Melanurus Wrasse

[gfox]

How reef safe are Melanuras wrasse's in reef tanks?

 

[evolved]

Completely coral safe; may pick on an occasional hermit and/or snail. But rarely to the point of decimating the snail and/or hermit population.

Requires a sand bed and a covered tank.

 

[Humblefish]

Completely coral safe; may pick on an occasional hermit and/or snail. But rarely to the point of decimating the snail and/or hermit population.

Requires a sand bed and a covered tank.

+1 My snails and fighting conch have learned to only come out at night to avoid the Mel wrasse.

 

[eatbreakfast]

The more frquently they are fed the less likely they are to bother motile inverts. The handful of melanurus specimens I have kept gave left my CUC alone, but they certainly are more than capable of taking them out.

 

[gfox]

Completely coral safe; may pick on an occasional hermit and/or snail. But rarely to the point of decimating the snail and/or hermit population.

Requires a sand bed and a covered tank.

Thanks for the reply,i was more concerned about corals then my snails.

 

[cwb_reeftank]

they will actually eat flat worms off coral that's why I got mine

 

[kireek]

I have been told they are legendary for eating parasites.However my melanarus eats ornamental starfish.Naturally he leaves the tiny pest ones alone.