Wrasses

Hi could I mix a fairy wrasse with a flasher wrasse in a 66 gallon tank?

 

Welcome to 3reef Jot.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Wrasses, well almost everything.

http://www.3reef.com/forums/tropical-fish/all-about-reef-safe-wrasses-122261.html

You can post your question here or Hunter and or Alex will see your new post and provide assistance.

 

But to help either way, we will need to know which Fairy Wrasse you are talking about. Some are fine in a 30, others need to be in a 125 gal...

 

I was thinking the orange back fairy wrasse and a male and female carpenters flasher. I currently have two tangerine clowns, royal gramma, chalk bass and a jewel blennie.

 

Thanks for your welcome

 

Thats alot of wrasse for a 66. May want to scale that down to 1 maybe two. wrasse are very active fish and will swim alot of real estate.

 

What about if I cut the female out or just go for two small fairy wrasses?

 

I actually think that would be fine for a 65. We are not talking about very large wrasses here. Another option would be to go with one of the following instead of the C. aurantidorsalis, as these are all smaller:

C. lubbocki
C. flavidorsalis
C. adornatus
C. marjorie

 

Just one of them ? I really want two tho I want them to be happy!! If I could keep two wrasse what to would you go for ?

 

No, I was assuming you were set on the two flasher wrasses. You could certainly do 1-2 smaller Fairy Wrasses and 1-2 Flasher Wrasses (stick to 3 total though). I really like my Lubbock's Fairy, which is one of the smallest ones. Any of the others I mentioned would work as well. You would need to post in the thread that Cheryl linked earlier and ask Hunter for more specific info on which would be best to mix.