I am thinking of adding one of these to my ~55g display. Current friends are (2) ocy clowns, (1) ea banggai, coral beauty, black blenny. Looking for a splash of yellow. I had a basslet but he always hid in the back, so I relocated him to another tank with less rocks to hide behind... Tangs just don't do well in my tank. Sadly.
So, yellow coris wrasse? Good? Bad? Alternate suggestions?
I'll second the above pros and cons, and add what I feel is a con as well as two points that are neither pro nor con (but relate to providing a suitable home for them).
Great stuff, folks! My (all in one) tank has a lid, so there shouldn't be many opportunities to take the plunge. I have 2-3" of sand bed for burrowing too.
Had a featherduster for two years. Loved it. Then, it left its "tube" one day. We found the feathers floating in the surf. Month later, he was up and running elsewhere with much smaller feathers. In a place you couldn't really see him easily. He got bigger for a few months, and perhaps a month ago, I noticed he was gone (again). Hasn't resurfaced, not sure if he will. But, I will take that chance, I think.
I have had my yellow coris for 6 yrs (started with 5, down to 3).
Pros- pretty, add alot of movement to the tank
cons- have had them try and escape while I was feeding them or even when cleaning the tank. Gets a little unnerving when you walk by the tank and they go full throttle at the lid, the crash seems to faze me more than them.
Never had any problems with them and the cleaner shrimp, but both the coris and shrimp are good size.