Golden Crois Wrasse

[Oliver]

hi eveyone.

in my 50g reef tank i currently have 2 ocellaris clown fish, 1 scopas tang, 1 fridiman psudochromis and 1 sixline wrasse. I have a 20g refugium which always keeps the nitrates at 0, I really like the fuge.

I want to get one more fish, and I want a golden coris wrasse. This fish has many names but this is the most suitable I can find. I was just wondering if this fish would be suitable for my tank.

thankyou in advance for any help :)

[oscar83]

I searched and couldnt find any info specifically on the golden coris wrasse. however, there around 20 or so species or coris wrasse and for the most part they get to be 2+ feet and primarily feed on inverts... so i would say this is a definite NO GO for your tank. heres a link for some more info http://www.wetwebmedia.com/marine/fishes/wrasses/coris/

[wade_vv]

i think the fish hes referring to is the golden or canary wrasse that is sometimes referred to as the yellow or golden "coris".. halichoeres chrysus.. according to my "pocket expert guide to marine fishes" it only attains a maximum length of 4.7"... it says its reef safe but may eat fanworms small snails and ornamental shrimp... likes to have 2in. fine sand bed to bury itslef in at night and will jump from open tanks.. min tank size 30g... sounds like it would work to me but ive never kept any kind of wrasse before...

[dimebag420]

I have a Radiant wrasse (halichoeres indis) in my 50 gal. and he is a awesome fish. All over the tank picking at the sand and ive watched it pull bristle worms out of the live rocks. But since you already have that sixline wrasse I would not recomend puting it in there cause ive seen sixline wrasses pick on peaceful wrasses such as yellow coris wrasse. (haichoeres chrysus) Ive seen sixlines get very territorial toward conspecies. Especally in that small of the tank that your sixline is established in. Also that pseudochromis can be quite aggressive towards peaceful fish. I added a neon dottyback after that radiant wrasse and im still dealing with that dottyback picking on my beutiful wrasse! I knew he was aggressive ive had one before that was not this bad. Its even tank raised.