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airtime23
04/23/2015, 03:21 PM
Do any of these wrasses need sand?

Red Lined
Leopard
MCoskers
Carpenters flasher
Hoevens
Linespost flasher
Orange back fairy
Pink streaked

Thanks in advance...

MoneyGone
04/23/2015, 03:39 PM
Leopard, Red Lined and Hoevens sleep and hide in the sand.

albano
04/23/2015, 04:45 PM
Leopard, Red Lined and Hoevens sleep and hide in the sand.

+1... No sand needed for fairies and flashers

airtime23
04/23/2015, 05:43 PM
Thank you fellas.

Are all of the ones on my original list considered "reef safe" or would any of them go after inverts?

Neebles
04/23/2015, 05:46 PM
My Hoevens was a serial snail killer. Killed every snail in my tank regardless of size. Tossed in 3 turbos before I knew, they were dead as soon as they hit the sand.

My leopard hunts pods but otherwise doesn't go after anything.

My fairy is as sweet as can be.

Deinonych
04/23/2015, 09:45 PM
Melanurus are hit or miss for motile inverts (snails, shrimp), red-lined (assuming this is H. biocellatus) should be fine. All fairy and flasher wrasses are completely reef compatible.

nirvanaandtool
04/24/2015, 05:48 AM
My Hoevens was a serial snail killer. Killed every snail in my tank regardless of size. Tossed in 3 turbos before I knew, they were dead as soon as they hit the sand.

My leopard hunts pods but otherwise doesn't go after anything.

My fairy is as sweet as can be.

Ditto with my Hoevens (melanurus). Takes out inverts like it's his job. Very curious & persistent fish.

snorvich
04/24/2015, 05:55 PM
Melanurus are hit or miss for motile inverts (snails, shrimp), red-lined (assuming this is H. biocellatus) should be fine. All fairy and flasher wrasses are completely reef compatible.

Exactly.