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Old 10-10-2009, 03:20 PM
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hello all i have a Question i am a little worried as i picked up a blue streak wrasse yesterday at Redcoral (love that place) i add him around 5:00pm and he was swimming with my tang and clowns like they knew each other...and this morn after the lights came on... no sign of him !!!???? any ideas
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Old 10-10-2009, 03:34 PM
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hello all i have a Question i am a little worried as i picked up a blue streak wrasse yesterday at Redcoral (love that place) i add him around 5:00pm and he was swimming with my tang and clowns like they knew each other...and this morn after the lights came on... no sign of him !!!???? any ideas
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He could be hiding.
What you bought was a cleaner wrasse. They have a dismal survival record If you find the body, return it to Redcoral for a full credit. They should not be bringing them in.

LFS buy them because they create interest in prospective hobbyists who observe them cleaning fish. They attract people into the hobby just like watching clowns bury themselves in anemone do.
The reality is most of them do not survive in the LFS tanks and an honest LFS will tell you that.

They are best left in the ocean doing the good job they do cleaning other fish.
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i knew it was a cleaner wrasse when i bought it i wanted to get him for my tangs as they love a cleaning i was just wondering if any one has any ideas to coach him out of hiding
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i knew it was a cleaner wrasse when i bought it i wanted to get him for my tangs as they love a cleaning i was just wondering if any one has any ideas to coach him out of hiding
Only problem is once he has cleaned everything unless he's eating prepared foods he's going to starve to death . I would bring him back to Redcoral, have to agree with naesco they should be left in the ocean or only specially ordered in for people with 1000g tanks and 100's of fish. I don't know if this is true for cleaner wrasses but my Red Corris Wrasse sleeps in the sand maybe he's just chillin there?
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Btw how are the Frogspawn/ Pagoda? Thanks for picking them all up last night!

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There doing great thanks and the frog is all opened up ....
But the cleaner was eating mysis and rottis last night well anyway i just hope hes taking it easy for now .....
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I thought about returning the cleaner but i will never find him in a 6 footer with 220 lbs of LR....and the lfs is an hour drive and we got 5 " of snow and ice in the last 2 days and its -14 so i don't think i will be taking him back
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