School me on the yellow coris wrasse

[msmith619]

The coris wrasse should leave your corals alone. They are not reef safe because they will eat any shrimp, feather duster, some clams and snails and the less armored crabs. As far as I know, only the parrot fish are the wrasses that eat corals.

[Third Coast Tropical]

At one time, I had a yellow coris....liked to jump.....rescued him several times and he was amazingly fine after being on the floor (how knows how long, couple of times I thought it was a goner)....One day, he did it while I was gone and I was unable to help it out.....It seems like every wrasse I have had has found a way to jump....Love wrasses, just dont keep any anymore....good luck. You might think about trying to enclose that canopy if possible

[RayAllen]

Do you notice yours jumping? I have an open top and have kept mccoskers, leopards and cleaners without jumping. I dont really have a fish that chases them and I believe that is why alot jump. I know its always a chance with wrasses or gobies but would rather have a slim chance if you know what I mean.

My lemon Meringue has never jumped. I have a biocube so it cant jump out of the tank but can jump into the back chambers but never has. Its not a skiddish fish at all.

[Dominican]

Do you think a Lemon Meringue would get along with a Leopard Wrasse?

[RayAllen]

Do you think a Lemon Meringue would get along with a Leopard Wrasse?

In a 150g tank I believe it could work, but there are never any guarantees.

[SoLiD]

I'm pretty sure that the Yellow "Coris" Wrasse isn't actually from the Coirs genus. With that said they pretty much are reef safe with the exceptions of some snails and smaller shrimps in my experience. They also keep the bristle worm population at bay.

[OrionN]

a long time ago, i had a yellow Coris wrasse, the one with several small spots on the dorsal fin. He was fine in my tank for more than one year. One day he start to go berserk and torn into my clams. In one morning he kill one of my Maxima and severely damage several others. I have to take him out. Since clams always in my reefs, I have not keep another yellow wrasse since then (1996)