multiple wrasses?

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by justinl

i have never heard of any Halichoeres or Thalassoma wrasses schooling (and i doubt they would). Fairies and flashers, yes, but they are of a different genus entirely.

I assume the "banana wrasse" is a canary wrasse (Halichoeres chrysus)?

this is a 230g right? Im betting it would be fine if they are all the same size. Of the three the aggressor is the lunare, then the red coris, and the Halichoeres chrysus is a peaceful pansy; I would introduce slowly and in the opposite order. The others might pick on the banana wrasse but I wouldn't really expect it. the red coris and lunare can probably withstand any aggresion from each other, but keep a close eye, especially on the lunare.

Yes, it's a 230g this is the "banana wrasse" I'm talking about: a Thalassoma lutescens
http://www.marinecenter.com/fish/wra...megreenwrasse/

Originally Posted by naesco

Yes I have and you do not want to keep any of these but, you could. They are aggressive, swim constantly and some grow to two feet long.

If you like wrasse and you like the colouring of the ones you like, there are many smaller wrasse that have similar colouring.

Take a look at www.wetwebmedia.com This site gives details on the wrasse you are looking at and also has recommendations. The site deals with fish, coral and inverts and IME their advise is great.

I want larger wrasses because they are going in with my angels.

[Skimmerking]

nice wrasse but i may not get along with the leopard may spook him

[justinl]

thalassoma are generally the most aggressive wrasse genus and I would only pick one. I would just go with a lunare, a red coris and leave it at that; keep a close eye on both, especially the Thalassoma. they should play fine in a 230 though. Introduce Coris gaimard first. I would not go with a leopard wrasse; they are not easy fish to keep and would probably get beat to death by the angels unless it is already a healthy well-established and voracious specimen.

asmodeus, I still respectfully disagree. you may look at the paper by Randall and Lobel (2002), Halichoeres socialis: A New Labrid Fish from Belize. In this paper they clearly state several times that schooling is done in only a few very specific species (not H. chrysus, T. lutescens or any leopards). Perhaps the schooling you saw was due to overcrowding?

[wickedfrags]

The list of wrasses in my 270G display currently includes the following:

1 lineatus
2 laoutei
1 scotts
1 mystery
1 red hooded fairy
1 red margin fairy
1 pepermint hogfish
1 green coris
1 female flame
1 solar
1 velvet
1 exquisite

Probably a couple others I have forgotten as well.