looking for a coulourful reef safe wrasse, Any suggestions?

[philly]

i have a 90 gallon aquarium with tangs, clownfish, gobies and im wondering about a reef safe wrasse any suggestions?

 

[steve-s]

Only one tang and no Fox face if you do BTW.

As far as wrasses, stick with carpenter/fairy wrasses. They will be the least issue with mobile inverts.

Cheers
Steve

 

[lando]

the Scott's Fairy Wrasse is very colorful and reef-safe. You may also want to look at the Royal Gramma, it is a Baslet and a wonderful fish.

 

[melissfish]

i got a lovely yellow banana wrasse who hasnt touched my corals yet.

 

[malkore]

Six-line wrasse is reef-safe too, and only gets to 3". pretty interesting coloration too IMO.

 

[ClamKnuckle]

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=1378&TopCatId=1378

there's a link from liveaquaria of the wrasses they consider reef safe. I have never had any wrasses so I can't speak from experiance, but I HTH

 

[philly]

can i have 2 or 3 reef safe wrasse in a 90 gal?

are they compatible

 

[seaham358]

I had a Scotts Fairy... Great looking fish but remeber they are jumpers. Mine jumped through the top where I had a 1/2 gap on the hood. He landed behing the tank and it took me a while to get him out. He lived through the night and died the next day
I'm looking for another one an this time I will put more eggcrate on the top to keep him in.
I have a blue sided wrasse in my fowler its a nice fish...

 

[steve-s]

can i have 2 or 3 reef safe wrasse in a 90 gal?

are they compatible

Depends on your current fish stock. Adding that many could tax your biofilter too much.

That said though, if you have the available space you can get a male and 2-3 females of the same species of carpenter/fairy wrasse. They will get along as long as there is only one male.

Cheers
Steve