Which wrasse for a bare bottom??

[Supreme Reefs]

Im new to wrasses so can anyone suggest some nice reef safe wrasses for a bare bottom?? Also which ones can stay with each other? Im looking for really neat colorful ones that arent aggressive.

 

[knucklehead]

mystery wrasse is an awesome wrasse

 

[PnoyToiTz]

Naoka wrasse is nice. I like my mystery wrasse also.

 

[nayrgaijin]

I have a Mystery Wrasse as well, they are sweet!
Most fairies should be fine in your tank really. McCoskers is a really neat inexpensive one. Solar Fairys are cool, Lubbocks, Exquisite, and LongFin Fairies. All I can think of at the top of my head, but all good ones!

 

[Supreme Reefs]

Mystery wrasse arent aggressive? I thought they were :/

Solar Fairys are cool, Lubbocks, Exquisite, and LongFin Fairies.
All of these can live together?

Yeah i saw the McCoskers and i want!

Also looking for wrasse that will eat bad critters.

 

[knucklehead]

eating bad critters i would get a yellow coris wrasse or something like that..

 

[Supreme Reefs]

eating bad critters i would get a yellow coris wrasse or something like that..

Yeah im thinking about getting one, but i wont need sand for them? I had one before and i see that they love to bury in the sand.

 

[nayrgaijin]

eating bad critters i would get a yellow coris wrasse or something like that..

IDK if I would get a Yellow Coris for a bare bottom though? They do bury themselves.

You know i've heard Mysteries can be aggressive too. Anyone chime in on this?

 

[Supreme Reefs]

i really want to get a yellow corris... anyone out there have one in their bare bottom?

Or what about a leopard wrasse?

 

[nayrgaijin]

Leopard Wrasse' bury themselves to sleep too
From my understanding, all fairies just cocoon and hide in rocks when they sleep.

 

[Supreme Reefs]

Leopard Wrasse' bury themselves to sleep too
From my understanding, all fairies just cocoon and hide in rocks when they sleep.

I guess this is the downside to having a BB

I know sixlines dont bury themselves but they get aggressive...

 

[knucklehead]

my mystery has not been aggressive one bit..

 

[Aquascaper]

Here is a shortlist, I compilied from Bob Geomans Library, that include reef friendly wrasses- many wrasse families are not included in this list due to substrate needs/ dietary needs/ or behavior less suitable for a community.

Cirrhilabrus- Fairy non sand burying
C adornatus (Debelius Fairy Wrasse)
C aurantidorsalis (Orangeback/Goldback Fairy Wrasse)
C balteatus (Belted/Girdled Fairy Wrasse)
C bathyphilus (Deep Sea/Hooded/Coral Sea/Holmes Fairy Wrasse)
C beauperryi (Beau's/Blue-belly Fairy Wrasse)
C claire (Clair's Fairy Wrasse)
C condei (Red Fairy Wrasse)
C cyanopleura (Blue-sided/Blueheaded Fairy Wrasse)
C earlei (Earle's/Orange-striped Fairy Wrasse)
C exquisitus (Exquisite Fairy Wrasse)
C filamentosus (Whipfin Wrasse)
C flavidorsalis (Yellowfin/Red-bar Fairy Wrasse)
C joanallenae (Joan's/Pennant/Pulauweh Fairy Wrasse)
C johnsoni (Johnson's Wrasse)
C jordani (Hawaiian Flame Wrasse)
C katherinae (Katherine's/Black-striped/Greenback Fairy Wrasse)
C katoi (Kato's/Bigfin Fairy Wrasse)
C laboutei (Labout's/Magenta-streak Fairy Wrasse)
C lanceolatus (Lanceolate/Longtail Fairy Wrasse)
C lineatus (Purplelined Wrasse)
C lubbocki (Lubbock's Fairy Wrasse)
C lunatus (Crescent-tail Fairy Wrasse)
C luteovittatus (Yellowstreaked Fairy Wrasse)
C marjorie (Marjorie Fairy Wrasse)
C melanomarginatus (Redfined Wrasse)
C morrisoni (Morrison's Fairy Wrasse)
C naokoae (Yellowfin/Red-bar Fairy Wrasse)
C punctatus (Finespotted/Dotted Fairy Wrasse)
C pylei (Pyle's Fairy Wrasse)
C randalli (Randall's/Shoals Fairy Wrasse)
C rhomboidalis (Rhomboid/Golden/Diamond-tail Fairy Wrasse)
C roseafascia (Rose-band/Pink-banded Fairy Wrasse)
C rubrimarginatus (Red-margin Fairy Wrasse)
C rubripinnis (Redfinned Fairy Wrasse)
C rubrisquamis (Red-scaled/Rosy-scaled Fairy Wrasse)
C rubriventralis (Social Fairy/Redfin/Longfin Wrasse)
C sanguineus (Red-blotched/Wine/Purple-stained Fairy Wrasse)
C scottorum (Scott's Fairy Wrasse)
C solorensis (Redheaded/Solar Fairy Wrasse)
C temminckii (Threadfin Wrasse)
C tonozukai (Redfined Flasher Wrasse)
C walindi (Walindi Fairy Wrasse)
C walshi (Walsh's/Samoan Fairy Wrasse)

part 1

 

[Aquascaper]

Wrasses Continued- Part 2


Paracheilinus - Flasher non sand burying
P angulatus (Angular/Lyretail/Triangle Flasher Wrasse)
P attenuatus (Attenuate/Seychelles/Diamond-tail Flasher Wrasse)
P bellae (Bell's Flasher Wrasse)
P carpenteri (Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse)
P cyaneus (Blue Flasher Wrasse)
P filamentosus (Filament Flasher Wrasse)
P flavianalis (Yellowfin Flasher Wrasse)
P hemitaeniatus (Half-banded/Madagascar Flasher Wrasse)
P lineopunctatus (Spot-lined/Dot-and-Dash Flasher Wrasse)
P mccoskeri (McCosker's Flasher Wrasse)
P octotaenia (Eightline Flasher Wrasse)
P piscilineatus (Elegant/Curved-line Flasher Wrasse)
P rubricaudalis (Red-tailed Flasher Wrasse)
P togeanensis (Togean Flasher Wrasse)

Pseudocheilinus- smaller secretive non burying
P evanidus (Secretive/Disappearing Wrasse)
P hexataenia (Sixline/Pajama Wrasse)
P ocellatus (Whitebarred/Mystery Wrasse)
P octotaenia (Eightline Wrasse)
P tetrataenia (Fourline Wrasse)

 

[jaytizzle]

'Scaper got the list for you there. Basically you would do best to stick with anything in the Paracheilinus or Cirrhilabrus genera. Ideally, if your tank is big enough, pick a few of them and add them all at the same time. I have several in my 120 and they are a lot of fun to watch. They aren't very aggressive unless there are some already settled in the tank and you try to make a new addition. You have to be significantly more careful then.

 

[sps4mytank]

i have a yellow in a barebottom, but I really dont know where he goes when its nite. i have had it for about a month.

 

[Aquascaper]

i have a yellow in a barebottom, but I really dont know where he goes when its nite. i have had it for about a month.

when young these guys are known to hide in crevices or under rock..:bigsmile:

 

[650-IS350]

+1... they sandwhich themselves in tight nooks and crannies.

 

[detguy123]

any of the flashers or fairys would be fine..possum and the lined wrasses also

 

[stryker]

i have two flames, lamboti, and a lineatus in a bb tank. you can always add a container of sand for them to sleep in.