cleaner wrasse

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Originally Posted by blueyota

are these fish as hard to keep as people say....im thinking of getting one since my peppermint or coral banded shrimp keep killing my cleaner shrimp i put in so thinking of another route of fish cleaning...thanks

Take out your coral banded shrimp... depending on your size of tank... these things get very nasty when they grow bigger.... kill off shrimps , crabs, and even fish if they can!

[TJSlayer]

Not sure I agree with you 100% there...

I got one from a fellow reefer who shut his tank down, and he had it for almost 2 years. I have had it now for a good 6 months as well. Very active, fat and healthy.....

May just be lucky but the same could be said for copperbands, mandarines, etc. I myself lost my copperband and he was eating mysis etc, right from my hand, only had him for 2 months or so. Good one day, gone the next...

Just my 2 cents...

[saltyrigger]

Ive had mine for five and a half years. eats everything I put in tank.