Looking for suggestions on Reef safe wrasse for my 125 gallon reef tank

[acolaojr]

I like the christmas wrasse but read that he will eat my cleaner shrimp and inverts. Any suggestions on a similar looking wrasse?

 

[fishman1069]

I have a red line wrasse that's an awesome inhabitant in my 125. Here's a pic of him

 

[acolaojr]

Nice fish is it reef safe?

 

[ca1ore]

I have a dusky wrasse in my tank that largely leaves inverts alone. He will occasionally try to eat a small hermit.

 

[5thChorseman]

I recommend getting a Longfin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis).
Reef safe and very red!
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1378+1158&pcatid=1158

 

[Silkyslim]

Not similar looking but a leopard wrasse is a nice fish

 

[brick-brothers]

Not similar looking but a leopard wrasse is a nice fish

I 2nd that.

 

[EddieSage]

Which wrasse's eat inverts?

 

[cmantis]

Which wrasse's eat inverts?

A good many (most).

 

[empire]

you can get a few in that tank. flame, lineatus, rhomboids..i'd get a trio of flames and rhomboids. lineatus might bully others.

 

[thirty6]

i have had an orange back, lubbocks, melanarus, fairy wrasse with inverts. the only one i had attack anything was the mel. he attacked a freshly acclimated cuc full of snails and hermits. it never touched cleaner or fire shrimp. the rest could care less about anything in the tank. the leopards are beautiful but may be difficult to get eating, do a search on them before getting one

 

[NYreefNoob]

any fairy or flasher wrasse will be reef safe as are most of the halichoris species

 

[acolaojr]

Thanks for the advise. I looked into the redline a little bit nice looking fish but its considered reef safe with caution and could eat shrimp per live aquaria. I will look into the others mentioned. I originally wanted to get the melanarus but read that it will wipe out my cuc and shrimp. I had an exquisite but I think it got stressed from my tangs and only made it about 4 months.

 

[acolaojr]

Thinking about getting a male and female red head solon wrasse from live aquaria. Anyone have experience with these fish? Now I'm concerned my tangs won't be so kind to the new addition I have a yellow,blue hippo and powder brown any suggestions on how to keep them calm and unaggressive without moving rock work?

 

[albano]

... any suggestions on how to keep them calm and unaggressive without moving rock work?

IMO it is usually best to add new fish to DT (after QT) with the use an acclimation box

 

[cody0709]

A pair of flame wrasse - beautiful fish. $300 for a pair usually.

 

[fishdeals]

I have kept the 6 Line Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus hexataenia) and the Mystery Wrasse (Pseudocheilinus ocellatus) in large reef tanks with no problem. I also had the added benefit of the 6 line wrasse picking parasites off other fish when it was a juvenile. The Mystery Wrasse is relatively expensive so if your on a budget i suggest the 6 Line wrasse.

 

[SIReefer]

I purchased a red headed solon wrasse from live aquaria a long time ago. It was a beautiful fish & didnt bother anything in the tank.

 

[scubanj1]

I have a mystery, Naoki and melanurus in a 150g. The Mel has basically wiped out my snails but (so far) leaving a clam and my cleaner and blood shrimp alone. The shrimp are pretty good sized. All three of them leave the corals alone (mix of lps and sps).

 

[Gabe]

Most, fairy wrasses are reef safe, and also macropharyngodon (leopard) wrasses family.