blue streak

Zoaelite · #1 10-10-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by blueyota

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

Ahah, ya good luck with that. I have a 5 inch corris wrasse in a 4 foot tank, only way to catch him/ get rid of him is to purchase a 8 inch frog fish

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Levi

blueyota · #2 10-10-2009, 06:19 PM

haha he came out ..he did have a big day yesterday prally slept in

Red Coral Aquariums · #3 10-10-2009, 06:42 PM

Shawn;

It was great seeing you again the other day thanks for dropping by.

The cleaner Wrasse sleeps in the sand and will surprise you will by popping out some time today.

If you can catch him I would take him back without a question .

I will be getting in tank bred and raised neon gobys that have been known for cleaning which should satisfy naesco and mr. elite.

Talk to you soon.
Thanks
Kevin

naesco · #4 10-10-2009, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Red Coral Aquariums

Shawn;

It was great seeing you again the other day thanks for dropping by.

The cleaner Wrasse sleeps in the sand and will surprise you will by popping out some time today.

If you can catch him I would take him back without a question .

I will be getting in tank bred and raised neon gobys that have been known for cleaning which should satisfy naesco and mr. elite.

Talk to you soon.
Thanks
Kevin

Kudos to you Kevin for bringing is tank bred and raised neon gobies which provide the same cleaning abilities as the cleaner wrasse.
Wayne

Zoaelite · #5 10-10-2009, 07:13 PM

Tank raised FTW

! If the cleaner is eating prepared foods then you should be fine.

blueyota · #6 10-11-2009, 01:31 AM

Thanks again Kevin ... He did pop out and surprise me ...and i think i will keep him as he seems to be doing great as my two tags keep taking turns to get in front of the cleaner ..and is such a nice fish to watch ....

fishytime · #7 10-11-2009, 03:40 AM

fyi we saw one of the others that came in the same shipment eat brine today.

naesco · #8 10-11-2009, 03:50 PM

For a number of good reasons there are a many varieties f livestock that are unsuitable for captivity. Specialized diets, growing to too large a size, easy susceptibility to disease, poor adjustment to aquarium conditions, being too dangerous, too rare, or performing a needed function in the wild among other traits preclude certain species being attractive to aquarists.

Unfortunately this list includes specimens that are regularly offered to the hobby. Why? The answer not surprisingly is someone will buy them. I would like to believe that mainstream aquarists are an informed, conscientious lot dealing from a position of knowledge with intelligent, honest dealers, wholesalers, transhippers... all the way back to the collectors and breeders. Alas, I must be dreaming. How much do any of us know re what we do? Is it enough to have the means and desire to "buy" what you want?

This is the genus of obligate Cleaner Wrasses most celebrated for establishing stations in the wild that are frequented by "local" reef fishes and pelagics for removing parasites and necrotic tissue. Perhaps shocking to most aquarists, all the Labroides rate a dismal (3) in survivability, even the ubiquitously offered common or Blue Cleaner Wrasse, Labroides dimidiatus. None of the Labroides should be removed, not only for the fact that almost all perish within a few weeks of wild capture, but for the valuable role they play as cleaners.

The above is from http://wetwebmedia.com/labroide.htm
Robert Fenner