Sand and wrasse advice please

[Mark_C]

So, my display has Coralife special grade reef on the bottom, approx 2” deep, with the engineer goby and pistol shrimp ensuring there are areas of 3-4” deep that migrate locations.

The sand is this…20 lb. Special Grade Arag-Alive! Reef Sand - CaribSea

I’m looking to pick up a coris wrasse this week. Anyone think there may be a concern? The special grade is 1-2mm but is aragonite. I figured it would be OK but I have zero experience with wrasses and this stuff.

The purpose of the wrasse is to help control the vermatids, which have decided on an expansionist form of government. My other option is a valantini puffer, but the last time I had one of those it eventually developed a taste for SPS.

 

[horseplay]

I had the same sand and a coris, it worked well.

More than likely the coris will not eat the vermitids snails though.

 

[diana a]

I have a yellow coris wrasse and leopard wrasse. I use special grade and they have no problems with the sand

 

[DYIguy]

I had a coris in my 40 with coarse aragonite and it was fine

 

[MadReefer]

I never knew they eat versatile snails. Been buying bumble bee snails.
I wonder if my Melanurus will tolerate a coris.

 

[horseplay]

bumble bee snails won't eat vermitid snails either. Nothing eats vermitid snails unless you getting into none reef safe fish.

 

[Stephen8169301]

This is what I use for my purple belly at first the face was a little scratched but now it tears up the sand

 

[Rjmul]

I have a melanaurus wrasse and 3 engineer gobies with similar sand. It sucks.

once they get settled, the engineers aren't the problem. It's the melanaurus. Tank is a 24/7 sand storm.

Obvious I know we're talking about 2 different fish, but their behavior is similar enough that I thought I'd share my experience.

 

[amado]

To my understanding wrasses are from rocky locations in the ocean.
They can dig and sleep in any substrate. I have a few wrasses and they like the hard sand. They like to go where the rocks are in the sand. They prefer that to soft sand.