melanurus wrasse questions.

[Trocar70]

Well here is my new fish. He settled in very nicley.

[kien]

very nice! Love this fish. Good bang for your buck.

[Trocar70]

Originally Posted by kien

very nice! Love this fish. Good bang for your buck.

You have one Kien ?

[kien]

Originally Posted by Trocar70

You have one Kien ?

Yes! have had one for years. He helped me wipe out an infestation of of zoa eating nudibranches Quite the workhorse fish as they are constantly on the hunt for small pests like flatworms and other such nuisances. I don't know that mine eats pods much because my Melanarus is fairly large. I also have a dragonette and a pipefish which only eat pods.

[Trocar70]

Originally Posted by kien

Yes! have had one for years. He helped me wipe out an infestation of of zoa eating nudibranches Quite the workhorse fish as they are constantly on the hunt for small pests like flatworms and other such nuisances. I don't know that mine eats pods much because my Melanarus is fairly large. I also have a dragonette and a pipefish which only eat pods.

cool thanks Kien.

[Taipan]

They are great 'workhorses' and 'hunters' of pests. They get along well with almost any fish.

From personal experience.....I believe they are a little less aggressive than a yellow coris wrasse. Also; their adult size is a little smaller than a Yellow or even Green coris wrasse.

If you're fortunate enough; you'll be able to observe your fish find a home it likes and watch it burrow a place to sleep like clockwork every night . They tend to sleep at the same time every night.

[reefwars]

my melanarus doesnt sleep in the sand , he never sleeps as far as i know lol when i first got him he use to but not anymore:P

i dont have a sandbed anymore but he doesnt seem to mind

[Trocar70]

Originally Posted by Taipan

They are great 'workhorses' and 'hunters' of pests. They get along well with almost any fish.

From personal experience.....I believe they are a little less aggressive than a yellow coris wrasse. Also; their adult size is a little smaller than a Yellow or even Green coris wrasse.

If you're fortunate enough; you'll be able to observe your fish find a home it likes and watch it burrow a place to sleep like clockwork every night . They tend to sleep at the same time every night.

I have not seen him burrow in the sand yet. But can't find him anywhere after lights go out. Lol

[Taipan]

I wouldn't worry. They generally aren't nocturnal. With no sand bed....they will find a comfortable hole or spot within your rock work.

Observe it over time....and you will find that it has a distinct 'bedtime' and disappear (like most wrasses)

[Coasting]

Okay I blame this thread... I had to go buy one

Definitely goes and disappears at night, not sure where but I don't have a deep sand bed so I'm sure he's got a spot. See him pick at the rock when he's hungry so he's gotta be doing something useful right? My bristle worms are far to large for him... But a fish that takes no BS anyway!