Jon's 90 SPS dominant reef

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Originally Posted by Werbo

I've had a melanarus wrasse for 3-4 years. Love it. Very inquisitive and constantly looking for tiny bugs to eat.

That was another fish i was considering. but the size they get i hear can be a little overwhelming. and i fear/feel i am at my fish limit for the size tank i have.

Originally Posted by fishytime

the challenge seems to be the first week....if you can make it past that you are golden.......... Laurie knows a couple people from Aquarium Illusions that have tried several times without any luck....in fact, one of the staff members took one from the same shipment as the one I bought and didnt have any luck....I read an article recently about the "fish jet lag" theory.....the theory is, fish that sleep in the sand have a harder time adjusting to the jet lag of traveling from around the world than fish that dont sleep in the sand....now of course the degree of this jet lag varies greatly with the species of fish.........the article was about the "Australian leopard wrasse", Macropharyngodon choati....the short of it was, historically this fish has had nothing short of a pitiful survival rate in captivity..... the author made one small change to his QT proceedure with these fish that made a huge difference in it survival rate....for the first few days the fish was NOT provided with sand, to allow for it to adjust properly to a north american lighting schedule.... Im wondering if the radiant wrasse could potentialy also be one of these fish that suffers from jet lag more so than others?

I read that article and have seen it at our shop. didn't really consider that point. Before i go adding in wrasses i was looking into the idea of adding a screen. Having an open top aquarium makes me a little nervous to add a wrasse. However, the pro's of owning one seem to outweigh the risk.