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Originally Posted by
energizer28 http:///forum/thread/386634/melanurus-wrasse#post_3397059
Does anyone know how safe my shrimp would be around a melanurus wrasse? I have 2 harlequins and cleaners. I like the way it looks and I've read that it will help control flatoworms.
Any comments? Please share.
50/50 gamble with the cleaners, depending on size of both the fish and the shrimp as well as the temperment of the wrasse. If he's well fed, he might just leave them a lone. The harlequins, I'd be worried about them, especially for a smaller male.
They're are safer wrasses to control flat worms, such as a sixline, but they can just be mean in general to other fish. Blue Velvet Nudibranch's will do a number on flatworms. Siphoning is one of the most effective ways to get flatworms under control. Some flasher wrasses will eat flatworms as well.
