Curious to hear your opinions on this one.
I have a 60 gallon lightly stocked reef tank (60 gallon long) that is about a year and three months old. I would like a yellow coris wrasse to deal with any potential coral flatworm pests that I may face in the future.
However, there is a well settled and nearly mature Carpenter’s Flasher Wrasse in the tank already. I have seen that they are normally okay together, but this same flasher wrasse managed to kill a Royal Gramma as the wrasse was maturing. The wrasse was also introduced after the Royal Gramma. I am not sure if this spike in aggression was due to him maturing. He doesn’t bother any of my other fish (four Green Chromis and two Oscillaris Clowns).
Additionally, I will be picking up a Green Mandarin, which will be set with the boat loads of pods I have. I have a small refugium too. I am also a bit concerned that the yellow coris wrasse would out compete the mandarin for food. I am going to try to get the mandarin on frozen, but we will see.
Opinions on this situation? I can go without a pest eating wrasse, but it’d be nice to have that layer of protection.
I have a 60 gallon lightly stocked reef tank (60 gallon long) that is about a year and three months old. I would like a yellow coris wrasse to deal with any potential coral flatworm pests that I may face in the future.
However, there is a well settled and nearly mature Carpenter’s Flasher Wrasse in the tank already. I have seen that they are normally okay together, but this same flasher wrasse managed to kill a Royal Gramma as the wrasse was maturing. The wrasse was also introduced after the Royal Gramma. I am not sure if this spike in aggression was due to him maturing. He doesn’t bother any of my other fish (four Green Chromis and two Oscillaris Clowns).
Additionally, I will be picking up a Green Mandarin, which will be set with the boat loads of pods I have. I have a small refugium too. I am also a bit concerned that the yellow coris wrasse would out compete the mandarin for food. I am going to try to get the mandarin on frozen, but we will see.
Opinions on this situation? I can go without a pest eating wrasse, but it’d be nice to have that layer of protection.