discussing popular species of wrasses

[finnley_9]

So I had to scale back my reef tank plans due to budget, now I'm sticking with fish and small polyps. I'm looking for some good, reef-safe wrasses that can thrive in a community setting, look good, and do well in a 40-gallon tank.

My current stock includes:

2 percula clowns
1 sixline wrasse

2 emeflaked crabs
1 pom pom crab

variety of snails
seveflake hermits

upcoming additions:
lawnmower blenny
more hermits and snails (my cleanup crew needs a boost)

any recommendations from your own experiences? what would work well with my current stock? thanks

[havenmix]

I gotta advise you, adding another wrasse right now's gonna be a gamble. For the most part, you can't just throw in two of the same type, unless you know one's a boy and one's a girl.

[finnley_9]

Glad to hear that, thanks for the heads up.

[fleeton]

If you wanted to mix things up, you could catch your sixline and swap him out, then add a couple different wrasses at the same time. Sixlines can be pretty territorial and might not take kindly to new tankmates. Like SH said, you can't add wrasses of the same species, but you can add ones from the same genus. You could look into adding multiple cirrhilabrus or paracheilinus genus wrasses, just double-check the compatibility and make sure they'll work with your tank's specifics.