Will wrasses attack hermits?

AnthonyA9953 · 04/18/2018, 04:56 PM

I’m thinking of adding 25 scarlets to clean up my 125 but right now I have a yellow choris and hoevens wrasse. Will they attack the crabs?

AnthonyA9953 · 04/18/2018, 06:24 PM

Anyone? I want to order them by today

Crooked Reef · 04/18/2018, 06:26 PM

I don’t believe they will. I have a Vroliks wrasse that would hit them as they were added into the tank but once they were on the sand, he never payed them any attention again. The hoevens may take out shrimp though if you have any.

avery155 · 04/18/2018, 07:53 PM

Make sure you put them in the tank after the wrasse goes to sleep. I tried while mine was awake and 4/5 got eaten. Mine will bother one here or there but nothing that I'm too concerned with. I just now always add inverts at night.

I keep them in a breeder box hung in the tank untill then after acclimation. Good way to make your wrasse go crazy trying to get into the clear box.

Joe0813 · 04/19/2018, 06:48 AM

None of my wrasse ever bothered my clean up crew. But I also only bought "reef safe"

Apotack · 04/19/2018, 08:39 AM

Years ago I had a red coris with hermits he would occasionally throw them but never saw him eat one .

ca1ore · 04/19/2018, 08:31 PM

Hoeven's will go after the hermits given the chance. Most halocheries wrasses will. My dusky is a hermit destroyer.

Lsufan · 04/19/2018, 09:11 PM

I don’t really like crabs so I never had many, but my yellow coris would kill any small invertebrates. I like nass snails & I couldn’t keep them with the coris wrasse. It didn’t mess with any medium sized or large snails, only the small ones.

Jesterrace · 04/20/2018, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by AnthonyA9953

I’m thinking of adding 25 scarlets to clean up my 125 but right now I have a yellow choris and hoevens wrasse. Will they attack the crabs?

The melanurus (aka Hoeven's) will periodically eat hermit crabs (I can't speak for the coris). You will have a better chance of having the hermit crabs make it if you add them at night after the wrasse has gone to bed and give them a chance to get familiar with the tank and find decent places to hide.

scooter31707 · 04/20/2018, 11:32 AM

My melanurus does.

outssider · 04/20/2018, 04:39 PM

my yellow choris wrasse never has and he is big now but he's been in the tank for many years and has been around hermit crabs since he was small.... I can drop small hermits right in front of him and he doesn't recognize them as food

nikon187 · 04/21/2018, 04:54 PM

yes they consume inverts. Both of them

gprdypoo04 · 04/22/2018, 03:25 AM

Haven't seen my yellow coris wrasse go after anything.

04/18/2018, 04:56 PM	#1
AnthonyA9953 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 128	Will wrasses attack hermits? I’m thinking of adding 25 scarlets to clean up my 125 but right now I have a yellow choris and hoevens wrasse. Will they attack the crabs?

04/18/2018, 06:26 PM	#3
Crooked Reef Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 1,765	I don’t believe they will. I have a Vroliks wrasse that would hit them as they were added into the tank but once they were on the sand, he never payed them any attention again. The hoevens may take out shrimp though if you have any. __________________ “In wine there is wisdom; in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.” - Benjamin Franklin Current Tank Info: 90 gallon reef. Biocube 29 lionfish tank. Mantis tank.

04/19/2018, 06:48 AM	#5
Joe0813 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Boston strong Posts: 2,766	None of my wrasse ever bothered my clean up crew. But I also only bought "reef safe" __________________ Joe and Jenny Current Tank Info: 180 reef

04/19/2018, 08:39 AM	#6
Apotack Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: New York Posts: 297	Years ago I had a red coris with hermits he would occasionally throw them but never saw him eat one . __________________ Adam Current Tank Info: 125gal

04/19/2018, 08:31 PM	#7
ca1ore Grizzled & Cynical Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stamford, CT Posts: 17,319	Hoeven's will go after the hermits given the chance. Most halocheries wrasses will. My dusky is a hermit destroyer. __________________ Simon Got back into the hobby ..... planned to keep it simple ..... yeah, right ..... clearly I need a new plan! Pet peeve: anemones host clowns; clowns do not host anemones! Current Tank Info: 450 Reef; 120 refugium; 60 Frag Tank, 30 Introduction tank; multiple QTs

04/18/2018, 06:24 PM	#2
AnthonyA9953 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Posts: 128	Anyone? I want to order them by today

04/18/2018, 07:53 PM	#4
avery155 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: South of Pittsburgh Posts: 79	Make sure you put them in the tank after the wrasse goes to sleep. I tried while mine was awake and 4/5 got eaten. Mine will bother one here or there but nothing that I'm too concerned with. I just now always add inverts at night. I keep them in a breeder box hung in the tank untill then after acclimation. Good way to make your wrasse go crazy trying to get into the clear box.

04/19/2018, 09:11 PM	#8
Lsufan Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Baton Rouge Posts: 1,410	I don’t really like crabs so I never had many, but my yellow coris would kill any small invertebrates. I like nass snails & I couldn’t keep them with the coris wrasse. It didn’t mess with any medium sized or large snails, only the small ones.

04/20/2018, 11:32 AM	#10
scooter31707 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Virginia Posts: 4,971	My melanurus does.

04/20/2018, 04:39 PM	#11
outssider Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Reseda, Ca. Posts: 1,717	my yellow choris wrasse never has and he is big now but he's been in the tank for many years and has been around hermit crabs since he was small.... I can drop small hermits right in front of him and he doesn't recognize them as food

04/21/2018, 04:54 PM	#12
nikon187 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edmonton Alberta Posts: 4,717	yes they consume inverts. Both of them __________________ ----------------- Current Tanks: New 210 custom 84 x 24 x 24, 60g sump, SWC 250 extreme with bubble blaster 5000, 2 vortech mp40, 2 vortech mp10, 12 T5, Water blaster 5000, warner marine bio pellets, 60g clownfish cube, red carpet anemone with a 25g sump,SRO octopus 1000sss, 250w radium, lumenarc large.

04/22/2018, 03:25 AM	#13
gprdypoo04 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 389	Haven't seen my yellow coris wrasse go after anything.