New Cleaner Wrasse

ElGuappo · #1 01-30-2009, 03:15 AM

when i added a cleaner to my tank my 6line harrased it until it went carpet surfing one day while i was away. maybe we could have a death match between our 6lines.

mseepman · #2 01-30-2009, 03:21 AM

Hey Phil, I would be in to volunteering my 6-line for the death match...but I've tried everything to catch him and he's smarter than me. I used a trap and every fish was caught but him. You can see by the look in his beady little eye's that he's nasty.

naesco · #3 01-30-2009, 04:15 AM

You no doubt have read that cleaner wrasse are almost impossible to keep long term.\
It appears they need something in their cleaning duties that is missing.\
Most reputable LFS do not carry them anymore.\\
I wouldn't go to the trouble of removing your 6 line and subjecting the other fish in your tank to stress in light of the above.

JDigital · #4 01-30-2009, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by naesco

You no doubt have read that cleaner wrasse are almost impossible to keep long term.\
It appears they need something in their cleaning duties that is missing.\
Most reputable LFS do not carry them anymore.\\
I wouldn't go to the trouble of removing your 6 line and subjecting the other fish in your tank to stress in light of the above.

Always there with positive words for everyone.

naesco · #5 01-30-2009, 04:43 AM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

Always there with positive words for everyone.

Hey, it is the truth. IMO the advice is solid. No point stressing the other fish in his attempt to catch a very difficult to catch six -line.
What has been your experience with cleaner wrasse to date? Just asking.

phillybean · #6 01-30-2009, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by naesco

You no doubt have read that cleaner wrasse are almost impossible to keep long term.\
It appears they need something in their cleaning duties that is missing.\
Most reputable LFS do not carry them anymore.\\
I wouldn't go to the trouble of removing your 6 line and subjecting the other fish in your tank to stress in light of the above.

It's no problem. I have 6 tangs full of ich in a 75 gallon and I am adding a few more next week. He will have lots to clean/eat

Keri · #7 01-31-2009, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by phillybean

It's no problem. I have 6 tangs full of ich in a 75 gallon and I am adding a few more next week. He will have lots to clean/eat

Do cleaner wrasse not get ich? Or do you get them their own little cleaner fish? and so on, and so on...oh, the mind boggles!!

PoonTang · #8 01-31-2009, 02:14 AM

Ok, so how about all of you successful keepers post what you were feeding your fish so that we who are not sucessful have a better chance.

fishoholic · #9 01-31-2009, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by PoonTang

Ok, so how about all of you successful keepers post what you were feeding your fish so that we who are not sucessful have a better chance.

My regal tang gets ich every now and then so my cleaner eats the ich off of him as well as he constantly is picking at all the other fish in the tank. My cleaner wrasse also eats PE mysis and nori.

phillybean · #10 01-31-2009, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Keri

Do cleaner wrasse not get ich? Or do you get them their own little cleaner fish? and so on, and so on...oh, the mind boggles!!

Heh, my understanding is that they don't get ich, but I could be wrong.

I don't really have all those tangs, just one who doesn't really have any ich. Due to the fact that this fish is eating, I feel I can support him with enriched Mysis and Brine with-out the need to eat ich. Based off several other responses from from post, I feel confident I made the right choice.