Wrasse pick on Lion?

[jck3120]

Do you guys think I would be making a mistake if I added a large banana wrasse to my tank with a volitans lion? The lion is pretty agressive and will chase my bluethroat trigger around if it gets too close, and I know triggers and lions are generally a no-no but they've been fine together so far. I know wrasses are very active fish and I just do not want to end up with a lion with little to no fins left. Also, how are banana wrasses with Corals? The only clean-up crew I have are a large conch, sand sifting star, and some large turbo snails so I don't think they would be in danger. No shrimp at least. Any advice would be helpful :) Thanks!

[fishman2006]

The banana wrasse I had for 2 years was pretty aggressive. He was the dominant fish in the tank and was about 6-7". I had him with some tangs and a very large volitan ~12" in a 200g. He did not bother the lion however when one of the yellow tangs eye clouded over he plucked it out. I did however have a lunare wrasse with a volitan in a 125g and I had to separate them. The lunare would bite the lion on his "throat" just behind the gills. It got pretty brutal and I had to separate them to save my lion

[jck3120]

Well I went ahead and ordered it from the Diver's Den at LiveAquaria.com so we'll see how it is. Hopefully it will not be too aggressive but if need be I have someone who will take the lion. Here's a pic for you guys. I always quarantine all my new fish additions but I dont know how a 7.25" wrasse will do in a 29 gal. quarantine tank with as active as they are, so I may just go ahead and add him to the display tank. Any comments on this?

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c89/jck3120/bananawrasse.jpg

[justinl]

for the lion's sake i hope all is peaceful.

as for that fish, holy COLOURS batman! does yours look like that? i would qt it and see how it does in the small tank. make sure you have a lid. if it gets too bad, move it to the display

[jck3120]

That is the exact fish I am getting. That's what I like about the diver's den, what you see is what you get.