Mine's 6' by 18" with a 2.5" - 3" sand bed. My Melanurus stays mostly to himself but your results may vary. As long as you have a plan if it doesn't work out I'd go for it (if it was me).
Another suggestion is Springeri Damsels and/or Springeri Dottyback... They're generally peaceful. My Damselfish are model citizens - unlike my Green Chromis.
I've already got a yellow-tail damsel which is basically the same fish; not sure how they would do together. I have a purple dottyback who might or might not have a problem with another dottyback, but the springeri looks exactly like a wrasse so maybe it wouldn't notice?
You already have two Halichoeres wrasse so I doubt a melanarus would do any differently. If something were to eat them it may be a leopard or tamarin wrasse but they need fairly peaceful tanks.Yellow wrasse is settling in nicely. Gotten nice and fat. Fun to watch her bang bristle worms on the rocks.
And got this QT in QT right now (with a replacement six-line who doesn't hold still long enough)
But got some flatworms infesting that trumpet in the picture and a very large leather coral; so far none of these guys seem interested in them so I'm thinking of a melanurus.
With this set of wrasses -
2x tricolor fairy
yellow 'coris'
christmas
blue-streak cleaner
six-line
Anyone think a melanurus could cause problems?
Are Yellowtails known for eating flatworms?
As @vetteguy53081 does, set up your phone to video the tank when they are all out then leave the room for about 20 minutes so the bad fish feel comfortable doing their bad stuff. If you are there they will focus on you for a feeding.This isn’t too good looking… First suspect; Chloropterus. Anyone else I should be watching?
Diamond Tail has also gone into hiding (although he can still be seen). So I’m almost certain it’s a wrasse.
Did you have same experience? Doing well for 6 months then just wither away?
The longest I went was 2 months. The first 3 died within 30 days. Eating and swimming fine then bam.
whats that yellow one on the bottom right corner?Here's a screenshot for you
I got good luck with just fresh water dip corals with flat worms to remove them. The flatworms that are parasitic of LPS and Soft corals can be remove with vigorously dipped in fresh water.Yellow wrasse is settling in nicely. Gotten nice and fat. Fun to watch her bang bristle worms on the rocks.
And got this QT in QT right now (with a replacement six-line who doesn't hold still long enough)
But got some flatworms infesting that trumpet in the picture and a very large leather coral; so far none of these guys seem interested in them so I'm thinking of a melanurus.
With this set of wrasses -
2x tricolor fairy
yellow 'coris'
christmas
blue-streak cleaner
six-line
Anyone think a melanurus could cause problems?
Conditioned and treated with prazi
