DVeit
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I need a good pest eating wrasse that eats pyramid snails, nudibranchs, etc, but that won't kill my wife's feather dusters, or she'll kill me.. Lol any ideas/suggestions? Going in a 75g mixed reef, lps, sps, etc. thanks!
Best Pest eating wrasse, that won't eat feather dusters?
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MadCityReefer
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Yellow Coris Wrasse, doesn't get very big usually up to 5 inches or so, typically a model citizen and inexpensive. Another good one Melenarus wrasse, never had a problem with either one in my reef tank.
KoleTang
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Most wrasses that are going to be actively hunting like that are going to go after feather dusters. It's just their diet.
If you blow the pests off the rocks with a turkey baster some fish will eat them.
Wrasses can help, but aren't the best form of pest control. Better to QT. Especially considering that pyramid snails are nocturnal.
If you blow the pests off the rocks with a turkey baster some fish will eat them.
Wrasses can help, but aren't the best form of pest control. Better to QT. Especially considering that pyramid snails are nocturnal.
eatbreakfast
Fish Nerd
I keep feather dusters and coco worms with my group of wrasses, which, as far as pest eaters go include; Halichoeres leucurus, iridis, timorensis, and richmondi, as well as Anampses chrysocephalus, Xenojulis margaritaceus, and Pseudocheilinops ataenia. The best is the richmond and in the past H. chrysus did very well too. My timorensis will stay up an hr orso after lights out, andthe P. ataenia is always scurrying arpund the tank even after lights out.
Eckolancer
LED GURU
I have a sixline with my 3 feather dusters
DVeit
Active Member
**** you got me with all those scientific names! Lol I really like the look of the Richmond. I know live aquaria says it may eat feather dusters though.
KoleTang
Valuable Member
I would take what liveaquaria says with a pinch of salt.
Your best bet is probably the Halichoeres genus.
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