46 gallon stocking ideas?

alright so i am 90% sure i want to get a wrasse, now the hard decision, which one i also like the leopard warsse as suggested. Any one know of a site that has a list of the all the wrasse species and care

 

IIRC there was a great thread about Leopards on here recently, might be worth giving it a search and read. Seems to be the general consensus was they are a little fragile, but if you can find one eating flake/frozen in the store you should be fine.

 

ok, with them being pretty fragile are there any fish that hardier, but are similar to the wrasse and mandarin *i love both these species* beautiful color, that stay small in size to fit in the 46 for life with a puffer *if it's not killed by the puffer*, and be able to defend itself if need be ?

 

the melanurus wrasse is tough as nails.

 

ok, they are still so georgeous! if you think that one can survive i'll deff get one when im ready! When i'm ready to put the fish in after the 2 months of cycling, do put the melanurus wrasse and the puffer in at the same time after aclamating them for however long they need?

 

also any idea what they usually eat? My puffer is picky and only eats bloodworms, crickets, and snails. And doesnt touch anything else. So it would be a bit nice if i can feed the Wrasse something different so that there shouldn't be any fighting issues with food.

 

carnivores as well as certain types of pests we get in our tanks. Like nudis and flatworms.

 

ok so i should then be able to keep it pretty much the same diet. Also one more important question about the Wrasse fish. If my puffer does happen to eat at corals, would it be able to survive without a reef and be ok with a fowlr?

 

yep would be just fine in a fowlr.

 

ok good lol i guess i will get this fish then. It sounds perfect for what i'm wanting. And a big + is that it's not to expensive