Mixing Wrasse

[Blue04]

I am setting up a 125 gallon tank and would like to have a few varieties of wrasse. Currently in my 110 gallon i have a sixline and Lunare that i will be moving to the 125. Would there be any types of wrasse that would not be compatible with these 2 wrasse i have now? Looking to possibly get an exquisite, a fairy wrasse and possibly a carpenters. Any problems with these together? Thanks

[dheinze]

Well, my tank is much smaller than yours, and I'm sure things change depending on the individual fish, but my sixline shredded the christmas wrasse I added...I would be careful with introducing fairies/flashers, but I know some people have good luck with the mixture. I don't know anything about the lunare..

[avp]

Lunares get sorta big (6"-8") and tend to very active. This would probably scare the crap out of smaller flasher/fairy wrasses that tend to be shy and retiring. Lunares can also catch and eat small fish.
If you want to add more wrasses, I'd look at Coris or other Thallasomas, but most members of either family are not really reef safe. I'd ditch the Lunare or be ready to replace snails,shrimp and hermits every few months.

Nothing sucks like watching a Lunare (or any Thallasoma for that matter) catch a new fish and repeatedly smash it into a rock in order to more managable to eat.

-avp