wrasse

[jasony816]

Im looking for any advice on getting a wrasse, I have snails, crabs, and shrimps and I dont want them to be food. I also want a wrasse that will be able to be a pest control. Please let me know which wrasse fits that mold. Oh yeah my tank is a 55 gallon.

 

[stoneriff]

Im looking for any advice on getting a wrasse, I have snails, crabs, and shrimps and I dont want them to be food. I also want a wrasse that will be able to be a pest control. Please let me know which wrasse fits that mold. Oh yeah my tank is a 55 gallon.

I have three wrasses. A christmas wrasse, and a chrysitania(sic), and a leopard wrasse. They are awesome! They don't bother anything. I have snails, assorted crabs, sexy shrimp, blood shrimp, cleaner shrimp, and some other I can't remember right now. They are very cool, and beautiful.

 

[pcncrc]

I have six line wrasse in my reef tank, great fish for pests, beautiful and nice to other creatures. my pepermint shrimp and the sixline are together all the time looking for food. It is so fun to watch.

 

[ferrybongo13]

I have a six line...harmless...great to watch him swim all over my 180 and patrol for pest...I want to get a Christmas wrasse too.IMO the six line would be great for your 55.

 

[NYreefNoob]

OK, if you plan to have any fairy or flasher wrasse's i would avoid getting a 6 line, fairy and flashers are completely reef safe, wont bother corals, snails, shrimp or hermits, plus they are to me the nicest fish. lol ive owned a few diff species and currently have a pair of pylie's. when missing wrasse's most of the time you wont have a problem, some species are more aggressive then other's though

 

[DevIouS]

6 Line = the Damsel of wrasses

 

[jhart]

6 Line = the Damsel of wrasses

so ture...

 

[mckostya]

i got Chrysotanea wrasse and love him. one of the best fish in the tank. very active and beautiful to look at!

 

[jasony816]

I heard about the 6 line and didnt want to lean that way beause of the potential problems and leaning more towards fairy or flasher type of wrasse but not sure if they are good at pest control.

 

[NYreefNoob]

they arent good for pest control.

 

[jasony816]

What would be good for pest control besides the lined wrasses?

 

[straightjiggy10]

Cleaner Wrasse are great! With alot of personality!! Loads of fun to watch!​

 

[jasony816]

Will they feed on my shrimps, crabs, snails though because thats my major concern and I want it to be safe around my other fish.

 

[rbtwo4]

666 line wrasse that guy is the DIABLO!

 

[jasony816]

I dont think i should get a 6 line then because I dont want it to have problems with my clowns and shrimps and snails even though I know it is very good for pest control.

 

[albano]

very hard to keep cleaner wrasses alive for long, small yellow coris is probably best bet, check with nyreefnoob, he has pair in sps tank, and that tank is great!

 

[NYreefNoob]

one of my fav fish, i have a pair of them

http://www.reeflex.net/tiere/210_Halichoeres_chrysus.htm