the tank. I purchased a Solaris the other day, and the next day it was gone. I suspect the Mystery is the culprit here.

My pick would be the Radiant wrasse, beautiful, peaceable, and eats pest. Good luck Duke...

 

[duke62]

thanks guys.ill probably go with a melanarus.seems like a great wrasse.did some reading on them and havent see anyone write anything about them killing ornamental shrimp even though i know anything is possible.seems like a great pest killer as well.now i need to find a local store who sells them

 

[mbg75]

My Melanarus is great, but developed a taste for clams...

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[MorganAndFish]

Is there a Wrasse that can eat bristleworms?

 

[thirty6]

Is there a Wrasse that can eat bristleworms?

six line

 

[Awibrandy]

Careful with adding the 6 line, they get pretty nasty.. I'd rather keep the bristleworms.lol

 

[myblock175]

wrasse

6 line wrasse

 

[NYreefNoob]

melanarus all the way, imo the best all around pest control wrasse, i have a yellow coris also which does a great job but the melanarus is a beast, havent seen it both snails or hermits and it knows better then to mess with my monster coral banded shrimp and hasnt touched my clam

 

[duke62]

My Melanarus is great, but developed a taste for clams...

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don tell me that REALLY..need to rethink my decision now

 

[Didac]

The green Coris !!! The are the best
Then the yellow Coris..
The malanaurus are not reef safe as adults ..

 

[ming]

The melanarus and yellow coris are both great to me. I have clams, snails, and skunk and blood shrimps. Although, I've added a much smaller skunk shrimp which got eaten.. so you definitely need to get shrimps way too large for them to eat. The "small" shrimp was probably 1/4 the size of the largest wrasse. The large shrimps are probably half the length of the wrasse. I also have a mystery, which is a little aggressive, but nothing compared to other people's stories.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

the melanarus and the yellow coris are the "worker" wrasses for me. they both seem to like eating snails but i don't mind losing some snails for their services. never bother the cleaner nor the fire shrimps. had them with clams....never had problems.

the sixline is great for eating pest but it's a bully. it pestered the newly acclimated leopard wrasse to death.

 

[tomtoothdoc]

Is there a Wrasse that can eat bristleworms?

i've seen my mystery made a meal out of smaller size bristle worm.
after he died, i noticed more large bristle worms hanging around.
nothing seems to to eat the large ones.