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slugmore
08/26/2009, 09:36 PM
Would a yellow head jawfish be compatible with a canary wrasse (aka yellow coris wrasse) in a 90 gallon tank?

A possible concern I had was that the wrasse's burrowing could clash with the jawfish's den.

Dooly
08/27/2009, 03:40 AM
I have 6 wrasse including a yellow coris and had a bluespot jaw burrow all over the place, never had any problems with them in my 120.

the jawfish burrow and use pebbles/rocks and push sand around, whereas the coris just dove into the sand at night to sleep.

slugmore
08/27/2009, 07:31 AM
Cool.. They both sound like awesome fish. Sounds like you got a nice setup there.

I've got followup questions.

The wrasse is ok diving into the different grades of sand? I know they prefer the finer stuff.

Also, do you still get the nitrate reducing benefits of a DSB with mixed sand grades and the jawfish moving everything around? Any drawbacks?