Care guide at a glance
Halichoeres leucoxanthus
Description
A neat Halichoeres wrasse, bright yellow above and clean silver-white below. Hardy, active and a capable hunter of reef pests.
Feeding
Carnivorous. Frozen mysis, enriched brine shrimp and marine pellets. Hunts pests among the rockwork.
Compatibility
Reef safe with corals but will eat ornamental shrimp, small snails and bristleworms. Useful against pest flatworms. Peaceful toward fish.
Behaviour and personality
Constantly active across the rockwork, burying in the sand bed to sleep.
Before you buy
Requires a deep fine sand bed to sleep in and a sealed lid. Also traded as the silver belly wrasse.
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