Dragon Wrasse ok?

fantomkoala

fantomkoala

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Just wondering if a Dragon Wrasse would get along with my other fish and the corals I want to add to my tank.
Fish:
Maroon Clown
Freckled Hawkfish
Cleaner Wrasse
Corals:
Lots and lots of Mushroms (ricordia)
xenia
carpet anenome
Invertabrates:
~100 or so Crabs and Snails
Tank is 55g
Thanks!
 
gobylover

gobylover

Member
Yes that would be ok.I got one a while back.They do bury themselves in the substyrate.Mine was fine for 3 days,then after that,I haven't seen it.I think my carpet ate it.That is the only possibility.I have went completely through the sand and its no where.So just watch it.
 
shel

shel

Member
It should be ok, but they do get kinda big. I have one in 125. He was about 1 1/2 long when I bought him. Now he is like 5 inches long and it has been almost a year. I have not noticed him eating any of the hermit crabs. I have some real small ones, but I do feed ghost shrimp about 1 a week. I found out at the lfs that in the wild he will grow to 12 inches. He is a blast to watch, he takes all the spare shells and piles them up in his area where he burrows in the sand. When I do a water change I move them all, by the next evening he has them all back. You could also set your clock by him. He will get up at the same time every day and go to bed at the same time. I really like mine.
Shel
 
c marlowe

c marlowe

Member
The little cleaner wrasse will be a goner possibly. Corals, inverts, and fish that will fit in his mouth are all possible meals to satisfy their incredible appetite. I have had three dragon wrasses, and the last was six inches and ate whole silverside along with one of my gobies and alot of other creatures I would have prefered to keep. They also look alot cooler as juvis than after they have grown, so since I try to avoid fish that are "temps", I say move to the next choice.
 
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