Wrasse

When I was telling Craig I wanted a couple of wrasse, a Linespot and a McCosker he asked me if I wanted to do a harem and that got me thinking and reading. I was reading in Wet Web Media that male wrasses live longer if there is a harem. I have also read that they do fine with other types of wrasses, that they flash them and this helps them keep their color and keeps part of their natural instincs going. One other thing I read is that the male will pick on the females often causing one to die and that the females as we all know can change into maes. So my question is this is am I causing an early death to the male if I buy a couple of different ones instead of a harem or is it just a matter of life and death happens no mater what. By the way I would not add any wrasse that would not be reef friendly, any I considered would have to be friendly to other wrasse and most fish.

 

So with the ratio of one male to one female do the males harass the females too much or do they get along?

 

Craig, I remember a tank at AC@C that had a lot of sand in it that I think might have been from Marco Rocks, it was in a row of tanks with your frag tanks. Was that the wrasse tank? If not I am not sure if I ever saw it. At the time all I had going was my 29 gal JBJ and it was full so I tried not to pay too much attention to the fish I could not have. I do remember your willingness to order Wrasse and other fish and bringing them to GIRS Fest. I wish you had been closer to the Des Moines area. I am afraid I was only able to stop in AC@C on the way to or from my daughters soccer tournaments and college games. I am still waiting to order my Linespot and I am now thinking of a Eightline wrasse. I never really considered the Eightline before because I mistakenly thought it was aggressive and related to the six line : ) I have so much to learn! I do want several wrasse in my 120 and with the price of wrasse I don't want to not stock it correctly and lose fish due to my lack of knowledge.