Sorry for the loss.
Wrasse slime coat makes it more resistant to ich but free swimmers still can be on the fish. Also ich will go to wrasse gills so then it by passes the slime coat. Yes wrasse are less risk to bring in ich.
Melanurus can be jerks and I don’t recommend one of you plan on other wrasse.
Leopards are great but you need one that is healthy. They can eat pods while they get use to eating frozen. A healthy wrasse will learn to eat frozen fast. Once eating frozen it doesn’t take them long to eat anything as they are food hogs
Sand sleeping wrasse will burry in the open area’s but most like to find a place against the rocks in the sand. They can be messy throwing sand looking for food but with time that tends to slow down as they eat more prepared foods. Also they like to eat so more you feed the less they hunt pods and throw sand.
Wrasse slime coat makes it more resistant to ich but free swimmers still can be on the fish. Also ich will go to wrasse gills so then it by passes the slime coat. Yes wrasse are less risk to bring in ich.
Melanurus can be jerks and I don’t recommend one of you plan on other wrasse.
Leopards are great but you need one that is healthy. They can eat pods while they get use to eating frozen. A healthy wrasse will learn to eat frozen fast. Once eating frozen it doesn’t take them long to eat anything as they are food hogs
Sand sleeping wrasse will burry in the open area’s but most like to find a place against the rocks in the sand. They can be messy throwing sand looking for food but with time that tends to slow down as they eat more prepared foods. Also they like to eat so more you feed the less they hunt pods and throw sand.