2 wrasse at once?

i had my carpenters wrasse jump outta my tank last night. my fault i didnt replace my jump cover. i feel sooooooo guilty. lol. he was a fav. question is , can i add 2 wrasses of the same genus at the same time. i want to get mcloskers flasher wrasses. as of right now ive got roughly 15 inches of fish , so im good in that aspect. all opinions welcome.

 

I think adding two flasher wrasses at the same time is fine, just don't add two males of the same species.

 

is there a way of tellin? does one lift a fin to pee? lol

 

Flashers USUALLY play well together, sometimes you can get pairs or trios but not very often, usually flames are sold in trios but they are not cheap!!

As far as McCoskers go, I know Scott Michael has a pic of one that is UNBELIEVABLE green and white and red, problem is there is so many geographical variants as well as crossbreeds, when I order McCoskers they are typically red and orange and look like other "flashers"

 

oh i know , no 2 fish are alike and predict anything. but should be ok dr.frag? and if they are , next step is finding them. lol.

 

They should be fine, just make sure they don't jump out again!!
Many times more will actually do better than a couple.... Ask your LFS to order you some, or look online

 

my screening is back up. lol. lfs is prob my only route. i havent found much in the line of online fish that cater to us in the great white north

 

Good call Joe.

More usually do better than 1 at a time.

 

You could try jlaquatics.com

They are a Canadian company based out of BC, and can deliver to Ontario (for a price). I haven't used them myself, but have seen them online. But honestly, you may be better off ordering them at the LFS so you can see them before you buy them.

 

Some things to keep in mind with flashers is that if you do get a nicely colored male, some species will not keep their colors unless they are kept with a female (or 2 or 3 they live in harems in the wild) which they can show off to.

If you get a couple younger females that one of them could become the dominant one and change into a male so you'll get the cool flashing displays.

Also I've heard keeping males of separate species will also cause them to flash and maintain their colors.