They should calm down eventually, they’re probably just forming a bit more of the wrasse hierarchy.
I have both an iridis and an earmuff. Both will be fine in a tank of your size and will get along with your current wrasses.
I wouldn’t do it personally. That tang is known for aggressive behaviour and isn’t the most friendly when it comes to new fish. Wrasses don’t usually cope well with too much stress (When established they do make the hierarchy but they become “aggressive” to eachother so that’s different in a way).
I forgot what the question was sorry.
You have a bare bottom? If so I would skip sand sleepers because a container of sand will be all over your tank. Some do it but not sure how they keep it contained.
Thank you. Would you recommend not having them at all with a purple tang? In the past I have introduced fish and kept the tang in the sump for a week or 2. Just curious, not super attached to the idea or adding wrasses.
If possible, you can remove the tang and move around a bit of rockwork (Just the tangs territorial cave) and then you can add the wrasse whilst the tang is preoccupied then in the next few hours-day add the tang back once the wrasse is under cover wether that’s the sand or rockwork.
I agree. My tangs never bother wrasse except if they are hunting in the tangs spot and even then the wrasse don’t care and the tangs let it go. My powder blue would chase wrasse before lights out but it wasn’t aggression
Well I will say money is not an option but it always is haha. Put it this way I am comfortable with spending between $20 -$400 on a fish right now . Maybe moving into higher price range once I am more comfortable in my QT / transporting game . I am still not batting close to 90% on keeping fish alive .How much of your money do we have to spend?! ;Smuggrin
Lineatus are beautiful. Other fairies that I value highly C. jordani (good luck finding one of these with the Hawaii ban), C. aurantidorsalis, C. isoscoles, C. earlei (spending your money here), C. shutmani, C. laboutei. Flashers...P. anglatus, P. flavidorsalis, P. lineopunctatus are all beautiful (in addition to the diamond tail you already mentioned). Leopards....I love M. geoffroyi.
I’ve had it the opposite way around, I often find that it’s lucky if you get a non-Ctenochaetus that isn’t aggressive to wrasses. If you have an Acanthurus that’s not aggressive to wrasses or similarly shaped fish (Tilefish being a big one) then that’s just luck. I don’t think I’d ever try a femininus or most Anampses with a different tang (Mine just looks at the fish in my tank and leaves it alone, no matter the species of fish or body shape). I think the more aggressive Halichoeres would be alright around an established tang or an aggressive Cirrhilabrus/paracheilinus.
