Yellow Coris Wrasse

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  1. ccscscpc

    ccscscpc Millepora

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    Is a yellow Coris Wrasse reef safe?

    Can you also mix wrasse's....like a 6 line and a yellow coris in a reef tank?
     
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  2. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    What is normally sold as the yellow coris wrasse is reef safe and will help control pyram snails. You should not have a problem in the 135.
     
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  3. steve wright

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    +1 yellow coris wrasse are rather shy and timid IME - hide at the 1st sign of trouble

    mine does not bother anything in the 4ft reef tank


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  4. horkn

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    See, a yellow coris wrasse is not even a coris wrasse. It is actually a halichoeres wrasse.

    Totally reef safe, although it may eat feather dusters. It will eat pyramellid snails and devour flatworms.

    Sure, you can mix a lot of wrasses ina tank, but 6 lines can be very aggressive and may not take well to new wrasses. That is why I don't like 6 lines.
     
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  5. jonjonwells

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    They will also eat Montipora eating nudibranches.
     
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  6. ccscscpc

    ccscscpc Millepora

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    Wow.....sounds like they are almost a must have for reef tanks!!!!
     
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  7. 2in10

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    All halichoeres species are excellent for your tank. They all have similar temperments to the yellow and consume the same pests.
     
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  8. ccscscpc

    ccscscpc Millepora

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    Are any butterfly fish reef safe?
     
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  9. 2in10

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    No, they will pick at anything with polyps and clams.
     
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  10. jonjonwells

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    Pyramid Butterfly is reef safe.

    Heniochus Diphreutes is also reef safe, but very difficult to keep. Technically, it is a bannerfish though. Peredhil has experience with this species.
     
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