All About Reef Safe Wrasses

It's a 125 gallon. Would I be fine with that or would that still be to small? Thanks.

 

Sounds acceptable in this case.

 

Ok cool, thanks again.

 

I have a melanarus/hoevens wrasse and keep reading they are very passive and non-aggressive. I added a female solorensis wrasse 5 days ago and the hoevens will not let it come out. The only time I see the solorensis is when I feed. Then the hoevens will chase it all over until it hides in the rock work again. Is this normal? Will he get used to her? What should I do?

 

Got a big male carpenter flasher, got any experience with these guys?

 

This is why the use of acclimation boxes is so important in the addition of new wrasse individuals. I had aggression issues before using them, and the last wrasse I added there were no issues after using correct acclimation.

 

All flashers behave pretty much the same; a few species exceptions apply (notably octotaenia). Do you have a specific question?

^ What he said.

At this point, you can try putting the melanurus in "time out" (in a separate tank or in an acclimation box) for a few days, but short of that, it's unlikely he'll ever let up on the solorensis. And if that solorensis is constantly forced into hiding, it won't handle that stress long. Lastly, your only other choice is to remove the solorensis.

 

So they are an aggressive fish and not passive?

 

They're typically mild mannered, but even with species norms there's always exceptions.

More importantly however, is the method of introduction with new wrasses in a system with existing wrasses.

 

Well Hunter, breaking out the acclimation box. Saw a gorgeous Solar and grabed him. My Blue Side is pretty tough so I'm thinking all will go well. If not he Will live in the box again until the new 125 is up.