could it work

[neibotlai]

could a xmas wrasse with a clown,live together in a 55 gal. reef? a young three strip damsel is the wanna be boss.

 

[leopard_babe]

I think that a christmas wrasse is a fish that you need to use with caution in a reef tank. However I have not kept one myself.
I have kept other wrasse and clownfish. So I don't see a problem with the clown and the wrasse. I would be more concerned with the damsel. They can be territorial and mean. I had a damsel and he was literally the devil. He killed everything in my tank. Jerk!!

 

[murph145]

christmas wrasses are ok in reefs but like mentioned before its the damsil i bet it will kill it... wrasses are usually very doscile and a damsel will chase it around the tank not letting it relax and it will finally stress itself to death... those wrasses are already a lil finicky so i wouldnt try unless the damsel was out...
also they like a 2"+ sand bed for burrying themselves in at night

 

[neibotlai]

ok, i have seen the reports on the damsel, it is still very very young, only like an inch tops. i know that if he is left alone for long he will become very territorial, but i have seen them live ok with others in a tank . i have been raising freshwater cichlids in a 200gal for some time, so i kinda understand the temperament. the reef is a new thing for the most part. i started it up like 5 months. i was hoping to get the tank set up with a orange spot sand sifting goby the three strip damsel with the clown not sure which variety yet. and maybe the wrasse. along with the inverts and --corals someday. right now its just the a starfish- some snails -and a few blue legs crabs- the damsel - 50+lbs of live rock i do have about 3 -4 inches of fine sand pending on the spot in the tank.
i have read and seen that the damsel is coral safe in others tanks, maybe with caution but safe none the less. anyways l like the 3strip he is pretty cool.
has noone here had success with what i hope to achieve?