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Do any of the following fish jump...

- Banana Wrasse (copterchoeres chrysus)
- Red Sea Cleaner Wrasse (Larabicus quadrilineatus)
- Regal Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
- Atlantic Blue Tang (Acanthurus coeruleus)
- Fridmani Dottyback (Pseudochromis fridmani)
- Blue Star Leopard Wrasse (Mcorapharyngodon bipartitus)
- Bartlett's Anthias (Pseudanthias bartlettorum)
- Coflake Beauty (Centropyge bispinosus)
- Lamarck's angel (Genicanthus lamarck)

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Matt

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Wrases and anthias are jumpers, keep that in mind. What's the setup, FOWLR or FO tank? Some of those fish are known coflake nippers too.

No, it's a reef tank. I'm aware some of the wrasses can be nippers, but mine are still pretty young, so that's not an issue for now. Are the wrasses the only ones I need to worry about, or are there other nippers in the list?

the banana wrasse will definitely nip as it gets older, coflake beauty might develop nipping habits too, and lamarck's angel is likely to nip as well

Cheers mate, thanks for the info

Lost a Banana Wrasse during the transfer to my new tank, jumped clean out while I was moving stock. Thought it was just hiding in the sand, didn't even notice it was gone at first. Had a similar scare with a male Bluethroat Trigger, but I was lucky enough to catch him mid-air and scoop him back in. Luckily, my friendly Cleaner Wrasse was on hand to give him a good clean and he's fine now, no harm done.

fleeton wrote: ↑Tue Dec 10, 2024 1:15 pm Wrases and anthias are jumpers, keep that in mind. What's the setup, FOWLR or FO tank? Some of those fish are known coflake nippers too.

You're close, but I think there's a bit more to it. I mean, did you actually read that article or just skim through it?

From what I've gathered, Genicanthus, like Lamarck's Angel, are pretty reef-safe - they feed on the same stuff as Anthias and might occasionally sample coflake mucous. Coflake Beauty, on the other hand, is a 50-50 shot. But Banana Wrasse? No way, they're not into coflake, though the big ones might knock over some frags and mess with the crustacean population.

The Red Sea Cleaner, though, that's a different story. It might start eating SPS eventually, and that's definitely something to consider, especially since these fish are getting popular.

Honestly, I gotta disagree with the Lamarck's being nippers, they're Genicanthus angels, planktivores, and coflake-safe. But let me tell you, they're definitely jumpers - I've got firsthand experience. I had my Lamarck's angel for over six months, and it was one of my favorites. Then summer rolled around, and I had to take the glass tops off my tank 'cause it was getting ridiculously hot. One week later, I came home from work to find my poor Lamarck's dried out on the carpet in my room. That was a real bummer, 'cause I really loved that fish.