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![]() No seriously though, if you are having success with the tangs, I say continue on. Of course you may not be able to keep them into full adult sizes but enjoy them while you can! |
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![]() I think these list ideas are good, but should only be used as a guide and not the fish keeping bible.
And for an entertaining afternoon, I think it would be fun to take the list around to the local fish sellers and see how many creatures from the list are for sale, and ask the staff if they are easy to keep. I bought a nudibranch from a lfs and ended up returning it when I found out it would slowly starve. Of course the guy at the lfs said they would eat algae from my tank. ![]() |
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![]() Oh, c'mon, we aren't doing this again? I kept mine for years until my stupidity killed it. It did great in my 75. An example of rules not always applying. sure, they are difficult, but not impossible. so are the red, or yellow, or green with a yellow tick, containing a reddish hue?
Don't pick on Marie because she had good luck with a fish. Unless a fish, say the ornate butterfly, is undeniably impossible without huge amounts of keeper intervention, a list will always be a guideline, that some will choose to follow, and others will not. And the LFS will always try to sell whatever comes in the box, we all know they gets lots of substitutions, so what's a person to do? This is a huge complex issue that a list is not going to fix. There's lists all over the place for so many things, heck, we could make a list of them. This is a good hypothetical conversation, people need to not take it too seriously.
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I agree that everyone will not agree on every species and which category they should fall in. Here is how I understand how LFS purchase livestock and coral. 1. Exporters provide a list to wholesalers of what they have available. 2. Wholesalers provide that list to LFS who indicate the species and size of what they wish to order. 3. Wholesalers provide the LFS list to the exporters who ship the order. I understand substitutions are now rare as LFS do not appreciate it, especially when they get stuck with Moorish Idol or cleaner wrasses which many of reputable refuse to carry anymore unless they are ordered in by the customer. BTW can you post a picture of your powder brown tang if you still have it. Thanks Wayne |
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![]() Marie mentioned some where in this thread that she sold it. I am not sure if she would know if it is alive or not now. I can say I have never been to an LFS and not seen cleaner wrasses available. At least in my neck of the woods. I have always had good luck with mine.
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It would be really interesting. Wayne |