Brutal Sunday

[tidal_waters]

I was thinking about getting a wrasse, however another question popped into my head. I've heard that some wrasses are aggressive towards other like body fishes and I have a blue assessor that had that same torpedo like shape. I would hate to add something that would constantly bully the assessor around.

[kien]

I think in general most of the reef safe wrasses are pretty peaceful, like the fairy wrasses, canary wrasse, melanarus wrasse, leopard wrasse. There are exceptions though, like the reef safe 6 line wrasse can be pretty aggressive. Most if not all of the non-reef safe wrasse are the ones to watch out for, they are quite territorial and aggressive. Lunare, Banana, Pink Face/five stripe, sunset, Red Coris, etc.

I can only speak from personal experience here as I have a Solar Fairy wrasse, Leopard Wrasse, Canary Wrasse and Melanarus wrasse that all get along and show no signs of aggression towards any fish.

[hockey nut]

I have a blue assessor and a six line with no probs.

Just a tip. When I buy my zoas frags etc I add a few drops of Flatworm Exit to the bag the zoas are in. mix it up and let stand for 10-15 minutes and any nudi,flatworms,fire worms,small bugs ,snails ....ok basically anything is done for, but without any effect to the zoas at all. Give it a rinse with some aquarium water and your done. As for eggs I find using a soft tooth brush takes the egg sacks off the zoa in one swoop of the brush.

I have switched to this method of nudi removal as I have lost too many colonies to freshwater dipping. It works well but I find it stresses the zoas out in my experience anyway. If you are going to fresh water dip make sure you buffer the water as well.

hth

[tidal_waters]

Thanks for all the replies people, I'll keep the thread updated with my progress with my little battle!