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My leopard wrasse swims throughout the rockwork all over the tank. Maybe not in open water a whole lot but always hunting down the pods. He goes to bed earlier than all the other fish too but is really fun to watch. As soon as the main halide goes off he swims past his secret burial ground a few times until nobody is watching and POOF under the sand he goes.

if you add another gramma or two, you will get MUCH more action out of them...

Another vote for a leopard wrasse. I have a potters wrasse which is pretty much the same thing. Not trying to hijack but those of you that have leopard wrasses, can you have more than one per tank?

My melanarus wrasse is great as is my yellow tang

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Originally Posted by Madreefer (Post 564223)

Not trying to hijack but those of you that have leopard wrasses, can you have more than one per tank?

I have 3. One Ornate Leopard Wrasse and 2 Blur Star Leopard Wrasse. The trick is, I believe to have all females. Hopefully one turns to a male and you get the variety.

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Originally Posted by intarsiabox (Post 563986)

I have a 90g reef with a foxface, 2 seabe clowns, 2 percs, a royal gramma and a yellowtail blue damsel in it. The royal gramma hides all day and the rest of the fish will only swim around one side of the tank in about 1 foot of space. This is leaving me with 3 feet of fishless tank. I am looking for a fish that is compatible with both my current fish and corals and likes to be an active swimmer. I've even tried feeding on the other side of the tank but only the blue damsel and my shrimp will make the trip across the tank for food. Any suggestions?

Dude, I've got the same issue. My clown, midas blenny and goby all hang out on one side of the tank. The only one that goes over to the other side is my mandarin but he stays pretty hidden in the LR looking for pods.

I'd second the wrasse vote. I have a 6-line in my nano and he's all over the place (not that he really has all that for to go). Since I've already got a wrasse in the other tank I've been looking for something different that'll swim on the other side of the tank.... so I'm gonna see what you go with here...

Flame angel seem to cruise around all day in my tank.

Mark

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Originally Posted by Madreefer (Post 564223)

Another vote for a leopard wrasse. I have a potters wrasse which is pretty much the same thing. Not trying to hijack but those of you that have leopard wrasses, can you have more than one per tank?

I have a common leopard and an ornate one, in a 75g.

I think dragon faced pipes are fantastic watching fishes. As well as Midas Blennies.
I would avoid any pygmy fish, or coral crouchers. I've seen mine, about twice?!

2nd the flame hawk mine is great to watch and goes all over the tank.

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My fish that covers the most real estate is the good old reliable yellow tang.

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