Sea Grass Wrasse

Anyone know anything about the Sea Grass Wrasse
Will it eat cleaner shrimp or attack mandarins?

 

They are listed as semi aggresive. And yes would probably harass and possibly eat ornamental shrimp. Putting a wrasse in a tank with a mandarin is generally a bad idea because of the competition for food. Unless your mandy is eating prepared foods.

 

Thanks any ideas on a wrasse that does not eat shrimp but helps with pest control?

 

Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Six Line Wrasse - Reef Safe Wrasses
These are great fish but can become aggressive. Also like I said a wrasse will compete with your mandarin for pods so unless you have a large tank(120 or more) I wouldn't add one unless your mandy accepts prepared foods.

 

Melanurus and Leopard wrasses are two of my favorites, but there is never a guarantee that they won't eat small shrimp.

I had a Green Sea Grass Wrasse, and they are awesome fish. It was great in the FOWLR tank, but I don't think it would behave in a reef tank. They don't get that big, but they are related to the Dragon Wrasse and have a good set of teeth.

 

I've had both Melanurus and Leopard wrasses with the Mandarins. I believe that the wrasses ate the tiny size pods that the Mandarins ate, I agree that all of the fish mentioned need a larger tank to thrive.

I did have to remove the Leopard wrasse because it would attack the female Mandarin, and also became aggressive towards the Banggai's. Leopard's are normally peaceful, but this one was a little testy. Oddly, she never bothered the Seahorse or the Pipefish.

What size tank and other inhabitants do you have?

 

Just because this wrasse is not seen very often, here's a couple of pictures of the one I had.



He would chill with his head sticking out of the sand. The fist time I saw that, I thought he was dead, lol.

 

Thanks for the information on the wrasse. I had a 6-line and it just disappeared one day.

I have a 375 with the following in it:
Critters:

Hippo Tang (donated to me by a friend in 2005)
Hippo Tang (purchased 1995)
Yellow Belly Hippo Tang (added March 2008 )
1 Green Chromis (1/2001)
Regal Angel (added March/2008 )
Orange Shoulder Tang (April/27/2007)
Red Sea Emperor Angel (June/14/2007)
Yellow Tailed Angel (April/19/2008 )
Flame Fin Tomini Tang (May/2007)
Coral Beauty (May/2007)
Male and female Orange Anthias (Lyretail) (added Feb/2008 )
Male and female Mandarin (Jan 7 2010)
Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (Dec 20 2010)
1 female Blue Eye Lyretail Anthia (April/19/2008 )
1 Male Square Spot Anthia (June 2010)
1 Female Square Spot Anthia (June 2010)
1 Pink and Blue Spot Watchman Goby (June 2010)
1 Black Pyramid Butterfly (May 14 2010)
1 Yellow Pyramid Butterfly (July 6 2010)

 

With that tank, I'd get a Leopard wrasse for sure, but that's just my preference.
If you don't have corals, and don't mind a little digging, the Green Grass wrasse may work.