fairy wrasse reef safe?
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BigSmokeShowJOE
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no thay are reef safe he or she shood be just fine !!nice fish good luck!
saltwaterB
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IMO they are all "reef safe", but they are Wrasses 
I have witnessed the Labouti Fairy Wrasse in our show tank rip at Zoanthids before. And there are some in there it has never touched.
As for a relative, I had a Six Line Wrasse for over 5 years in one of my tanks,. Then one day out of nowhere I caught him hitting my Elegance Coral. I mean like really hitting it. To the point it would shrink and start to close up, often causing it to excrete something from the oral discs! Then the Six Line would swim over and gobble up what came out!! What's up wit dat???? I thought Six Line Wrasse are "reef safe" lol
"Reef safe" is a very funny term, considering all the animals we put in our tanks come from the Reef
I have witnessed the Labouti Fairy Wrasse in our show tank rip at Zoanthids before. And there are some in there it has never touched.As for a relative, I had a Six Line Wrasse for over 5 years in one of my tanks,. Then one day out of nowhere I caught him hitting my Elegance Coral. I mean like really hitting it. To the point it would shrink and start to close up, often causing it to excrete something from the oral discs! Then the Six Line would swim over and gobble up what came out!! What's up wit dat???? I thought Six Line Wrasse are "reef safe"
lol"Reef safe" is a very funny term, considering all the animals we put in our tanks come from the Reef
saltwaterB
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Solorensis are usually great reef tank fish. There can be exceptions to every rule. I would just keep an eye on him, if he continues either remove what he is going after. Or if you have to remove the Wrasse. I would try and wait it out, hopefully it was just a flike, or the Wrasse saw something he liked in the zoos.
Moe_K
Stabbed by Foulke
Nice fish, Pete.
A quick question for you: was the wrasse picking at the zoanthids, or picking around the zoanthids?
I have two yellow coris wrasses that hunt for 'pods and other small inverts all day long. They circle my zoanthids and my small toadstool, and dart in between to snatch a bit of food. Sometimes it looks like they're picking on the zoos, but I think they're just nailing some 'pods.
A quick question for you: was the wrasse picking at the zoanthids, or picking around the zoanthids?
I have two yellow coris wrasses that hunt for 'pods and other small inverts all day long. They circle my zoanthids and my small toadstool, and dart in between to snatch a bit of food. Sometimes it looks like they're picking on the zoos, but I think they're just nailing some 'pods.
