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What are some good alternatives to these two wrasses for eating common pests in a mixed reef? I currently have a blue star leopard wrasse, but it seems to be inclined to simply follow around my goby all day looking for anything it digs up.
I have a 6 foot 125 mixed reef tank.
The yellow Coris wrasse seems to be my best bet, but they do seem hard to find. I don't want to really risk the six line wrasse aggression. If anyone could chime in on housing a six line in a 100+ gallon tank with your experience, it would be appreciated.
I currently have a issue with montipora eating nudibranchs so i'm just making a list of possible predators to include. I don't have the time or money to get my QT tank set up to house coral for months on end. So other than dipping I need some natural predators to take care of any intruders that may sneak into the tank.
Long story short, my LFS has always been very good, at least at keeping infestations of things at bay. Lately they have been slipping, I bought a duncan which must have had some eggs or a nudi on it that didn't get thrown off by dipping and scrubbing. I figured this out by visiting the store again not too long ago. The few montis they had were being eatin and I also noticed a outbreak of aptasia. Neither were visible at the time of my coral purchase. It's unfortunate because they always have killer prices on coral + trade in for 50% of the sale value. They also sell coral from tanks they break down for customers. It was inevitable that things would get in their system. I just wont shop there again until I get a proper coral QT setup.
Thank you!
I have a 6 foot 125 mixed reef tank.
The yellow Coris wrasse seems to be my best bet, but they do seem hard to find. I don't want to really risk the six line wrasse aggression. If anyone could chime in on housing a six line in a 100+ gallon tank with your experience, it would be appreciated.
I currently have a issue with montipora eating nudibranchs so i'm just making a list of possible predators to include. I don't have the time or money to get my QT tank set up to house coral for months on end. So other than dipping I need some natural predators to take care of any intruders that may sneak into the tank.
Long story short, my LFS has always been very good, at least at keeping infestations of things at bay. Lately they have been slipping, I bought a duncan which must have had some eggs or a nudi on it that didn't get thrown off by dipping and scrubbing. I figured this out by visiting the store again not too long ago. The few montis they had were being eatin and I also noticed a outbreak of aptasia. Neither were visible at the time of my coral purchase. It's unfortunate because they always have killer prices on coral + trade in for 50% of the sale value. They also sell coral from tanks they break down for customers. It was inevitable that things would get in their system. I just wont shop there again until I get a proper coral QT setup.
Thank you!