which wrasse get along with snails and shrimps?

[demifelix]

Anyone?

 

[bcavalli]

My Yellow Coris wrasse is a model citizen.

 

[hiimsean]

flashers, fairy, and leopard wrasses typically will do the best with inverts.

 

[ringo®]

You can add pygmy's to the list as well.

 

[crew]

definitely not red cigar wrasses... that guy has wrecked my CUC

 

[jennm]

Oh they all 'get along'... swimmingly. The wrasse eats 'em

Smaller fairy wrasses are your best bet, and larger clean-up crew critters. Have the larger shrimp etc. FIRST, before adding the wrasse(s).

Eventually you may lose some inverts to the wrasse - that's just part of the game.

Jenn

 

[demifelix]

thanks everyone. That's just too sad they can't live happily together. I don't want snails to be flipped over and dead so often. Is melanurus snail safe? Do smaller fairy wrasse eat bugs of things like that?

 

[ringo®]

demifelix;1048877 wrote: Is melanurus snail safe?

There's no definitive answer. Most of the time, no.

 

[demifelix]

Ringo®;1048880 wrote: There's no definitive answer. Most of the time, no.

thanks. that's too bad

 

[jeffmuse]

I had a melanarus wrasse in my last set up that feasted on my clean up crew. I would avoid any larger wrasse if you are worried about the inverts becoming a snack.

 

[oldedb]

My malanarus loves CUC... I did have some luck switching to large turbo snails...

 

[outdrsyguy1]

My melanarus was great on tests, but tough on the cleanup crew. She definitely caused my hermit crabs to stop being active during the day and if any snail fell off a powerhead landed upside down they would definitely love live more than 24 hours unless I rescued them. six line grasses are cute and have personality but they can get a real temper on other smaller fishes.

 

[demifelix]

yeah that's how I feel too. Too bad we can't have the best of both worlds. So would you guys trade CUC for wrasse?

 

[outdrsyguy1]

I would definitely consider it. There's always tangs, gobies/blennies and other algae eaters. My snails typically sit on the glass which has to be cleaned anyways. Be nice to hear from someone who's done it that way.

 

[demifelix]

my goal is to have CUC to clean the rocks by trying to keep the glass very clean so they have to graze on the rocks. This is the problem I have right now with deadspots on the rocks that no tangs can get to

 

[russ-iv]

my melanarus wrasse flipped every turbo i put in until i had this awesome idea. 60 astrea snails. sure there was a loss here and there. but my cleanup crew is intact. i still lose one every couple weeks but that goes with the territory.

 

[demifelix]

Russ-IV;1050454 wrote: my melanarus wrasse flipped every turbo i put in until i had this awesome idea. 60 astrea snails. sure there was a loss here and there. but my cleanup crew is intact. i still lose one every couple weeks but that goes with the territory.

how big is your tank? How do you know you lose 1 every couple weeks? I normally don't keep up with the snails but I think I lost on average one per day based on my experience (I have to buy a new batch like once a few months). I think I'll stick to the CUC and find another way to battle other stuffs