Wrasse Experts I Have a Question

I'm about to start a 100G Macroalgae-only setup and am thinking about possible stocking options.

I was thinking maybe a Lionfish or Frogfish species tank, but then I thought, "Why not take advantage of not being a reef tank and stock some fish-only wrasse?"

Would a few of these work together? I don't have any experience with wrasse besides a 6-Line, so all I have to go off of is Live Aquaria's descriptions of being peaceful.
Vrolik's Wrasse
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Vrolik's Wrasse, Halichoeres chrysotaenia

Yellow Wrasse
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Yellow Wrasse

Radiant Wrasse
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Radiant Wrasse

Grey Head Wrasse
Saltwater Aquarium Fish for Marine Aquariums: Grey Head Wrasse, Halichoeres leucurus

/End of list.

Will those all do ok together?

Other option I was considering was Harlequin Tuskfish and a Sea Grass Wrasse or some other semi-aggressive wrasse, but I the first list would add more color. I mainly need a bunch of fish that are going to eat a ton of food and be messy to support large amounts of algal growth.

 

Seahorses...

As far as the wrasses go, you may have some problems, especially if they are from the same genus, but I'm not positive about wrasses that aren't reef safe.

 

all those should fit together nicely... usually halichoeres genus is very peaceful with each other. sometimes the harlequins can get feisty though. i would not recommend one unless you know a lot about their behavior/wrasses.

sea grass wrasse is docile also. they sometimes stick halfway out of the sand and just hang out there...? odd but cool to watch lol

I am sure evolved will chime in soon, he is the wrasse expert.

 

+1. the halichoeres all go well together and are pretty active fish. I enjoy mine, just remember they can be jumpers so a cover of some sort would be in order.

 

Thanks for the input guys. Yeah, I need to invest in a couple of glass covers for sure. Haha I'm so tempted to start it up now with the setup I have, but I would only have a built in overflow box/sump compartment instead of the full under the tank sump system I'm planning for.

Lol I've thought about going backwards and having a sump full of coral and reef fish to produce nutrients for the macro display. Bet some people's heads would explode seeing that. Reverse sump ftw.

K+ for all.

 

It would be a cycle... Both would feed each other

 

Hey Ninja, I dont know if you know or not but actually bulkreefsupply has a nice video about how to build a nice lid for the tank without having to go with glass... unless glass is what you want to do.

This is the link to the videos..is under new videos i think the second set of videos available.

New Videos - BRS TV - English

 

Everyone is pretty spot on, however I have had some halichoeres not play well together when adding a new species into a tank where one is already established. If you add these at the same time or in close proximity to each other, you shouldn't have any problems.

Here's the thing though, all of those you listed are reef safe. If you truly want some non-reef wrasses, look to the Coris, Thalassoma, or Gomphosus genus (however, even those won't bother corals directly, but they can flip things over looking for food, so putting them in a reef can be risky if you're not prepared for them. And those genus will destroy your inverts ).

 

Indeed. I could have some herbivores on the bottom and feed them with the clippings from the macros when they need to be trimmed. Would be fun.

Thanks a bunch!

Haha well I guess I never considered them reef safe because of all of my inverts. Most of the Coris or Thalassoma I have seen get too large for my liking. I wouldn't want to keep them in too small a tank.

 

paddle fin and pink face wrasse are good non reef safe ones and only get 6-7"
or a jansen saddle wrasse they get 8"