Wrasse Recommendations!

[vaguelyreeflike]

Good luck getting a non-snail eater to eat other pests…
The best way to do that is through getting snails that are either Nocturnal or can flip themselves.

The downside to pinkies is;
1. They’re a nightmare to get unless you’re looking for them in the season’s they’re available
2. They only eat the smaller pests, if you have huge Flatworms/Nudibranchs you will want to get a different species of wrasse.

This is a very good point

 

[i cant think]

This is a very good point

Honestly, a pink streak is better keeps as a display fish more than a pest eater.
I have an article on Halichoeres wrasses and it does mention what sorts of snails are best to use :)

 

[Tcook]

I would get the 6-line. Might be aggressive towards the mollies but oh well. I assume this being a frag tank that there is no top and is shallow. Chysus and others in that genus would be too much of a jump risk. What are the specifics of the frag tank?

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

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I would get the 6-line. Might be aggressive towards the mollies but oh well. I assume this being a frag tank that there is no top and is shallow. Chysus and others in that genus would be too much of a jump risk. What are the specifics of the frag tank?

Its actually not a conventional frag tank and does have a tightly fitting lid, and is quite a deep tank just a standard 125gal so jump risks are fine.

 

[vaguelyreeflike]

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Its actually not a conventional frag tank and does have a tightly fitting lid, and is quite a deep tank just a standard 125gal so jump risks are fine.

And if its nippy towards the mollies thats not the end of the world, theyre literally only in there to keep a higher bioload because we have constant low nitrate and dosing will be very pricey, so were trying to just stock it decently and then I also over feed.

 

[Tcook]

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Its actually not a conventional frag tank and does have a tightly fitting lid, and is quite a deep tank just a standard 125gal so jump risks are fine.

Then I would go with H. chrysus. Very mellow wrasse. Some would say mellow yellow. Except @i cant think. He likes lemon meringue.

 

[i cant think]

Then I would go with H. chrysus. Very mellow wrasse. Some would say mellow yellow. Except @i cant think. He likes lemon meringue.

If you compare a chrysus male to a leucoxanthus male, there is no competition ;)

 

[KING KONG]

Pair of yellow coris wrasse. I hv kept and they always play together. They come out together and eat together. Such a peaceful fish

 

[i cant think]

Pair of yellow coris wrasse. I hv kept and they always play together. They come out together and eat together. Such a peaceful fish

The downside to pairs is eventually you’ll have two males that hate eachother.

 

[Tcook]

If you compare a chrysus male to a leucoxanthus male, there is no competition ;)

I won’t. I’ll compare both to my vivien:D

 

[i cant think]

I won’t. I’ll compare both to my vivien:D

If we’re playing that… Compare them to a shutmani male, yellow is nothing compared to that red ;)

 

[Tcook]

If we’re playing that… Compare them to a shutmani male, yellow is nothing compared to that red ;)

Pics! Or you don’t got one! I’ve been thinking hard on that magma since jordani is no longer available. Someone just posted a really nice earl’s (guy from SD?) so it’s a difficult choice. The reds are fantastic though.

 

[i cant think]

Pics! Or you don’t got one! I’ve been thinking hard on that magma since jordani is no longer available. Someone just posted a really nice earl’s (guy from SD?) so it’s a difficult choice. The reds are fantastic though.

I wish I had one!
It’s high on my want list as jordani is the poor version IMHO. Ever since seeing even just a female in the LFS when I worked there, this wrasse has shown it’s better than jordani.

But lubbocki males are better than chrysus as well ;)

 

[Tcook]

I wish I had one!
It’s high on my want list as jordani is the poor version IMHO. Ever since seeing even just a female in the LFS when I worked there, this wrasse has shown it’s better than jordani.

But lubbocki males are better than chrysus as well ;)

I have yet to see a magma in person so I will hold off on if it is better than my first male jordani.