Thicklip wrasses get big, buut grow slow. They are peaceful, but will eat motile inverts. When they get bigger they may flip small corals and rocks.Thanks for answering all those. I had a feeling the black one you identified as a false cleaner was not a good candidate for an aquarium.
Any experience with the Thicklip wrasse?
Any notable differences in disposition or hardiness between the H. melanarus, argus, marginatus, hoeveni and chrysotaenia? Seems like they all look pretty similar. I'm curious if one or more of this species is more or less desirable (other than subjective appearances).
Hoevani is a junior synonym of melanurus. It was descrided as a seperate species because males and females look so different.
Of the species list marginatus is the most aggressive, melanurus and chrysotaenia are a little less aggressive than marginatus, and argus is slightly less aggressive than those 2.