Tarasco
Active Member
I was reading Henry Schultz's article on leopard's over,
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/hcs3/index.htm
and noticed that he was able to keep several different Macropharyngodon species together, provided that there is only one male. So I have a couple of questions that some of you may be able to help answer:
Is it best to get several smaller fishes and place them in the tank together at the same time? Basically pre-sex change?
Has anyone else out there done this, and how big was the tank? This isn't for my current 90, but for an upgrade when I move. Or maybe a whole other tank. We'll see.
Also, there are a couple of wrasses that look like macropharyngodon, but aren't. I think ornate/christmas and dusky wrasses are the ones that I'm thinking of. How would these guys do in there? Or would it be the same, there could be only one male?
Finally, would they be OK with a harem of fairy wrasses in the same tank? Would there be aggression issues between the male macropharyngodon and male cirrhilabrus?
Just thinking of future tank possibilities. Thanks in advance.
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-07/hcs3/index.htm
and noticed that he was able to keep several different Macropharyngodon species together, provided that there is only one male. So I have a couple of questions that some of you may be able to help answer:
Is it best to get several smaller fishes and place them in the tank together at the same time? Basically pre-sex change?
Has anyone else out there done this, and how big was the tank? This isn't for my current 90, but for an upgrade when I move. Or maybe a whole other tank. We'll see.
Also, there are a couple of wrasses that look like macropharyngodon, but aren't. I think ornate/christmas and dusky wrasses are the ones that I'm thinking of. How would these guys do in there? Or would it be the same, there could be only one male?
Finally, would they be OK with a harem of fairy wrasses in the same tank? Would there be aggression issues between the male macropharyngodon and male cirrhilabrus?
Just thinking of future tank possibilities. Thanks in advance.