multiple wrasses?

[fishoholic]

Has anyone kept multiple wrasses in a large tank before? I like the banana wrasse, red coris wrasse and lunare wrasse.

[Skimmerking]

Laurie I have kept a Leopard. banana, 6 line in a 75 gal with no effects.
if any thing if you can get like 3 banana's and 3 leopards that would be cool since they all will school with there kind.

[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.

[Skimmerking]

i have never heard of any Halichoeres or Thalassoma wrasses schooling (and i doubt they would)

Actually yes they do, leopards school and so does Yellow wrasses too.. i have seen leopards shcool and I have also seen Yellows do it to. So yes Laurie they will school

[300g]

i have 6 line 2" + green bird 6" from red sea ,+red coris 4" + Harlequin Tusk 6" from AU , just bought form j&l boxing day +cleaner wrasse , all fine in my 280g tank. 60L x 30W x 36H !!

[Keri]

I'm tagging along to this one to find out as well. I have a yellow wrasse and would like maybe a leopard or some of the flasher wrasses to go with it in the 120.

[Skimmerking]

Keri I had a yellow and a leopard they got along great..

[naesco]

Has anyone kept multiple wrasses in a large tank before? I like the banana wrasse, red coris wrasse and lunare wrasse.

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.

[Keri]

Keri I had a yellow and a leopard they got along great..

Good to hear, I will get a leopard when the 120 is well established then.

[Skimmerking]

i had 2 leopards in my 120 and they swam together all the time until one got spooked and jumped :redface:

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

I have a leopard wrasse, six line & yellow wrasse in my seahorse tank. No problems at all.

[fishoholic]

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/wrassealsoseehogfish/limegreenwrasse/

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.

[Red Deer Reptiles]

thanks naesco (member) for that internet hookup cool site. just checked it out. got 240gal 9 inch queen wrasse XL foxface got to feed these guys uncooked shrimp 2-3 week.but they eat everything. lol dan