Protecting snails from..wrasse

[L/B Block]

Hi all-
Just realized that my wrasse has discovered his taste for escargot and has eaten nearly all of them. Any suggestions to tasty alternatives?

 

[Coral reefer]

Tuxedo urchins

 

[L/B Block]

Tuxedo urchins

You mean as a substitute?

 

[Coral reefer]

Yes. Isn’t that what you’re asking?

 

[L/B Block]

I was thinking more along the lines of what can I feed my wrasse so he stops eating the snails. But an alternative solution such as a tuxedo urchin works too

 

[Coral reefer]

I was thinking more along the lines of what can I feed my wrasse so he stops eating the snails. But an alternative solution such as a tuxedo urchin works too

Yeah I don’t see your idea working. Sorry

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Wrasses do what they do!

 

[tankguy]

Once its tasted them and likes them its all over. What type of wrasse is it ?

 

[L/B Block]

This handsome fella -

Blue Throat Fairy Wrasse: Saltwater Fish for Reef Aquariums

Hoping that once I get the “doserator” (mini fridge with doser) done (almost there)-the brine and mysis shrimp will satisfy that pig .

 

[Kensington Reefer]

This handsome fella -

Blue Throat Fairy Wrasse: Saltwater Fish for Reef Aquariums

Hoping that once I get the “doserator” (mini fridge with doser) done (almost there)-the brine and mysis shrimp will satisfy that p

That’s a beautiful species
Feed it the snails!

 

[L/B Block]

That’s a beautiful species
Feed it the snails!

Def a pretty one- I’d like some snails for algae control-but I suppose another urchin will do

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Or larger snails

 

[L/B Block]

Or larger snails

Or larger snails

I have seen that wrasse attack a snail or two. No mercy!

 

[IOnceWasLegend]

Or keep adding snails. Or put a bunch of trochuses in your sump so they'll breed and you'll have a steady supply of babies.

Our melanurus was the same way. Fine for the most part...then remembers snails are tasty and channels Big Shark Energy.

 

[L/B Block]

Or keep adding snails. Or put a bunch of trochuses in your sump so they'll breed and you'll have a steady supply of babies.

Our melanurus was the same way. Fine for the most part...then remembers snails are tasty and channels Big Shark Energy.

That’s a good idea!

 

[tankguy]

I would not have thought that wrasse would be a snail killer

 

[Kensington Reefer]

@tankguy
Agreed

Fairy wrasses tend to be open water plankton feeders
So I thought

 

[Turkeysammich]

Feed more ?

 

[L/B Block]

Feed more ?

He was already being fed 5x a day. Granted it was freeze dried so he may have gotten bored with it. But it was supplemented with pac pods and mysis shrimp.

Some wrasse are avid hunters. Also I noticed this one doesn’t necessarily sleep when lights out I have had wrasse in the past -where lights out-they go to asleep in the sand bed. This is when the snails come out