Melanurus Wrasse

[aeroaustin]

Howdy Reefers,

Anyone has expereinced with Melanurus Wrasse in your tank,

any problem with reef if add wrasse in the reef?

along with wrasse? I have sixline and checkerboard wrasse.

I would like to have melanurus wrasse in my reef tank.

I think this wrasse is very beautiful fish and I already love with wrasses species.

[Chooch1]

I kept a Halichoeres melanurus for about 5 years. It was a supermale. No significant problems in my reef. When it got really large it would occasionally bother snails but it never killed any as far as I know. It never bothered my cleaner shrimp either. They are completely safe with corals. I would use the specimen cup introduction technique as your established wrasses may give it some grief. IME, Halichoeres spp. wrasses generally get along well although I think checkerboards and melanurus are on the more aggressive end of the genus. I agree that they are vey beautiful. Nicely colored supermales are not that common around here. An established melanurus can be a little tough on new additions to the tank, especially other wrasses but eventually they all got along. They also eat like pigs.

[Hurley12]

Very cool wrasse great for keeping pests in check, mine has helped with nudies and I have heard they are good at getting rid of flat worms as well.

[oct2274]

you might see the sixline very aggressively attack it when you put it in.