wrasse in your reef?

muck · #1 05-12-2005, 07:26 PM

Anyone have any experience with these fish in your reef tank?
Im reading they can be reef safe with caution. Looking to hear personal experiences now, please..

Yellow Coris Wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)

Yellow & Purple Wrasse (Halichoeres trispilus)

Beverly · #2 05-12-2005, 07:59 PM

Had the yellow wrasse in my 42g when it was set up. Didn't bother corals and got along with everyone else, but I'm sure it picked at the rock quite a bit. Some people find wrasses of most species a little aggressive. Mine didn't seem to be, but then, I added most of my fish around the same time.

Doug · #3 05-12-2005, 08:47 PM

The yellows seem to be good residents. Like to sleep in the sand, pretty good for flatworms, but also compete with mandarins and the such, for pods.

Bad jumpers in a smaller tank.

muck · #4 05-12-2005, 08:56 PM

Thanks for the reply Bev and Doug. What inverts did you have in with them? Im mostly concerned about my cleaner shrimp.

Beverly · #5 05-12-2005, 09:01 PM

No cleaner or peppermint shrimp. But that was because the spotted hawkfish made a pretty fast meal of the peppermints as soon as I introduced them

SeaShell · #6 05-13-2005, 06:35 PM

I have the top fish (yellow coris) and he's fine with everything and everyone in my tank. I have cleaner shrimp and they all get along.

Zerandise · #7 05-13-2005, 07:56 PM

I have a leopard wrasse in my invert tank and he leaves them alone. I have just under 20 shrimp from tiny sexy shrimp to massive fire shrimp. I also have a large amount of crabs from emerald to decorater. He has never touched them.

Doug · #8 05-14-2005, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by muck

Thanks for the reply Bev and Doug. What inverts did you have in with them? Im mostly concerned about my cleaner shrimp.

I had larger sized cleaners with mine. Never looked at them. Dont know if they would bother small newly added cleaners. I have seen many different fish eat them, including large clowns.

Mine got along well with my leopard wrasse but not with pig headed sixlines.

BCOrchidGuy · #9 05-15-2005, 03:31 AM

My coris was a fine neighbour to everyone, it hid a lot in the sand though so it wasn't something I saw a lot of.

Doug

SeaShell · #10 05-15-2005, 04:01 AM

Is that where my coris disappears to all the time?! In the sand? I wondered how he hides so well.