Wrasse group for a bare bottom

[shootingstar]

Interested in adding a group of maybe 3 wrasses but I know many need a sand bed.

Looking for suggestions for maybe 3 (or 4 max) wrasses that would manage in a barebottom 6 foot covered tank.

thanks much in advance

[monocus]

harliquin tusk x3

[kien]

Originally Posted by shootingstar

Interested in adding a group of maybe 3 wrasses but I know many need a sand bed.

Looking for suggestions for maybe 3 (or 4 max) wrasses that would manage in a barebottom 6 foot covered tank.

thanks much in advance

My hawaiian flame, solarensis, potters, banana and mystery wrasses all do not sleep in the sandbed. I do have a sandbed but they sleep in caves or under rocks.

[shootingstar]

Thanks Kein, some good suggestions there, much appreciated.

[whatcaneyedo]

Both of my Halichoeres chrysus (banana wrasse?) on the other hand always slept and hid in the sand bed. So does my current ornatissimus.

[fishytime]

reading the content of the thread left me disappointed after the title.......


kidding aside....... some of the nicest (IMHO) wrasses are bare bottom wrasses......you can add pretty much all of the fairy wrasses to that list.....Im not sure about some of the others on that list as being do-able in groups....perhaps if added all at once????

[kien]

My Halichoeres chrysus (Canary Wrasse- but sometimes referred to as Banana Wrasse), also sleeps in the sand. In fact he is always the first to burrow into his "sand bed".

The Banana Wrasse I mentioned earlier is actually the Thalassoma Lutescens. Although I don't think you can put Thalassoma's in a group.