Wrasse Tank

jhebi

jhebi

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Hello All,
Just want to let you all know that my 100gl at work will be a reef and also a wrasse tank. I just got an order of wrasse today and they are acclimating with my corals at my tank right now.
Today I got the follow wrasses:
1)Leopard wrasse
2)Tri-color fairy wrasse
3)Tonozu wrasse
4)McCoskers wrasse
5)Carpenter Flasher wrasse
6)Filament Wrasse
And I already have:
Yellow wrasse, mystere wrasse, painted fairy wrasse, and some blue velvety one(pretty color)....
Will put pictures this afternoon after the lights are on again..
Thanks
Here are some pics.......Couldn't get all of them, it is hard with my piece crap of camera....






Sorry leopard is very bad pic, he doesn't come to the front...

And last tank shot
 
jhebi

jhebi

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Originally Posted by surfinusa
Thats a very nice tank, love all the wrasses.

Thanks, wrasses are pretty cool fishes
here is a new lep picture, i was able to take it

 
murph145

murph145

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u dont have sand>??
not to be a downer but i think that it could be an issue for many wrasses ur keeping they need a sand bed to sleep in and to foriage upon, they are sand sleepers by nature
also with that many wrasses ur running a high chance of having many territorial disputes.... i like the idea of an all wrasse tank but in the long run could be very problamatic in a 100g tank which is relatively small considering how many wrasses ur trying to keep
other than that looks good
 
puffer32

puffer32

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Originally Posted by murph145
u dont have sand>??
not to be a downer but i think that it could be an issue for many wrasses ur keeping they need a sand bed to sleep in and to foriage upon, they are sand sleepers by nature
also with that many wrasses ur running a high chance of having many territorial disputes.... i like the idea of an all wrasse tank but in the long run could be very problamatic in a 100g tank which is relatively small considering how many wrasses ur trying to keep
other than that looks good
I agree. Wrasses and Anthias are my fav fish. And even though they say you can mix fairy wrasses, its not always true. I have a 2 of the same wrasses's you have, solor (blue) and the flasher. My solor messes with the flasher at times, keeps him on opposite end of tank. and i have a 150. Hopefully yours will be fine together. Especially love the mystery wrasse. Let us know if it goes ok, interested to see if everyone gets along. I would love to add a mystery but am afraid my solor will pick on it, though it is not a fairy wrasse, I am to chicken to spend all that money just to have to rip my tank apart to seperate them.
I would consider putting sand in the tank also.
 
ophiura

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I agree with the above on compatibility and sand
Could be issues at some point, but wonderful if it works!
 
jhebi

jhebi

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Originally Posted by murph145
u dont have sand>??
not to be a downer but i think that it could be an issue for many wrasses ur keeping they need a sand bed to sleep in and to foriage upon, they are sand sleepers by nature
also with that many wrasses ur running a high chance of having many territorial disputes.... i like the idea of an all wrasse tank but in the long run could be very problamatic in a 100g tank which is relatively small considering how many wrasses ur trying to keep
other than that looks good
Don't worry murph, I do have a part on the back that I have sand for this motive. Right and Left side on the back has a part about 2 to 4 inches of sand for them to burrow. Well, so far no fight, and I believe that the wrasses I chose are very docile and peacefull. IMO, it would be the same thing saying that 2 or 3 tangs in a sizeable tank would be a problem and you could run into territorial problems. You even said that you took a chance with your pinktail in your reef. And I believe I could have run into more problems having 2 tangs than 10 wrasses together.

Forgot to mention that I read somewhere that some guy's tank didn't have sand, but for his wrasse what he did was add some topperware with sand so the wrasse could go in and sleep, but I do have part on the back with sand. If you see on the 1st picture, there is sand on the back and also on the left side which I didn't take a pic. But besides that, thanks for the info
 
jhebi

jhebi

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Originally Posted by puffer32
I agree. Wrasses and Anthias are my fav fish. And even though they say you can mix fairy wrasses, its not always true. I have a 2 of the same wrasses's you have, solor (blue) and the flasher. My solor messes with the flasher at times, keeps him on opposite end of tank. and i have a 150. Hopefully yours will be fine together. Especially love the mystery wrasse. Let us know if it goes ok, interested to see if everyone gets along. I would love to add a mystery but am afraid my solor will pick on it, though it is not a fairy wrasse, I am to chicken to spend all that money just to have to rip my tank apart to seperate them.
I would consider putting sand in the tank also.
I hear you, but they don't fight but actually swim together, my solar sometimes chase my green chromis but nothing critical just for food. AS many people said it's a lot of hit and miss, and IMO even when you try to put 2 fishes that are compatible to each other sometimes they fight, so is not exactly something I didn't read or check, but is something that I wanted try with different wrasses. So far so good, they all swim together with no problems at all. Thanks for the reply
 
jhebi

jhebi

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Originally Posted by ophiura
I agree with the above on compatibility and sand
Could be issues at some point, but wonderful if it works!
I got sand on the right and left, on the back. Thanks
 
puffer32

puffer32

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Originally Posted by jhebi
I hear you, but they don't fight but actually swim together, my solar sometimes chase my green chromis but nothing critical just for food. AS many people said it's a lot of hit and miss, and IMO even when you try to put 2 fishes that are compatible to each other sometimes they fight, so is not exactly something I didn't read or check, but is something that I wanted try with different wrasses. So far so good, they all swim together with no problems at all. Thanks for the reply
I hear you, but my wrasses were fine for the first few months also, then when they established territories, thats when the chasing began. Also, , i can't tell by your pics if you have lids on your tank, its a must with wrasses
Good luck and keep us informed.
 
joyfnp

joyfnp

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Originally Posted by TriGa22
Looks good. Any other wrasses besides a sixline for a 29
I have a twin spot hogfish; very pretty yellow with a pink stripe. I would think any of the fairy wrasses would be alright in a 29.
 
braydonosu

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How big does a leopard wrasse get and how much is the average cost. I have a 75 gal with a 6 line wrasse and 2 false percs, any reason they wouldn't get along with a leopard? I have seen the pics of them on here and personally I don't think there are too many other fish more beautiful.
 
murph145

murph145

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i know leopards are calm but i have scene many 6lines that can be bullys especially when in the tank first
leopards can run around $20-25 on average
 
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