recommend me a reef safe pest killing wrasse

[duke62]

looking for a wrasse that is reef safe eats pests and is not a menace to other new fish added.i wont go with a sixline.it was cool with old tank mates but couldnt put anything smaller then him in.i was told yellow coris wrasse but the more i read on them the more it seems they may kill my ornamental shrimps and hermits.anything else yo can think of

 

[howze01]

What kind of pests do you want eaten?

 

[Alex]

what are you looking to get rid of in the tank?

 

[rickytsui]

POTTER wrasse =P

 

[thirty6]

Depends on the pest: I love the tail spot/mystery wrasse.

 

[INNEED]

melanarius wrasse......eats flat worms n spaghetti worms......

 

[thirty6]

I thought of this after I posted, I have a melanarius wrasse. It eats anything I offer, very mobile and enjoys eating snails! Just a heads up, I guess some are reef safe with some caution. The first time i was behind my tank and the fish darted toward the sand and was having a snack. Def. A great fish despite losing a snail or two

 

[INNEED]

i have never seen my melanarius wrasse attack non of my snails or shrimps????

 

[MIKE NY]

You may want to look into fairies and flashers...I recently added a Richmond's, a Leopard and a yellow which are all great pest controllers and are alot more peacefull than my sixline, but grow larger. My Richmond's is 5" already and doesn't bother any snails or hermits. I don't know about shrimps because I don't have any with my serpant.

 

[mbg75]

+3? Melanarus

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[thirty6]

i have never seen my melanarius wrasse attack non of my snails or shrimps????

I've seen it twice. I also have a pair of coral banded shrimp in tank and have had no problems keeping them together..... Just the big fat snail. I can't say if the snail was flipped over before it was a snack

 

[saltwaterinbrooklyn]

I have a mystery wrasse that has iradicated my bristleworms and any other pests like pyramid snails, mystery wrasse all the way!!!!

 

[duke62]

i dont have any pests at the moment.im looking into the future with all the new additions of sps things happen even with the dipping.

 

[ed4]

+4 on a Melanarus, or most other Halichoeres wrasses.

IMO/IME Halichoeres' seem to relentlessly peruse rockwork for small things to eat, moreso than true Leopards or Anampses. It's also my opinion that true Leopards and Anampses wrasses are far more fragile than other wrasses, and should be avoided.

 

[charliethetuna88]

I have a 6 line .a yellow .lime green.and a mystery by far the best picker is the yellow coris when he finds something that he wants to get to he is relentless at perusing it

 

[charliethetuna88]

I have hermits sNails cleAner shrimp.fire shrimp ,a tiny pair of sexy shrimp in the tank also with all 4 wrasses and there fine

 

[alfani]

anything eating white monti nudi .. thanks

 

[ed4]

I have a 6 line .a yellow .lime green.and a mystery by far the best picker is the yellow coris when he finds something that he wants to get to he is relentless at perusing it

Yellow Coris' are awesome too IMO. Great looking fish, easy for find & buy and won't break the bank

 

[rookie07]

Xmas wrasse....great personalities and fun to watch!

 

[Alex]

I have a mystery, sixline and a melanarus, and all are well and eat well.