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Also worth saying, the 9 wrasses didn't make it. The boss (green wrasse) bullied them one by one until I caught him. A few disappeared, one or two got sucked into a mp40, others were caught and given away until I managed to catch the boss in a trap. He lived at my lfs for a week or two before he went carpet surfing and no tears were shed for the gray wrasse.This totally depends on the tank and how it's introduced. I had a small 2-3" female melanurus that was rather peaceful try to destroy a juvenile h. biocellatus in a 40 breeder. Obviously too little space, but I was inexperienced. As @saltyhog mentioned with his 10 wrasse tank, I think dispersed aggression helps a lot, I have 9 wrasses in my tank as mentioned earlier (now a 180 rather than the 40), including h. melasmopomus, and things are "peaceful" (though very competitive) most of the time. If you're going to try, I would only do it with the help of an acclimation box. Eshopps makes one that's magnetic that I can highly recommend. Keep it high up in the tank to avoid the wrasse trying to burrow into the plastic.