I think people buy them for the wrong reasons. They buy them cause they think they need them, and they introduce them at the wrong times. As with all fish, more education, more reading, less farting around. Im sure its an issue yes, but so is harvesting live rock. I think that has 600 times the impact on the reef.
All fish we remove from a reef impact the reef. Its like arguing the one kind of plant you should remove from a forest but not the other ones. Its going to make a impact either way.
I think cleaner wrasses for people who keep a FOWLR system are essential in the same way they are needed in the reef them selves. In some instances it just isnt possible to keep the shrimp.
Im against them in anything less than 60 gallons and that isnt established. Ive had mine now for almost 2 years, including a switch over to a predator tank. Mine eats brine, flakes and cleans a lionfish, a eel and a stonefish and what ever live mollies make it into my tank it cleans// herds to the predators for a meal. I mean you wanna see somthing funny, watch a cleaner wrasse cleaning a stonefish. Its like arguing 1+1=7. It doesnt make sense, but its happening and it works for me.
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In today's world of nearly instant everything and what is exceptional today is only par tomorrow. My Reef is the only place where I must wait, and do so with glee.
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